Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3772
Then the Year 316 AH Began
ابْتِدَاءِ حَالِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرِيدِيِّ وَإِخْوَتِهِ لَمَّا وَلِيَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْوِزَارَةَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْبَرِيدِيِّ قَدْ ضَمِنَ الْخَاصَّةَ، وَكَانَ أَخُوهُ أَبُو يُوسُفَ عَلَى سُرَّقَ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَعْمَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْعُمَّالَ، وَرَتَّبَهُمْ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: تُقَلِّدُ مِثْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَعْمَالِ الْجَلِيلَةِ، وَتَقْتَصِرُ بِي عَلَى ضَمَانِ الْخَاصَّةِ بِالْأَهْوَازِ، وَبِأَخِي أَبِي يُوسُفَ عَلَى سُرَّقَ ! لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَقْنَعُ بِهَذَا مِنْكَ، فَإِنَّ لِطَلَبِي صَوْتًا سَوْفَ يُسْمَعُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ اضْطِرَابُ أَمْرِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عِيسَى أَرْسَلَ أَخَاهُ أَبَا الْحُسَيْنِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ ( وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ لَهُ أَعْمَالَ الْأَهْوَازِ وَمَا يَجْرِي مَعَهَا إِذَا تَجَدَّدَتْ وِزَارَةٌ ) لِمَنْ يَأْخُذُ الرُّشَا، وَيَرْتَفِقُ، فَلَمَّا وَزَرَ أَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُقْلَةَ بَذَلَ لَهُ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَقَلَّدَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَهْوَازَ جَمِيعَهَا، سِوَى السُّوسِ وَجُنْدَيْسَابُورَ، وَقَلَّدَ أَخَاهُ أَبَا الْحُسَيْنِ الْفُرَاتِيَّةَ، وَقَلَّدَ أَخَاهُمَا أَبَا يُوسُفَ الْخَاصَّةَ وَالْأَسَافِلَ، عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَالُ فِي ذِمَّةِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ السِّمْسَارِ إِلَى أَنْ يَتَصَرَّفُوا فِي الْأَعْمَالِ. وَكَتَبَ أَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنُ مُقِلَّةَ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي الْقَبْضِ عَلَى ابْنِ أَبِي السَّلَاسِلِ، فَسَارَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ بِتُسْتَرَ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ دِينَارٍ وَلَمْ يُوصِلْهَا، وَكَانَ مُتَهَوِّرًا لَا يُفَكِّرُ فِي عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرٍ، وَسَيَرِدُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِهِ مَا يُعْلَمُ بِهِ دَهَاؤُهُ، وَمَكْرُهُ وَقِلَّةُ دِينِهِ، وَتَهَوُّرُهُ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا عَلِيِّ بْنَ مُقْلَةَ جَعَلَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ أَحْمَدَ الْمَادَرَائِيَّ مُشْرِفًا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ.
Translation
✧ The Beginning of the Affair of Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Barīdī and His Brothers When ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā assumed the vizierate, Abū ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Barīdī had already undertaken the tax-farm of the private estates (al-khāṣṣa), and his brother Abū Yūsuf was in charge of Surraq. When ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā appointed the tax collectors and assigned them to the districts, Abū ʿAbd Allāh said: "You appoint the likes of these to such important districts, yet you limit me to the tax-farm of the private estates in al-Ahwāz, and my brother Abū Yūsuf to Surraq! May God curse whoever is content with this from you, for my demand has a clamor that will be heard after some days." When news reached him of the disorder in ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā's affairs, he sent his brother Abū al-Ḥusayn to Baghdādh (and ordered him to request for him the districts of al-Ahwāz and what goes with them if a new vizierate came about) from those who take bribes and profit thereby. When Abū ʿAlī b. Muqla became vizier, he offered him twenty thousand dinars for that, and he entrusted Abū ʿAbd Allāh with all of al-Ahwāz, except al-Sūs and Jundaysābūr, and entrusted his brother Abū al-Ḥusayn with al-Furātiyya, and entrusted their brother Abū Yūsuf with the private estates and the lower districts, on condition that the money be the responsibility of Abū Ayyūb al-Simsār until they took charge of the districts. Abū ʿAlī b. Muqla wrote to Abū ʿAbd Allāh ordering the arrest of Ibn Abī al-Salāsil, so he went himself and arrested him in Tustar, and took from him ten thousand dinars but did not deliver them. He was reckless, not thinking about the outcome of a matter, and reports of him will come that will make known his cunning, his guile, his lack of religion, and his recklessness. Then Abū ʿAlī b. Muqla appointed Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn b. Aḥmad al-Mādarāʾī as overseer over Abū ʿAbd Allāh, but he paid no attention to him.
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