Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3834
Then the Year 322 AH Began
[إِخْفَاءُ الْقَاهِرِ أَمْوَالَهُ وَمَدُّ يَدِهِ لِلنَّاسِ وَمَوْتُهُ] وَقَالَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ: (أَخَذَ الْقَاهِرُ مِنْ مُؤْنِسٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ مَالًا عَظِيمًا، فَلَمَّا خُلِعَ وَسُمِلَ... طُولِبَ بِهَا، فَأَنْكَرَ، فَعُذِّبَ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْعَذَابِ، فَلَمْ يُقِرَّ بِشَيْءٍ، فَأَخَذَهُ الرَّاضِي بِاللَّهِ فَقَرَّبَهُ وَأَدْنَاهُ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: قَدْ تَرَى مُطَالَبَةَ الْجُنْدِ بِالْمَالِ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ، وَالَّذِي عِنْدَكَ فَلَيْسَ بِنَافِعٍ لَكَ، فَاعْتَرَفَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا إِذْ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا... فَالْمَالُ مَدْفُونٌ فِي الْبُسْتَانِ. وَكَانَ قَدْ أَنْشَأَ بُسْتَانًا فِيهِ أَصْنَافُ الشَّجَرِ، حُمِلَتْ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْبِلَادِ، وَزَخْرَفَهُ وَعَمِلَ فِيهِ قَصْرًا، وَكَانَ الرَّاضِي مُغْرَمًا بِالْبُسْتَانِ وَالْقَصْرِ، فَقَالَ: وَفِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ الْمَالُ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا مَكْفُوفٌ لَا أَهْتَدِي إِلَى مَكَانٍ، فَاحْفِرِ الْبُسْتَانَ تَجِدْهُ. فَحَفَرَ الرَّاضِي الْبُسْتَانَ وَأَسَاسَاتِ الْقَصْرِ، وَقَلَعَ الشَّجَرَ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ: وَأَيْنَ الْمَالُ؟ فَقَالَ: وَهَلْ عِنْدِي مَالٌ؟! وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ حَسْرَتِي فِي جُلُوسِكَ فِي الْبُسْتَانِ وَتَنَعُّمِكَ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَفْجَعَكَ فِيهِ، فَنَدِمَ الرَّاضِي وَحَبَسَهُ، فَأَقَامَ إِلَى سَنَةِ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ. ثُمَّ أَطْلَقُوهُ وَأَهْمَلُوهُ، فَوَقَفَ يَوْمًا بِجَامِعِ الْمَنْصُورِ بَيْنَ الصُّفُوفِ وَعَلَيْهِ مُبَطَّنَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ، وَقَالَ: تَصَدَّقُوا عَلَيَّ فَأَنَا مَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ، وَذَلِكَ فِي أَيَّامِ الْمُسْتَكْفِي لِيُشَنِّعَ عَلَيْهِ، فَمُنِعَ مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فِي جُمَادَى الْأُولَى، عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً) وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ: عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، وَأَبُو الْقَاسِمِ، وَأَبُو الْفَضْلِ، وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ.
Translation
✧ [The concealing of al-Qāhir's wealth, his begging from people, and his death] Al-Masʿūdī said: (Al-Qāhir took a great amount of wealth from Muʾnis and his companions. When he was deposed and blinded... he was demanded to give it back, but he denied it. He was tortured with various kinds of torture, but he did not confess to anything. Then al-Rāḍī billāh took him, brought him near and drew him close, and said to him: 'You see the soldiers demanding money, and I have nothing. What you have is of no benefit to you.' So he confessed to it, and said: 'Since you have done this... the money is buried in the garden.' He had created a garden containing various kinds of trees, brought to him from different lands, and decorated it and built a palace in it. Al-Rāḍī was infatuated with the garden and the palace. He said: 'In which place is the money in it?' He said: 'I am blind and cannot find the place. Dig up the garden and you will find it.' So al-Rāḍī dug up the garden and the foundations of the palace, and uprooted the trees, but found nothing. He said to him: 'Where is the money?' He said: 'Do I have any money?! My only regret was your sitting in the garden and enjoying its comfort, so I wanted to cause you grief over it.' Al-Rāḍī regretted and imprisoned him. He remained until the year 333. Then they released him and neglected him. One day he stood in the Jāmiʿ of al-Manṣūr between the rows wearing a white padded garment and said: 'Give charity to me, for I am the one you know.' That was in the days of al-Mustakfī to disgrace him. He was prevented from going out until he died in the year 339, in Jumādā al-Ūlā, at the age of fifty-three.) He had the following children: ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, Abū al-Qāsim, Abū al-Faḍl, and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
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