Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3899
Then the Year 326 AH Began
ذِكْرُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَ بُجْكُمَ وَالْبَرِيدِيِّ، وَالصُّلْحِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا أَقَامَ بُجْكُمُ بِوَاسِطَ وَعَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ، خَافَهُ ابْنُ رَائِقٍ ; لِأَنَّهُ ظَنَّ مَا فَعَلَهُ بُجْكُمُ مِنَ التَّغَلُّبِ عَلَى الْعِرَاقِ، فَرَاسَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرِيدِيِّ وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ الصُّلْحَ عَلَى بُجْكُمَ، فَإِذَا انْهَزَمَ تَسَلَّمَ الْبَرِيدِيُّ وَاسِطًا، وَضَمِنَهَا بِسِتِّمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ فِي السَّنَةِ عَلَى أَنْ يُنْفِذَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَسْكَرًا. فَسَمِعَ بُجْكُمُ بِذَلِكَ، فَخَافَ وَاسْتَشَارَ أَصْحَابَهُ فِي الَّذِي يَفْعَلُهُ، فَأَشَارُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَنْ يَبْتَدِئَ بِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرِيدِيِّ، وَأَنْ لَا يَهْجُمَ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ الْخِلَافَةِ، وَلَا يُكَاشِفَ ابْنَ رَائِقٍ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ، ( فَجَمَعَ عَسْكَرَهُ، وَسَارَ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ يُرِيدُ الْبَرِيدِيَّ )، فَسَيَّرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَيْشًا بَلَغَتْ عِدَّتُهُمْ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ، عَلَيْهِمْ غُلَامُهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٌ الْحَمَّالُ، فَالْتَقَوْا وَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَانْهَزَمَ عَسْكَرُ الْبَرِيدِيِّ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهُمْ بُجْكُمُ بَلْ كَفَّ عَنْهُمْ. وَكَانَ الْبَرِيدِيُّونَ بِمَطَارَا يَنْتَظِرُونَ مَا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنَ الْحَالِ، فَلَمَّا انْهَزَمَ عَسْكَرُهُمْ خَافُوا، وَضَعُفَتْ نُفُوسُهُمْ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا رَأَى عَسْكَرَهُ سَالِمًا لَمْ يُقْتَلْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ ( وَلَا غَرِقَ ) طَابَ قَلْبُهُ. وَكَانَتْ نِيَّةُ بُجْكُمَ إِذْلَالَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ وَقَطْعَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ رَائِقٍ، وَنَفْسُهُ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْحَضْرَةِ، فَأَرْسَلَ ثَانِيَ يَوْمِ الْهَزِيمَةِ إِلَى الْبَرِيدِيِّ يَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا جَرَى، وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: أَنْتَ بَدَأْتَ وَتَعَرَّضْتَ بِي، وَقَدْ عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ وَعَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ، وَلَوْ تَبِعْتُهُمْ لَغَرِقَ وَقُتِلَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ، وَأَنَا أُصَالِحُكَ عَلَى أَنْ أُقَلِّدَكَ وَاسِطًا إِذَا مَلَكْتُ الْحَضْرَةَ، وَأُصَاهِرَكَ، فَسَجَدَ الْبَرِيدِيُّ شُكْرًا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَحَلَفَ بُجْكُمُ وَتَصَالَحَا، وَعَادَ إِلَى وَاسِطَ، وَأَخَذَ فِي التَّدْبِيرِ عَلَى ابْنِ رَائِقٍ، وَالِاسْتِيلَاءِ عَلَى الْحَضْرَةِ بِبَغْدَاذَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the war between Bajkam and al-Barīdī, and the peace after that When Bajkam stayed in Wāsiṭ and his importance grew, Ibn Rāʾiq feared him, because he suspected that Bajkam intended to seize control of Iraq. So he corresponded with Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Barīdī and sought peace with him against Bajkam, such that if Bajkam were defeated, al-Barīdī would take possession of Wāsiṭ and guarantee it for six hundred thousand dinars per year, provided that Abū ʿAbd Allāh sent an army. Bajkam heard of that and became afraid. He consulted his companions about what he should do, and they advised him to move first against Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Barīdī, not to advance upon the seat of the caliphate, and not to confront Ibn Rāʾiq until he had finished with al-Barīdī. So he assembled his army and marched to al-Baṣrah, intending to attack al-Barīdī. Abū ʿAbd Allāh dispatched an army numbering ten thousand men, commanded by his ghulām Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad al-Ḥammāl. They met and fought, and al-Barīdī's army was routed, but Bajkam did not pursue them; rather, he held back from them. The Barīdīs were at Maṭārā awaiting the outcome of the situation. When their army was routed, they feared and their spirits weakened, but when he saw that his army was safe and none of them had been killed or drowned, his heart was reassured. Bajkam's intention was to humiliate al-Barīdī and cut him off from Ibn Rāʾiq, while his own mind was set on the capital. So on the second day after the rout, he sent to al-Barīdī, apologizing for what had happened and saying to him: "You began and provoked me. I have pardoned you and your companions. Had I pursued them, most of them would have drowned or been killed. I will make peace with you on the condition that I grant you Wāsiṭ when I take the capital, and that I enter into a marriage alliance with you." Al-Barīdī prostrated himself in gratitude to God Almighty, and Bajkam swore an oath, and they made peace. He returned to Wāsiṭ and began planning against Ibn Rāʾiq and the seizure of the capital at Baghdād.
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