Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3921
Then the Year 328 AH Began
ذِكْرُ اسْتِيلَاءِ بُجْكُمَ عَلَى وَاسِطَ لَمَّا عَادَ بُجْكُمُ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ، تَجَهَّزَ لِلِانْحِدَارِ إِلَى وَاسِطَ، وَحَفِظَ الطُّرُقَ لِئَلَّا يَصِلَ خَبَرُهُ إِلَى الْبَرِيدِيِّ فَيَتَحَرَّزَ، وَانْحَدَرَ هُوَ فِي الْمَاءِ فِي الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ، وَسَيَّرَ عَسْكَرَهُ فِي الْبَرِّ، وَأَسْقَطَ اسْمَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ مِنَ الْوِزَارَةِ، وَجَعَلَ مَكَانَهُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُخَلَّدٍ، وَكَانَتْ وِزَارَةُ الْبَرِيدِيِّ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، وَقُبِضَ عَلَى ابْنِ شَيْرَزَادَ ; لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ كَانَ سَبَبَ وَصْلَتِهِ بِالْبَرِيدِيِّ، ( وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مَائَةً وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ ). فَمِنْ عَجِيبِ الِاتِّفَاقِ أَنَّ بُجْكُمَ كَانَ لَهُ كَاتِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِ دَارِهِ وَحَاشِيَتِهِ، وَهُوَ مَعَهُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ عِنْدَ انْحِدَارِهِ إِلَى وَاسِطَ، فَجَاءَ طَائِرٌ فَسَقَطَ عَلَى صَدْرِ السَّفِينَةِ، فَأُخِذَ وَأُحْضِرَ عِنْدَ بُجْكُمَ، فَوَجَدَ عَلَى ذَنَبِهِ كِتَابًا فَفَتَحَهُ، وَإِذَا هُوَ مِنْ هَذَا الْكَاتِبِ إِلَى أَخٍ لَهُ مَعَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ، يُخْبِرُهُ بِخَبَرِ بُجْكُمَ، وَمَا هُوَ عَازِمٌ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَلْقَى الْكِتَابَ إِلَيْهِ، فَاعْتَرَفَ بِهِ إِذْ لَمْ يُمْكِنُهُ جَحْدُهُ ; لِأَنَّهُ بِخَطِّهِ، فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ، فَقُتِلَ وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي الْمَاءِ. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ خَبَرُ بُجْكُمَ إِلَى الْبَرِيدِيِّ سَارَ عَنْ وَاسِطَ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، وَلَمْ يُقِمْ بِهَا، فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهَا بُجْكُمُ لَمْ يَجِدْ بِهَا أَحَدًا، فَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ بُجْكُمُ قَدْ خَلَّفَ عَسْكَرًا بِبَلَدِ الْجَبَلِ، ( قَصْدُهُمُ الدَّيْلَمُ وَالْجِيلُ )، فَانْهَزَمُوا وَعَادُوا إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of Bujkam's seizure of Wāsiṭ When Bujkam returned to Baghdādh, he prepared to go down to Wāsiṭ and guarded the roads lest his news reach al-Barīdī and he take precautions. He descended by water on the twentieth of Dhū al-Qaʿda and dispatched his army by land. He removed al-Barīdī's name from the vizierate and appointed in his place Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan b. Mukhallad. Al-Barīdī's vizierate had lasted one year, four months, and fourteen days. Ibn Shīrzād was arrested because he had been the cause of his connection with al-Barīdī, and a hundred and fifty thousand dinars were taken from him. By a strange coincidence, Bujkam had a secretary in charge of his household and retinue who was with him in the boat when he descended to Wāsiṭ. A bird came and perched on the prow of the boat. It was caught and brought before Bujkam. On its tail was found a letter, which he opened. It was from this secretary to a brother of his with al-Barīdī, informing him of Bujkam's news and what he intended. He threw the letter to him, and the secretary confessed, since he could not deny it as it was in his own handwriting. Bujkam ordered him killed, and he was killed and thrown into the water. When news of Bujkam reached al-Barīdī, he departed from Wāsiṭ to al-Baṣra without staying there. When Bujkam arrived, he found no one there and took control of it. Bujkam had left an army in the region of al-Jabal, intending the Daylam and the Jīl, but they were defeated and returned to Baghdādh.
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