Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3964
Then the year 331 AH began
ذِكْرُ حَالِ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ بِوَاسِطَ قَدْ ذَكَرْنَا مُقَامَ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ بِوَاسِطَ بَعْدَ انْحِدَارِ الْبَرِيدِيِّينَ عَنْهَا، وَكَانَ يُرِيدُ الِانْحِدَارَ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ لِأَخْذِهَا مِنَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ، وَلَا يُمْكِنُهُ لِقِلَّةِ الْمَالِ عِنْدَهُ، وَيَكْتُبُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَلَا يُنْفِذُ إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا، وَكَانَ تُوزُونُ وَخَجْخَجُ يُسِيئَانِ الْأَدَبَ وَيَتَحَكَّمَانِ عَلَيْهِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ نَاصِرَ الدَّوْلَةِ أَنْفَذَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ مَالًا مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيِّ لِيُفَرِّقَهُ فِي الْأَتْرَاكِ، فَأَسْمَعَهُ تُوزُونُ وَخَجْخَجُ الْمَكْرُوهَ، وَثَارَا بِهِ، فَأَخَذَهُ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ وَغَيَّبَهُ عَنْهُمَا وَسَيَّرَهُ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ، وَأَمَرَ تُوزُونَ أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِلَى الْجَامِدَةِ وَيَأْخُذَهَا وَيَنْفَرِدَ بِحَاصِلِهَا، وَأَمَرَ خَجْخَجَ أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِلَى مَذَارَ وَيَحْفَظَهَا وَيَأْخُذَ حَاصِلَهَا، وَكَانَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ يَزْهَدُ بِالْأَتْرَاكِ فِي الْعِرَاقِ، وَيُحْسِنُ لَهُمْ قَصْدَ الشَّامِ مَعَهُ وَالِاسْتِيلَاءَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى مِصْرَ، وَيَقَعُ فِي أَخِيهِ عِنْدَهُمْ، فَكَانُوا يُصَدِّقُونَهُ فِي أَخِيهِ، وَلَا يُجِيبُونَهُ إِلَى الْمَسِيرِ إِلَى الشَّامِ مَعَهُ، وَيَتَسَحَّبُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ يُجِيبُهُمْ إِلَى الَّذِي يُرِيدُونَهُ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ سَلْخُ شَعْبَانَ، ثَارَ الْأَتْرَاكُ بِسَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ فَكَبَسُوهُ لَيْلًا، فَهَرَبَ مِنْ مُعَسْكَرِهِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ، وَنَهَبَ سَوَادَهُ، وَقَتَلَ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ. وَأَمَّا نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ، بَرَزَ لِيَسِيرَ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، فَرَكِبَ الْمُتَّقِي إِلَيْهِ، وَسَأَلَهُ التَّوَقُّفَ عَنِ الْمَسِيرِ، فَأَظْهَرَ لَهُ الْإِجَابَةَ إِلَى أَنْ عَادَ، ثُمَّ سَارَ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ وَنُهِبَتْ دَارُهُ، وَثَارَ الدَّيْلَمُ وَالْأَتْرَاكُ وَدَبَّرَ الْأَمْرَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْقَرَارِيطِيُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَسْمِيَةٍ بِوِزَارَةٍ. وَكَانَتْ إِمَارَةُ نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ بِبَغْدَاذَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَخَمْسَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَوِزَارَةُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ إِلَى الْأَصْبَهَانَيِّ أَحَدًا وَخَمْسِينَ يَوْمًا، وَوَصَلَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the situation of Sayf al-Dawlah at Wāsiṭ We have already mentioned the stay of Sayf al-Dawlah ʿAlī b. Ḥamdān at Wāsiṭ after the Barīdīs departed from it. He wanted to go down to al-Baṣrah to take it from al-Barīdī, but he could not because of the scarcity of money he had with him. He wrote to his brother about that, but he did not send him anything. Tūzūn and Khajkhaj were behaving badly and were domineering over him. Then Nāṣir al-Dawlah sent money to his brother with Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Kūfī to distribute among the Turks. Tūzūn and Khajkhaj made him hear unpleasant words and rose against him. Sayf al-Dawlah seized him, concealed him from them, and sent him to Baghdādh. He ordered Tūzūn to go to al-Jāmida, take it, and keep its revenues for himself, and he ordered Khajkhaj to go to Madhār, guard it, and take its revenues. Sayf al-Dawlah was making the Turks disinclined to stay in Iraq, and he was making it seem good to them to aim for Syria with him and take control of it and of Egypt. He would speak ill of his brother to them, and they would believe him about his brother, but they would not respond to him about going to Syria with him, and they would drag their feet with him, while he would comply with what they wanted. When it was the last day of Shaʿbān, the Turks rose against Sayf al-Dawlah and raided him at night. He fled from his camp to Baghdādh, his baggage train was plundered, and a group of his companions were killed. As for Nāṣir al-Dawlah, when Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Kūfī reached him and told him the news, he came out intending to go to al-Mawṣil. Al-Muttaqī rode to him and asked him to refrain from going, and he showed him compliance until he returned, then he went to al-Mawṣil. His house was plundered. The Daylam and the Turks rose up, and Abū Isḥāq al-Qarārīṭī managed the matter without being named as vizier. The emirate of Nāṣir al-Dawlah Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥamdān in Baghdādh lasted thirteen months and five days, and the vizierate of Abū al-ʿAbbās up to al-Aṣbahānī was fifty-one days. Sayf al-Dawlah reached Baghdādh.
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