Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3986
Then the year 332 AH began
ذِكْرُ قَتْلِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ الْبَرِيدِيِّ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ قَتَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرِيدِيُّ أَخَاهُ أَبَا يُوسُفَ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قَتْلِهِ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرِيدِيَّ كَانَ قَدْ نَفَذَ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي حَمْدَانَ وَمَقَامِهِمْ بِوَاسِطٍ، وَفِي مُحَارَبَةِ تُوزُونَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى جُنْدُهُ قِلَّةَ مَالِهِ، مَالُوا إِلَى أَخِيهِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ ; لِكَثْرَةِ مَالِهِ، فَاسْتَقْرَضَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَخِيهِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، وَكَانَ يُعْطِيهِ الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الْمَالِ، وَيَعِيبُهُ وَيَذْكُرُ تَضْيِيعَهُ وَسُوءَ تَدْبِيرِهِ وَجُنُونَهُ وَتَهَوُّرَهُ، فَصَحَّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ صَحَّ عِنْدَهُ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْضًا، وَالِاسْتِبْدَادَ بِالْأَمْرِ وَحْدَهُ، فَاسْتَوْحَشَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنْفَذَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ جَوهَرًا نَفِيسًا كَانَ بُجْكُمُ قَدْ وَهَبَهُ لِبِنْتِهِ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا الْبَرِيدِيُّ، وَكَانَ قَدْ أَخَذَهُ مِنْ دَارِ الْخِلَافَةِ، فَأَخَذَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْهَا حِينَ تَزَوَّجَهَا، فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ وَأَبْلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ ( الْجَوْهَرَ، أَحْضَرَ ) الْجَوْهَرِيِّينَ لِيُثَمِّنُوهُ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذُوا فِي وَصْفِهِ، أَنْكَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَلِكَ، وَحَرَدَ وَنَزَلَ فِي ثَمَنِهِ إِلَى خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، وَأَخَذَ فِي الْوَقِيعَةِ فِي أَخِيهِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَذَكَرَ مَعَايِبَهُ وَمَا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَالِ، وَأَنْفَذَ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، فَلَمَّا عَادَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَبْلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، وَقَالَ: أَلَا قُلْتَ لَهُ: جُنُونِي وَقِلَّةُ تَحْصِيلِي أَقْعَدَكَ هَذَا الْمَقْعَدَ وَصَيَّرَكَ كَقَارُونَ، ثُمَّ عَدَّدَ مَا عَمِلَهُ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْإِحْسَانِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ، أَقَامَ غِلْمَانَهُ فِي طَرِيقٍ ( مُسْقَفٍ ) بَيْنَ دَارِهِ وَالشَّطِّ، وَأَقْبَلَ أَخُوهُ أَبُو يُوسُفَ مِنَ الشَّطِّ، فَدَخَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الطَّرِيقِ، فَثَارُوا بِهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ وَهُوَ يَصِيحُ: يَا أَخِي، يَا أَخِي، قَتَلُونِي. وَأَخُوهُ يَسْمَعُهُ، وَيَقُولُ: إِلَى لَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ ! فَخَرَجَ أَخُوهُمَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَكَانَ بِجَنْبِ دَارِ أَخِيهِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَهُوَ يَسْتَغِيثُ: يَا أَخِي، قَتَلْتَهُ ! فَسَبَّهُ وَهَدَّدَهُ، فَسَكَتَ، فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ دَفَنَهُ، وَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْخَبَرُ الْجُنْدَ، فَثَارُوا وَشَغَبُوا ظَنًّا مِنْهُمْ أَنَّهُ حَيٌّ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَنُبِشَ وَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ سَكَتُوا، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَدُفِنَ، وَانْتَقَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَى دَارِ أَخِيهِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ، فَأَخَذَ مَا فِيهَا، وَالْجَوْهَرَ فِي جُمْلَتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَحْصُلْ مِنْ مَالِ أَخِيهِ عَلَى طَائِلٍ، فَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُ انْكَسَرَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَذَهَبَتْ نَفْسُ أَخِيهِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the Killing of Abū Yūsuf al-Barīdī In this year, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Barīdī killed his brother Abū Yūsuf. The reason for his killing was that Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Barīdī had spent the money he had in fighting the Banū Ḥamdān and their stay at Wāsiṭ, and in fighting Tūzūn. When his troops saw the scarcity of his money, they inclined toward his brother Abū Yūsuf because of his abundant wealth. Abū ʿAbd Allāh borrowed from his brother Abū Yūsuf time after time, and he would give him little money, while finding fault with him and mentioning his wastefulness, his poor management, his madness, and his recklessness. This became confirmed in Abū ʿAbd Allāh's mind. Then it also became confirmed to him that he intended to seize him as well, and to take sole control of affairs. So each of them became wary of the other. Then Abū ʿAbd Allāh sent to his brother precious jewels that Bujkam had given to his daughter when al-Barīdī married her, and which he had taken from the caliphal palace; Abū ʿAbd Allāh had taken them from her when he married her. When the messenger came to him, conveyed that, and presented the jewels to him, he summoned the jewelers to appraise them. When they began describing them, he rejected their appraisal, became angry, reduced their value to fifty thousand dirhams, and began to disparage his brother Abū ʿAbd Allāh, mentioning his faults and the wealth that had come to him. He sent fifty thousand dirhams with the messenger. When the messenger returned to Abū ʿAbd Allāh and conveyed that to him, his eyes filled with tears, and he said: "Did you not say to him: 'My madness and my lack of prudence have seated you in this position and made you like Korah'?" Then he enumerated the kindness he had shown him. A few days later, he stationed his servants in a covered passage between his house and the riverbank. His brother Abū Yūsuf came from the riverbank and entered that passage. They rose against him and killed him while he cried out: "O my brother, O my brother, they are killing me!" His brother heard him and said: "To the curse of God!" Then their brother Abū al-Ḥusayn came out of his house, which was next to the house of his brother Abū ʿAbd Allāh, shouting for help: "O my brother, you have killed him!" He insulted him and threatened him, so he fell silent. When he was killed, he buried him. The news reached the troops, and they rose up and rioted, thinking that he was alive. He ordered him to be exhumed and thrown onto the road. When they saw him, they fell silent. He ordered him to be buried again. Abū ʿAbd Allāh moved to the house of his brother Abū Yūsuf and took what was in it, including the jewels. He did not obtain much of his brother's wealth, for most of it was tied up in debts owed by people, and his brother's life was gone.
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