Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4028
Then the year 334 AH began
ذِكْرُ وَفَاةِ الْقَائِمِ وَوَلَايَةِ الْمَنْصُورِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تُوُفِّيَ الْقَائِمُ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَهْدِيُّ الْعَلَوِيُّ صَاحِبُ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَضَتْ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ، وَقَامَ بِالْأَمْرِ بَعْدَهُ ابْنُهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَتُلُقِّبَ الْمَنْصُورُ بِاللَّهِ، وَكَتَمَ مَوْتَهُ خَوْفًا أَنْ يَعْلَمَ بِذَلِكَ أَبُو يَزِيدَ، وَهُوَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْهُ عَلَى سُوسَةَ، وَأَبْقَى الْأُمُورَ عَلَى حَالِهَا، وَلَمْ يَتَسَمَّ بِالْخَلِيفَةِ، وَلَمْ يُغَيِّرِ السِّكَّةَ، وَلَا الْخُطْبَةَ، وَلَا الْبُنُودَ، وَبَقِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهُ أَظْهَرَ مَوْتَهُ، وَتَسَمَّى بِالْخِلَافَةِ، وَعَمِلَ آلَاتِ الْحَرْبِ وَالْمَرَاكِبِ، وَكَانَ شَهْمًا شُجَاعًا وَضَبَطَ الْمُلْكَ وَالْبِلَادَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of al-Qāʾim and the accession of al-Manṣūr In this year al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī the ʿAlawid, ruler of Ifrīqiyya, died on the thirteenth of Shawwāl, and his son Ismāʿīl assumed the command after him and was given the title al-Manṣūr bi-Allāh. He concealed his death for fear that Abū Yazīd, who was near him at Sūsa, should learn of it. He kept matters as they were: he did not style himself caliph, nor did he change the coinage, the khuṭba, or the banners. He remained thus until he had finished with the affair of Abū Yazīd. When he had finished with him, he made the death public, styled himself caliph, and made implements of war and ships. He was resolute and brave and held firm control of the kingdom and the lands.
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