Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4030
Then the year 334 AH began
ذِكْرُ مَوْتِ الْإِخْشِيدِ وَمِلْكِ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ دِمَشْقَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ، مَاتَ الْإِخْشِيدُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طُغْجَ صَاحِبُ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ مَوْلِدُهُ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ بِبَغْدَاذَ، وَكَانَ مَوْتُهُ بِدِمَشْقَ، وَقِيلَ: مَاتَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ [ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ]، وَوَلِيَ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَنُوجُورُ، فَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْأَمْرِ كَافُورٌ الْخَادِمُ الْأَسْوَدُ، وَهُوَ مِنْ خَدَمِ الْإِخْشِيدِ، وَغَلَبَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمَ وَاسْتَضْعَفَهُ وَتَفَرَّدَ بِالْوَلَايَةِ، وَكَافُورٌ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي مَدَحَهُ الْمُتَنَبِّي ثُمَّ هَجَاهُ. وَكَانَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَغِيرًا، وَكَانَ كَافُورٌ أَتَابِكَهُ، فَلِهَذَا اسْتَضْعَفَهُ وَحَكَمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَارَ كَافُورٌ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَقَصَدَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ دِمَشْقَ، فَمَلَكَهَا وَأَقَامَ بِهَا، فَاتَّفَقَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسِيرُ هُوَ وَالشَّرِيفُ الْعَقِيلِيُّ بِنَوَاحِي دِمَشْقَ، فَقَالَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ: مَا تَصْلُحُ هَذِهِ الْغُوطَةُ إِلَّا لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَقِيلِيُّ: هِيَ لِأَقْوَامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَقَالَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ: لَئِنْ أَخَذَتْهَا الْقَوَانِينُ السُّلْطَانِيَّةُ لَيَنْبَرُونَ مِنْهَا، فَأَعْلَمَ الْعَقِيلِيُّ أَهْلَ دِمَشْقَ بِذَلِكَ، فَكَاتَبُوا كَافُورًا يَسْتَدْعُونَهُ، فَجَاءَهُمْ، فَأَخْرَجُوا سَيْفَ الدَّوْلَةِ عَنْهُمْ ( سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَ أَنُوجُورُ مَعَ كَافُورٍ، فَتَبِعُوا سَيْفَ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى حَلَبَ، فَخَافَهُمْ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ فَعَبَرَ إِلَى الْجَزِيرَةِ، وَأَقَامَ أَنُوجُورُ عَلَى حَلَبَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقَرَّ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَعَادَ أَنُوجُورُ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَعَادَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى حَلَبَ، وَأَقَامَ كَافُورٌ بِدِمَشْقَ يَسِيرًا وَوَلِيَ عَلَيْهَا بَدْرٌ الْإِخْشِيدِيُّ، وَيُعْرَفُ بِبُدَيرٍ، وَعَادَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَبَقِيَ بُدَيْرٌ عَلَى دِمَشْقَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ وَلِيَهَا أَبُو الْمُظَفَّرِ بْنُ طُغْجَ وَقَبَضَ عَلَى بُدَيْرٍ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of al-Ikhshīd and Sayf al-Dawlah's possession of Damascus In this year, in Dhū al-Ḥijjah, al-Ikhshīd Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Ṭughj, ruler of the lands of Egypt, died. He was born in the year 268 AH in Baghdādh, and he died in Damascus. It is said: He died in the year 335 AH. After him, his son Abū al-Qāsim Anūjūr assumed authority, but Kāfūr the black eunuch, one of al-Ikhshīd's servants, seized control of affairs. He overpowered Abū al-Qāsim, deemed him weak, and took sole charge of governance. This Kāfūr is the one whom al-Mutanabbī praised and then satirized. Abū al-Qāsim was young, and Kāfūr was his atabeg; for this reason he deemed him weak and ruled over him. Kāfūr marched to Egypt, and Sayf al-Dawlah headed for Damascus, took it, and stayed there. It happened that he was riding with al-Sharīf al-ʿAqīlī in the outskirts of Damascus, and Sayf al-Dawlah said: "This Ghūṭah is suitable only for one man." Al-ʿAqīlī replied: "It belongs to many peoples." Sayf al-Dawlah said: "If the sultanic regulations take hold of it, they will certainly be expelled from it." Al-ʿAqīlī informed the people of Damascus of this, so they wrote to Kāfūr summoning him. He came to them, and they expelled Sayf al-Dawlah from them in the year 336 AH. Anūjūr was with Kāfūr, and they pursued Sayf al-Dawlah to Aleppo. Sayf al-Dawlah feared them, so he crossed to the Jazīrah. Anūjūr remained before Aleppo; then the matter was settled between them, and Anūjūr returned to Egypt while Sayf al-Dawlah returned to Aleppo. Kāfūr stayed in Damascus briefly and appointed Badr al-Ikhshīdī, known as Budayr, over it, then returned to Egypt. Budayr remained over Damascus for a year, then Abū al-Muẓaffar b. Ṭughj governed it and arrested Budayr.
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