Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4042
Then the year 335 AH began
ذِكْرُ حَرْبِ تِكِينَ وَنَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ لَمَّا هَرَبَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنَ الْأَتْرَاكِ وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِ، اتَّفَقُوا عَلَى تَأْمِيرِ تِكِينَ الشِّيرَازِيِّ، وَقَبَضُوا عَلَى ابْنِ قُرَابَةَ، وَعَلَى كُتَّابِ نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ ( وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَقَبَضَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ ) عَلَى ابْنِ شَيْرَزَادَ عِنْدَ وُصُولِهِ إِلَى جُهَيْنَةَ، وَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ بِالْمَوْصِلِ بَلْ سَارَ إِلَى نَصِيبِينَ، وَدَخَلَ تِكِينُ وَالْأَتْرَاكُ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، وَسَارُوا فِي طَلَبِهِ، فَمَضَى إِلَى سِنْجَارَ، فَتَبِعَهُ تِكِينُ إِلَيْهَا، فَسَارَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنْ سِنْجَارَ إِلَى الْحَدِيثَةِ، فَتَبِعَهُ تِكِينُ. وَكَانَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ قَدْ كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُ، فَسَيَّرَ الْجُيُوشَ إِلَيْهِ، فَسَارَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنَ الْحَدِيثَةِ إِلَى السِّنِّ، فَاجْتَمَعَ هُنَاكَ بِعَسْكَرِ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ، وَفِيهِمْ وَزِيرُهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الصَّيْمَرِيُّ، وَسَارُوا بِأَسْرِهِمْ إِلَى الْحَدِيثَةِ لِقِتَالِ تِكِينَ، فَالْتَقَوْا بِهَا، وَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، فَانْهَزَمَ تِكِينُ وَالْأَتْرَاكُ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَادُوا يَسْتَظْهِرُونَ، فَلَمَّا انْهَزَمُوا، تَبِعَهُمُ الْعَرَبُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُوا الْقَتْلَ فِيهِمْ، وَأَسَرُوا تِكِينَ الشِّيرَازِيَّ وَحَمَلُوهُ إِلَى نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَسَمَلَهُ فِي الْوَقْتِ فَأَعْمَاهُ، وَحَمَلَهُ إِلَى قَلْعَةٍ مِنْ قِلَاعِهِ فَسَجَنَهُ بِهَا. وَسَارَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ وَالصَّيْمَرِيُّ ( إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ فَنَزَلُوا شَرْقِيَّهَا، وَرَكِبَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الصَّيْمَرِيِّ )، فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ إِلَيْهِ. فَحُكِيَ عَنْ نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: نَدِمْتُ حِينَ دَخَلْتُ خَيْمَتَهُ، فَبَادَرْتُ وَخَرَجْتُ. وَحُكِيَ عَنِ الصَّيْمَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا خَرَجَ نَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنْ عِنْدِي، نَدِمْتُ حَيْثُ لَمْ أَقْبِضْ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ تَسَلَّمَ الصَّيْمَرِيُّ بْنُ شَيْرَزَادَ مِنْ نَاصِرِ الدَّوْلَةِ أَلْفَ كَرٍّ حِنْطَةً وَشَعِيرًا وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the war of Tikīn and Nāṣir al-Dawlah When Nāṣir al-Dawlah fled from the Turks and they could not get him, they agreed to appoint Tikīn al-Shīrāzī as commander, and they seized Ibn Qurābah and the secretaries of Nāṣir al-Dawlah (and those of his companions who had stayed behind, and Nāṣir al-Dawlah seized) Ibn Shayrazād when he arrived at Juhaynah. Nāṣir al-Dawlah did not remain long in al-Mawṣil but went to Naṣībīn, and Tikīn and the Turks entered al-Mawṣil and went in pursuit of him. He went to Sinjār, and Tikīn followed him there. Then Nāṣir al-Dawlah went from Sinjār to al-Ḥadīthah, and Tikīn followed him. Nāṣir al-Dawlah had written to Muʿizz al-Dawlah seeking his aid, so he sent armies to him. Nāṣir al-Dawlah went from al-Ḥadīthah to al-Sinn, and there he joined the army of Muʿizz al-Dawlah, among whom was his vizier Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṣaymarī. They all marched to al-Ḥadīthah to fight Tikīn. They met there and fought a fierce battle. Tikīn and the Turks were defeated after they had almost gained the upper hand. When they were defeated, the Arabs of Nāṣir al-Dawlah's followers pursued them, overtook them, and killed many of them. They captured Tikīn al-Shīrāzī and brought him to Nāṣir al-Dawlah, who immediately put out his eyes and blinded him, then carried him to one of his fortresses and imprisoned him there. Nāṣir al-Dawlah and al-Ṣaymarī went to al-Mawṣil and encamped on its eastern side. Nāṣir al-Dawlah rode to the tent of al-Ṣaymarī, entered to him, then left him and went to al-Mawṣil, and did not return to him. It was reported that Nāṣir al-Dawlah said: "I regretted when I entered his tent, so I hastened and left." It was reported that al-Ṣaymarī said: "When Nāṣir al-Dawlah left me, I regretted that I had not seized him." Then al-Ṣaymarī received from Nāṣir al-Dawlah Ibn Shayrazād, a thousand kurrs of wheat and barley and other things.
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