Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4085
Then the year 341 AH began
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ذِكْرُ حِصَارِ الْبَصْرَةِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ سَارَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ وَجِيهٍ صَاحِبُ عَمَّانَ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَالْبَرِّ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ ( فَحَصَرَهَا. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ مُعِزَّ الدَّوْلَةِ لَمَّا سَلَكَ الْبَرِّيَّةَ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ )، وَأَرْسَلَ الْقَرَامِطَةُ يُنْكِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ، وَأَجَابَهُمْ بِمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ، عَلِمَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ وَجِيهٍ اسْتِيحَاشَهُمْ مِنْ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ يُطْمِعُهُمْ فِي الْبَصْرَةِ، وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَمُدُّوهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَرِّ، فَأَمَدُّوهُ بِجَمْعٍ كَثِيرٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَسَارَ يُوسُفُ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ إِلَى الْوَزِيرِ الْمُهَلَّبِيِّ وَقَدْ فَرَغَ مِنَ الْأَهْوَازِ وَالنَّظَرِ فِيهَا، فَسَارَ مُجِدًّا فِي الْعَسَاكِرِ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، فَدَخَلَهَا قَبْلَ وُصُولِ يُوسُفَ إِلَيْهَا، وَشَحَنَهَا بِالرِّجَالِ، وَأَمَدَّهُ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ بِالْعَسَاكِرِ وَمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ، وَتَحَارَبَ هُوَ وَابْنُ وَجِيهٍ أَيَّامًا، ثُمَّ انْهَزَمَ ابْنُ وَجِيهٍ، وَظَفَرَ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ بِمَرَاكِبِهِ وَمَا مَعَهُ مِنْ سِلَاحٍ وَغَيْرِهِ.
Translation
✧ Then the year 341 AH began. Account of the siege of al-Baṣrah. In this year Yūsuf b. Wajīh, lord of ʿAmmān, marched by sea and land to al-Baṣrah and besieged it. The reason for that was that when Muʿizz al-Dawlah took the desert route to al-Baṣrah, the Qarāmiṭah sent to him disapproving of that, and he answered them as we have mentioned. Yūsuf b. Wajīh learned of their alienation from Muʿizz al-Dawlah, so he wrote to them enticing them with al-Baṣrah, and asked them to support him from the landward side. They reinforced him with a large contingent of their men, and Yūsuf marched by sea. The news reached the vizier al-Muhallabī, who had just finished with al-Ahwāz and reviewing its affairs, so he marched swiftly with the armies to al-Baṣrah and entered it before Yūsuf arrived there. He filled it with men, and Muʿizz al-Dawlah reinforced him with troops and whatever he needed. He and Ibn Wajīh fought for several days, then Ibn Wajīh was defeated, and al-Muhallabī seized his ships and the weapons and other things he had with him.
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