Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4177
Then the year 351 AH began
ذِكْرُ فَتْحِ طَبَرْمِينَ مِنْ صِقِلِّيَةَ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ سَارَتْ جُيُوشُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِصِقِلِّيَةَ، وَأَمِيرُهُمْ أَحْمَدُ ( بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ) أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ إِلَى قَلْعَةِ طَبَرْمِينَ مِنْ صِقِلِّيَةَ أَيْضًا، وَهِيَ بِيَدِ الرُّومِ، فَحَصَرُوهَا، وَهِيَ مِنْ أَمْنَعِ الْحُصُونِ وَأَشَدِّهَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَامْتَنَعَ أَهْلُهَا، وَدَامَ الْحِصَارُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُسْلِمُونَ ذَلِكَ، عَمَدُوا إِلَى الْمَاءِ الَّذِي يَدْخُلُهَا فَقَطَعُوهُ عَنْهَا، وَأَجْرُوهُ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ، فَعَظُمَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَطَلَبُوا الْأَمَانَ، فَلَمْ يُجَابُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَعَادُوا وَطَلَبُوا أَنْ يُؤَمَّنُوا عَلَى دِمَائِهِمْ، وَيَكُونُوا رَقِيقًا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ فَيْئًا، فَأُجِيبُوا إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَأُخْرِجُوا مِنَ الْبَلَدِ، وَمَلَكَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ. وَكَانَتْ مُدَّةُ الْحِصَارِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَنِصْفًا، وَأُسْكِنَتِ الْقَلْعَةُ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَسُمِّيَتِ الْمُعِزِّيَّةُ، نِسْبَةٌ إِلَى الْمُعِزِّ الْعَلَوِيِّ صَاحِبِ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ، وَسَارَ جَيْشٌ إِلَى رَمْطَةَ ( مَعَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ )، فَحَصَرُوهَا وَضَيَّقُوا عَلَيْهَا، فَكَانَ مَا نَذْكُرُهُ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the conquest of Tabarmīn in Sicily In this year, the armies of the Muslims in Sicily, whose commander was Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abī al-Ḥusayn, marched to the fortress of Tabarmīn, also in Sicily, which was in the hands of the Byzantines. They besieged it, and it was one of the most impregnable fortresses and the harshest against the Muslims. Its people held out, and the siege lasted against them. When the Muslims saw that, they went to the water that entered it and cut it off from them, diverting it to another place. The matter became grave for them, and they sought safe-conduct, but they were not granted it. They returned and asked that their blood be spared and that they become slaves to the Muslims, with their wealth as booty. They were granted that, and they were brought out of the town, and the Muslims took possession of it in Dhū al-Qaʿdah. The duration of the siege was seven and a half months. The fortress was settled by a group of Muslims, and it was named al-Muʿizziyyah, after al-Muʿizz al-ʿAlawī, ruler of Ifrīqiyah. An army marched to Ramṭah with al-Ḥasan b. ʿAmmār, and they besieged it and pressed hard upon it. What we will mention is in the year three hundred fifty-three.
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