Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4202
Then the year 353 AH began
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ذِكْرُ عِصْيَانِ نَجَا وَقَتْلِهِ وَمِلْكِ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ بَعْضَ أَرْمِينِيَّةَ قَدْ ذَكَرْنَا سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ [ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ] مَا فَعَلَهُ نَجَا غُلَامُ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ بِأَهْلِ حَرَّانَ، وَمَا أَخَذَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَتْ عِنْدَهُ تِلْكَ الْأَمْوَالُ، قَوِيَ بِهَا وَبَطَرَ، وَلَمْ يَشْكُرْ وَلِيَّ نِعْمَتِهِ بَلْ كَفَرَهُ، وَسَارَ إِلَى مَيَّافَارِقِينَ، وَقَصَدَ بِلَادَ أَرْمِينِيَّةَ، وَكَانَ قَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنْهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ يُعْرَفُ بِأَبِي الْوَرْدِ، فَقَاتَلَهُ نَجَا، فَقُتِلَ أَبُو الْوَرْدِ وَأَخَذَ نَجَا قِلَاعَهُ وَبِلَادَهُ: خِلَاطَ، وَمَلَازَكَرْدَ، وَمُوشَ، وَغَيْرَهَا، وَحَصَلَ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ، فَأَظْهَرَ الْعِصْيَانَ عَلَى سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ. فَاتُّفِقَ أَنَّ مُعِزَّ الدَّوْلَةِ بْنَ بُوَيْهِ سَارَ مِنْ بَغْدَاذَ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، وَنَصِيبِينَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَطَرَدَ عَنْهَا نَاصِرَ الدَّوْلَةِ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ آنِفًا، فَكَاتَبَهُ نَجَا وَرَاسَلَهُ، وَهُوَ بِنَصِيبِينَ، يَعِدُهُ الْمُعَاضَدَةَ وَالْمُسَاعَدَةَ عَلَى مَوَالِيهِ بَنِي حَمْدَانَ، فَلَمَّا عَادَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ وَاصْطَلَحَ هُوَ وَنَاصِرُ الدَّوْلَةِ، سَارَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى نَجَا لِيُقَاتِلَهُ عَلَى عِصْيَانِهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَخُرُوجِهِ عَنْ طَاعَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى مَيَّافَارِقِينَ، هَرَبَ نَجَا مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ، فَمَلَكَ سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَةِ بِلَادَهُ وَقِلَاعَهُ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا مِنْ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ، وَاسْتَأْمَنَ إِلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ نَجَا فَقَتَلَهُمْ، ( وَاسْتَأْمَنَ إِلَيْهِ أَخُو نَجَا، فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَكْرَمَهُ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى نَجَا يُرَغِّبُهُ وَيُرَهِّبُهُ إِلَى أَنْ أُحْضِرَ عِنْدَهُ، فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَعَادَهُ إِلَى مَرْتَبَتِهِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ غِلْمَانَ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ وَثَبُوا عَلَى نَجَا فِي دَارِ سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ بِمَيَّافَارِقِينَ، فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ ( سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ ) [ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ]، فَقَتَلُوهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَغُشِيَ عَلَى سَيْفِ الدَّوْلَةِ، وَأُخْرِجَ نَجَا فَأُلْقِي فِي مَجْرَى الْمَاءِ وَالْأَقْذَارِ، وَبَقِيَ إِلَى الْغَدِ ثُمَّ أُخْرِجَ وَدُفِنَ.
Translation
✧ Then the year 353 AH began. Mention of the rebellion of Najā, his killing, and Sayf al-Dawlah's taking possession of part of Armenia. We have already mentioned in the year 352 AH what Najā, the ghulām of Sayf al-Dawlah b. Ḥamdān, did to the people of Ḥarrān and what he took of their wealth. When those funds had accumulated with him, he grew strong through them and became insolent; he did not thank the patron of his blessing but rather was ungrateful to him. He marched to Mayyāfāriqīn and headed for the lands of Armenia. A man of the Arabs known as Abū al-Ward had seized control of much of it, so Najā fought him, Abū al-Ward was killed, and Najā took his fortresses and his lands: Khilāṭ, Malāzkard, Mūsh, and others. He obtained a great quantity of Abū al-Ward's wealth, and he openly rebelled against Sayf al-Dawlah. It happened that Muʿizz al-Dawlah b. Buwayh marched from Baghdādh to al-Mawṣil and Naṣībīn, took possession of them, and expelled Nāṣir al-Dawlah from them, as we have just mentioned. Najā wrote to him and corresponded with him while he was in Naṣībīn, promising him support and assistance against his patrons, the Banū Ḥamdān. When Muʿizz al-Dawlah returned to Baghdādh and he and Nāṣir al-Dawlah made peace, Sayf al-Dawlah marched against Najā to fight him for his rebellion against him and his departure from obedience to him. When he reached Mayyāfāriqīn, Najā fled before him, so Sayf al-Dawlah took possession of his lands and the fortresses he had taken from Abū al-Ward. A group of Najā's companions sought safe-conduct from him, and he killed them. Najā's brother sought safe-conduct from him, and he treated him well and honored him. He sent to Najā, enticing him and intimidating him until he was brought before him, and he treated him well and restored him to his rank. Then Sayf al-Dawlah's ghulāms fell upon Najā in Sayf al-Dawlah's house in Mayyāfāriqīn in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of the year 354 AH, and they killed him before his eyes. Sayf al-Dawlah fainted, and Najā was taken out and thrown into the channel of water and filth. He remained there until the next day, then he was taken out and buried.
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