Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4232
Then the year 355 AH began
ذِكْرُ عَوْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمَرْزُبَانِ إِلَى أَذْرَبِيجَانَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمَرْزُبَانِ إِلَى أَذْرَبِيجَانَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَصَدَ رُكْنَ الدَّوْلَةِ، عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ، جَهَّزَ الْعَسَاكِرَ مَعَهُ، وَسَيَّرَ مَعَهُ الْأُسْتَاذَ أَبَا الْفَضْلِ بْنَ الْعَمِيدِ لِيَرُدَّهُ إِلَى وِلَايَتِهِ، وَيُصْلِحَ لَهُ أَصْحَابَ الْأَطْرَافِ، فَسَارَ مَعَهُ إِلَيْهَا، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَأَصْلَحَ لَهُ جَسْتَانَ بْنَ شَرْمَزَنَ، وَقَادَهُ إِلَى طَاعَتِهِ، وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ طَوَائِفِ الْأَكْرَادِ، وَمَكَّنَهُ مِنَ الْبِلَادِ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ الْعَمِيدِ لَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ رَأَى كَثْرَةَ دَخْلِهَا، وَسَعَةَ مِيَاهِهَا وَرَأَى مَا يَتَحَصَّلُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْهَا، فَوَجَدَهُ قَلِيلًا لِسُوءِ تَدْبِيرِهِ، وَطَمَعِ النَّاسِ فِيهِ لِاشْتِغَالِهِ بِالشُّرْبِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى رُكْنِ الدَّوْلَةِ يُعَرِّفُهُ الْحَالَ، وَيُشِيرُ بِأَنْ يُعَوِّضَهُ مِنْ بَعْضِ وِلَايَتِهِ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا يَتَحَصَّلُ ( لَهُ مِنْ ) هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ وَيَأْخُذُهَا مِنْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَقِيمُ لَهُ حَالٌ مَعَ الَّذِينَ بِهَا، وَإِنَّهَا تُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ، فَامْتَنَعَ رُكْنُ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنْ قَبُولِ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، وَقَالَ: لَا يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ عَنِّي أَنِّي اسْتَجَارَ بِي إِنْسَانٌ وَطَمِعْتُ فِيهِ، وَأَمَرَ أَبَا الْفَضْلِ بِالْعَوْدِ عَنْهُ وَتَسْلِيمِ الْبِلَادِ إِلَيْهِ، فَفَعَلَ وَعَادَ وَحَكَى لِرُكْنِ الدَّوْلَةِ صُورَةَ الْحَالِ، وَحَذَّرَهُ خُرُوجَ الْبِلَادِ مِنْ يَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَكَانَ الْأَمْرُ كَمَا ذَكَرَهُ، حَتَّى أُخِذَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَحُبِسَ، عَلَى مَا نَذْكُرُهُ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the return of Ibrāhīm b. al-Marzubān to Adharbayjān In this year, Ibrāhīm b. al-Marzubān returned to Adharbayjān and took control of it. The reason for that was that when he sought Rukn al-Dawlah, as we have mentioned, he equipped the armies with him, and sent with him the Ustādh Abū al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAmīd to restore him to his province and to set right for him the people of the frontiers. So he went with him there, and he took control of it, and he set right for him Justān b. Sharmazan, and brought him to obedience to him, as well as others of the Kurdish factions, and he gave him possession of the lands. When Ibn al-ʿAmīd reached those lands, he saw the abundance of their revenue and the extent of their waters, and he saw what accrued to Ibrāhīm from them. He found it to be little because of his poor management and the people's greed toward him, because of his occupation with drinking and women. So he wrote to Rukn al-Dawlah informing him of the situation, and suggesting that he compensate him from some of his province with an amount equal to what he obtained from these lands and take them from him, for his situation would not be right with those who were in them, and they would be taken from him. But Rukn al-Dawlah refused to accept that from him, and said: 'People will not say about me that a man sought my protection and I coveted him.' He ordered Abū al-Faḍl to return from him and hand over the lands to him. So he did so and returned, and related to Rukn al-Dawlah the picture of the situation, and warned him of the lands falling out of Ibrāhīm's hand. And the matter was as he mentioned, until Ibrāhīm was seized and imprisoned, as we shall mention.
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