Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4265
Then the year 358 AH began
ذِكْرُ مُلْكِ عَسْكَرِ الْمُعِزِّ دِمَشْقَ وَغَيْرِهَا مِنْ بِلَادِ الشَّامِ لَمَّا اسْتَقَرَّ جَوْهَرٌ بِمِصْرَ، وَثَبَّتَ قَدَمَهُ، سَيَّرَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ فَلَاحٍ الْكُتَامِيَّ إِلَى الشَّامِ فِي جَمْعٍ كَبِيرٍ، فَبَلَغَ الرَّمْلَةَ، وَبِهَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طُغُجَ، فَقَاتَلَهُ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ، وَجَرَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا حُرُوبٌ كَانَ الظَّفَرُ فِيهَا لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ فَلَاحٍ، وَأُسِرَ ابْنُ طُغُجَ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الْقُوَّادِ فَسَيَّرَهُمْ إِلَى جَوْهَرٍ، وَسَيَّرَهُمْ جَوْهَرٌ إِلَى الْمُعِزِّ بِإِفْرِيقِيَّةَ، وَدَخَلَ ابْنُ الْفَلَاحِ الْبَلَدَ عَنْوَةً، فَقَتَلَ كَثِيرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَّنَ مَنْ بَقِيَ، وَجَبَى الْخَرَاجَ وَسَارَ إِلَى طَبَرِيَّةَ، فَرَأَى ابْنَ مُلْهَمٍ قَدْ أَقَامَ الدَّعْوَةَ لِلْمُعِزِّ لِدِينِ اللَّهِ، فَسَارَ عَنْهَا إِلَى دِمَشْقَ، فَقَاتَلَهُ أَهْلُهَا، فَظَفِرَ بِهِمْ وَمَلَكَ الْبَلَدَ، وَنَهَبَ بَعْضَهُ وَكَفَّ عَنِ الْبَاقِي، وَأَقَامَ الْخُطْبَةَ لِلْمُعِزِّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِأَيَّامٍ خَلَتْ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّمِ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ [ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ] وَقُطِعَتِ الْخُطْبَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّةُ. وَكَانَ بِدِمَشْقَ الشَّرِيفُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْلَى الْهَاشِمِيُّ، وَكَانَ جَلِيلَ الْقَدْرِ، نَافِذَ الْحُكْمِ فِي أَهْلِهَا، فَجَمَعَ أَحْدَاثَهَا وَمَنْ يُرِيدُ الْفِتْنَةَ، فَثَارَ بِهِمْ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَأَبْطَلَ الْخُطْبَةَ لِلْمُعِزِّ لِدِينِ اللَّهِ وَأَعَادَ خُطْبَةَ الْمُطِيعِ لِلَّهِ. وَلَبِسَ السَّوَادَ وَعَادَ إِلَى دَارِهِ، فَقَاتَلَهُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ فَلَاحٍ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، وَصَبَرَ أَهْلُ دِمَشْقَ، ثُمَّ افْتَرَقُوا آخِرَ النَّهَارِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ تَزَاحَفَ الْفَرِيقَانِ وَاقْتَتَلُوا وَنَشَبَتِ الْحَرْبُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَكَثُرَ الْقَتْلَى مِنَ الْجَانِبَيْنِ وَدَامَ الْقِتَالُ، فَعَادَ عَسْكَرُ دِمَشْقَ مُنْهَزِمِينَ وَالشَّرِيفُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْلَى مُقِيمٌ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَلَدِ يُحَرِّضُ النَّاسَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ، وَيَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ. وَوَاصَلَ الْمَغَارِبَةُ الْحَمَلَاتِ عَلَى الدَّمَاشِقَةِ حَتَّى أَلْجَئُوهُمْ إِلَى بَابِ الْبَلَدِ، وَوَصَلَ الْمَغَارِبَةُ إِلَى قَصْرِ حَجَّاجٍ، وَنَهَبُوا مَا وَجَدُوا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْلَى ( الْهَاشِمِيَّ وَالْأَحْدَاثَ مَا ) لَقِيَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْمَغَارِبَةِ خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْبِلَادِ لَيْلًا، فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ حَيَارَى، فَدَخَلَ الشَّرِيفُ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ، وَكَانَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَلَدِ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ فَلَاحٍ فِي الصُّلْحِ، فَأَعَادَهُ وَأَمَرَهُ بِتَسْكِينِ النَّاسِ وَتَطْيِيبِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَوَعْدِهِمْ بِالْجَمِيلِ، فَفَعَلَ مَا أَمَرَهُ، وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَى الْجُنْدِ وَالْعَامَّةِ بِلُزُومِ مَنَازِلِهِمْ، وَأَنْ لَا يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ فَلَاحٍ الْبَلَدَ وَيَطُوفَ فِيهِ وَيَعُودَ إِلَى عَسْكَرِهِ، فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ. فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَغَارِبَةُ الْبَلَدَ عَاثُوا فِيهِ، وَنَهَبُوا قُطْرًا مِنْهُ، فَثَارَ النَّاسُ، وَحَمَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوا السَّيْفَ فِيهِمْ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ جَمَاعَةً، وَشَرَعُوا فِي تَحْصِينِ الْبَلَدِ وَحَفْرِ الْخَنَادِقِ، وَعَزَمُوا عَلَى اصْطِلَاءِ الْحَرْبِ، وَبَذْلِ النُّفُوسِ فِي الْحِفْظِ، وَأَحْجَمَتِ الْمَغَارِبَةُ عَنْهُمْ، وَمَشَى النَّاسُ إِلَى الشَّرِيفِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْلَى، فَطَلَبُوا مِنْهُ أَنْ يَسْعَى فِيمَا يَعُودُ بِصَلَاحِ الْحَالِ، فَفَعَلَ، وَدَبَّرَ الْحَالَ إِلَى أَنْ تَقَرَّرَ الصُّلْحُ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ لِسِتَّ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَ الْحَرِيقُ قَدْ أَتَى عَلَى عِدَّةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ مِنَ الدُّورِ وَقْتَ الْحَرْبِ. وَدَخَلَ صَاحِبُ الشُّرْطَةِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ فَلَاحٍ الْبَلَدَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّاسِ وَسَكَّنَهُمْ وَطَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ، وَقَبَضَ عَلَى جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الْأَحْدَاثِ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ سَنَةَ سِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَقَبَضَ عَلَى الشَّرِيفِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْلَى الْهَاشِمِيِّ الْمَذْكُورِ، وَسَيَّرَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَاسْتَقَرَّ أَمْرُ دِمَشْقَ. ( وَكَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُؤَخَّرَ ) ( مِلْكُ ابْنِ الْفَلَاحِ دِمَشْقَ إِلَى آخِرِ السَّنَةِ )، وَإِنَّمَا قَدَّمْتُهُ لِيَتَّصِلَ خَبَرُ الْمَغَارِبَةِ بَعْضُهُ بِبَعْضٍ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the army of al-Muʿizz taking Damascus and other lands of Syria When Jawhar had become established in Egypt and had secured his footing, he dispatched Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ al-Kutāmī to Syria with a large force. He reached al-Ramlah, where Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṭughj was, and fought him in Dhū al-Ḥijjah of that year. Battles took place between them in which Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ was victorious, and Ibn Ṭughj and other commanders were captured. He sent them to Jawhar, and Jawhar sent them to al-Muʿizz in Ifrīqiyyah. Ibn al-Falāḥ entered the town by force, killing many of its inhabitants, then granted safety to those who remained, levied the land tax, and marched to Ṭabariyyah. There he saw that Ibn Mulham had already established the daʿwah for al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, so he left it and went to Damascus. Its people fought him, but he defeated them and took possession of the city, plundering part of it and refraining from the rest. He established the khuṭbah for al-Muʿizz on Friday, some days into Muḥarram of the year fifty-nine [and three hundred], and the Abbasid khuṭbah was discontinued. In Damascus there was the sharīf Abū al-Qāsim b. Abī Yaʿlā al-Hāshimī, a man of great standing whose authority among its people was effective. He gathered its young men and those who sought sedition, and rose up with them on the second Friday, abolished the khuṭbah for al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, and restored the khuṭbah of al-Muṭīʿ li-llāh. He donned black and returned to his house. Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ and his men fought him fiercely, and the people of Damascus held firm. Then they dispersed at the end of the day. On the morrow the two sides advanced against each other and fought, and war broke out between them. Many were killed on both sides and the fighting continued. The army of Damascus returned in defeat while the sharīf Ibn Abī Yaʿlā stood at the gate of the city urging the people to fight and commanding them to be steadfast. The Maghribis kept up their assaults on the Damascenes until they drove them back to the gate of the city. The Maghribis reached the palace of Ḥajjāj and plundered what they found. When Ibn Abī Yaʿlā al-Hāshimī and the young men saw what the people were suffering at the hands of the Maghribis, they left the city by night. In the morning the people were bewildered. The sharīf al-Jaʿfarī, who had gone out from the city to Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ to negotiate peace, entered, and Jaʿfar sent him back, ordering him to calm the people, reassure them, and promise them good treatment. He did as he was commanded, and instructed the soldiers and the common people to remain in their homes and not to leave them until Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ entered the city, made a circuit through it, and returned to his camp. They did so. When the Maghribis entered the city they spread corruption in it and plundered a portion of it. The people rose up, attacked them, and put them to the sword, killing a group of them. They set about fortifying the city and digging trenches, and resolved to face the heat of war and expend their lives in its defense. The Maghribis held back from them, and the people went to the sharīf Abū al-Qāsim b. Abī Yaʿlā and asked him to strive for an outcome that would restore order. He did so and managed the matter until peace was concluded on Thursday, sixteen days into Dhū al-Ḥijjah of the year fifty-nine and three hundred. The fire had consumed a great number of houses during the war. The prefect of police, Jaʿfar b. Falāḥ, entered the city on Friday, prayed with the people, calmed them, and reassured them. He arrested a group of the young men in Muḥarram of the year sixty and three hundred, and arrested the aforementioned sharīf Abū al-Qāsim b. Abī Yaʿlā al-Hāshimī and sent him to Egypt. Thus the affairs of Damascus became settled. (It would have been appropriate to defer) (Ibn al-Falāḥ's taking of Damascus to the end of the year), but I have brought it forward so that the account of the Maghribis may be connected one part to another.
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