Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4359
Then the year 365 AH began
ذِكْرُ حَصْرِ كَسَنْتَةَ وَغَيْرِهَا فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ سَارَ أَمِيرُ صِقِلِّيَّةَ، وَهُوَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ، فِي عَسَاكِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَمَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ وَالْعُلَمَاءِ، فَنَازَلَ مَدِينَةَ مَسِّينِي فِي رَمَضَانَ، فَهَرَبَ الْعَدُوُّ عَنْهَا، وَعَدَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِلَى كَسَنْتَةَ فَحَصَرُوهَا أَيَّامًا، فَسَأَلَ أَهْلُهَا الْأَمَانَ، فَأَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُمْ مَالًا، وَرَحَلَ عَنْهَا إِلَى قَلْعَةِ جَلُّوا، فَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ بِهَا وَبِغَيْرِهَا، وَأَمَرَ أَخَاهُ الْقَاسِمَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِالْأُسْطُولِ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ بَرْبُولَةَ وَيَبُثُّ السَّرَايَا فِي جَمِيعِ قِلَّوْرِيَةَ، فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَغَنِمَ غَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةً، وَقَتَلَ وَسَبَى، وَعَادَ هُوَ وَأَخُوهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَسِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ أَمَرَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بِعِمَارَةِ رَمْطَةَ، وَكَانَتْ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَعَاوَدَ الْغَزْوَ وَجَمَعَ الْجُيُوشَ، وَسَارَ فَنَازَلَ قَلْعَةَ إِغَاثَةَ، فَطَلَبَ أَهْلُهَا الْأَمَانَ فَأَمَّنَهُمْ، وَسَلَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ الْقَلْعَةَ بِجَمِيعِ مَا فِيهَا وَرَحَلَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ طَارَنْتَ، فَرَأَى أَهْلَهَا قَدْ هَرَبُوا مِنْهَا وَأَغْلَقُوا أَبْوَابَهَا، فَصَعِدَ النَّاسُ السُّورَ، وَفَتَحُوا الْأَبْوَابَ، وَدَخَلَهَا النَّاسُ، فَأَمَرَ الْأَمِيرُ بِهَدْمِهَا فَهُدِمَتْ وَأُحْرِقَتْ، وَأَرْسَلَ السَّرَايَا فَبَلَغُوا أَذَرَنْتَ وَغَيْرَهَا، وَنَزَلَ هُوَ عَلَى مَدِينَةِ عَرْدَلِيَةَ، فَقَاتَلَهَا، فَبَذَلَ أَهْلُهَا لَهُ مَالًا صَالَحَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَادَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the siege of Cassenta and other places In this year the amir of Sicily, Abu al-Qasim b. al-Husayn b. ʿAli b. Abi al-Husayn, marched with the Muslim armies, accompanied by a group of reformers and scholars, and encamped before the city of Messina in Ramadan. The enemy fled from it, and the Muslims went on to Cassenta and besieged it for some days. Its people asked for safe-conduct, and he granted it to them, took money from them, and departed from it to the castle of Gallo, doing likewise with it and with others. He ordered his brother al-Qasim to take the fleet to the vicinity of Barbula and to send out raiding parties throughout all Calabria. He did so, gaining much booty, killing and taking captives. Then he and his brother returned to the city. When the year 366 AH came, Abu al-Qasim ordered the rebuilding of Rametta, which had been ruined before that, resumed raiding, gathered the armies, and marched to encamp before the castle of Igathe. Its people asked for safe-conduct, and he granted it to them; they surrendered the castle to him with all that was in it. He then departed to the city of Taranto, and saw that its people had fled from it and locked its gates. The men climbed the wall, opened the gates, and the people entered. The amir ordered it to be demolished, so it was demolished and burned. He sent out raiding parties who reached Acerenza and other places, while he himself encamped before the city of Ardalia and fought it. Its people offered him money, on which he made peace with them, and then returned to the city.
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