Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4397
Then the year 370 AH began
ذِكْرُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَ عَسْكَرِ الْعَزِيزِ وَابْنِ جَرَّاحٍ وَعَزْلِ قَسَّامٍ عَنْ دِمَشْقَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ سُيِّرَتِ الْعَسَاكِرُ مِنْ مِصْرَ لِقِتَالِ الْمُفَرِّجِ بْنِ جَرَّاحٍ. وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ ابْنَ جَرَّاحٍ عَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ بِأَرْضِ فِلَسْطِينَ، وَكَثُرَ جَمْعُهُ، وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُهُ، وَبَالَغَ هُوَ فِي الْعَيْثِ وَالْفَسَادِ، وَتَخْرِيبِ الْبِلَادِ، فَجَهَّزَ الْعَزِيزُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَسَاكِرَ وَسَيَّرَهَا، وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهَا الْقَائِدَ يَلْتَكِينَ التُّرْكِيَّ، فَسَارَ إِلَى الرَّمْلَةِ، وَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، مِنْ قَيْسٍ وَغَيْرِهَا، جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَكَانَ مَعَ ابْنِ جَرَّاحٍ جَمْعٌ يَرْمُونَ بِالنُّشَّابِ، وَيُقَاتِلُونَ قِتَالَ التُّرْكِ، فَالْتَقَوْا وَنَشِبَتِ الْحَرْبُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَجَعَلَ يَلْتَكِينُ كَمِينًا، فَخَرَجَ عَلَى عَسْكَرِ ابْنِ جَرَّاحٍ، مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظُهُورِهِمْ، عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ الْحَرْبِ، فَانْهَزَمُوا وَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سُيُوفُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَمَضَى ابْنُ جَرَّاحٍ مُنْهَزِمًا إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، فَاسْتَجَارَ بِصَاحِبِهَا فَأَجَارَهُ، وَصَادَفَ خُرُوجَ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ مِنَ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ فِي عَسَاكِرَ عَظِيمَةٍ يُرِيدُ بِلَادَ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَخَافَ ابْنُ جَرَّاحٍ، وَكَاتَبَ بَكْجُورَ بِحِمْصَ وَالْتَجَأَ إِلَيْهِ. وَأَمَّا عَسْكَرُ مِصْرَ فَإِنَّهُمْ نَازَلُوا دِمَشْقَ، مُخَادِعِينَ لِقَسَّامٍ، لَمْ يُظْهِرُوا لَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ جَاءُوا لِإِصْلَاحِ الْبَلَدِ، وَكَفِّ الْأَيْدِي الْمُتَطَرِّقَةِ ( إِلَى الْأَذَى ) وَكَانَ الْقَائِدُ أَبُو مَحْمُودٍ قَدْ مَاتَ سَنَةَ سَبْعِينَ [ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ] وَهُوَ وَالِي الْبَلَدِ، وَلَا حُكْمَ لَهُ، وَإِنَّمَا الْحُكْمُ لِقَسَّامٍ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ قَامَ بَعْدَهُ فِي الْوِلَايَةِ جَيْشُ بْنُ الصَّمْصَامَةِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أُخْتِ أَبِي مَحْمُودٍ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى يَلْتَكِينَ، وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ إِصْلَاحَ الْبَلَدِ، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ هُوَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ وَيَنْزِلُوا بِظَاهِرِ الْبَلَدِ، فَفَعَلُوا. وَحَذَّرَ قَسَّامٌ، وَأَمَرَ مَنْ مَعَهُ بِمُبَاشَرَةِ الْحَرْبِ، فَقَاتَلُوا دَفْعَاتٍ عِدَّةً فَقَوِيَ عَسْكَرُ يَلْتَكِينَ، وَدَخَلُوا أَطْرَافَ الْبَلَدِ، وَمَلَكُوا الشَّاغُورَ، وَأَحْرَقُوا وَنَهَبُوا، فَاجْتَمَعَ مَشَايِخُ الْبَلَدِ عِنْدَ قَسَّامٍ، وَكَلَّمُوهُ فِي أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا إِلَى يَلْتَكِينَ، وَيَأْخُذُوا أَمَانًا لَهُمْ وَلَهُ، فَانْخَذَلَ ( وَذَلَّ، وَخَضَعَ بَعْدَ تَجَبُّرِهِ وَتَكَبُّرِهِ وَقَالَ: افْعَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ. وَعَادَ أَصْحَابُ قَسَّامٍ ) إِلَيْهِ، فَوَجَدُوهُ خَائِفًا، مُلْقِيًا بِيَدِهِ، فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ لِنَفْسِهِ. وَخَرَجَ شُيُوخُ الْبَلَدِ إِلَى يَلْتَكِينَ، فَطَلَبُوا مِنْهُ الْأَمَانَ لَهُمْ وَلِقَسَّامٍ، فَأَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: أُرِيدُ [ أَنْ ] أَتَسَلَّمَ الْبَلَدَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالُوا: افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ! فَأَرْسَلَ وَالِيًا يُقَالُ ( لَهُ ابْنُ ) خَطْلَخَ، وَمَعَهُ خَيْلٌ وَرَجْلٌ. وَكَانَ مَبْدَأُ هَذِهِ الْحَرْبِ وَالْحَصْرِ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ سَنَةَ سَبْعِينَ وَ [ ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ ] لِعَشْرٍ بَقِينَ مِنْهُ، وَالدُّخُولُ إِلَى الْبَلَدِ لِثَلَاثٍ بَقِينَ مِنْهُ، وَلَمْ يَعْرِضْ لِقَسَّامٍ وَلَا لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَأَقَامَ قَسَّامٌ فِي الْبَلَدِ يَوْمَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَتَرَ، فَأَخَذَ كُلَّ مَا فِي دَارِهِ وَمَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ دُورِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْخِيَامِ، فَقَصَدَ حَاجِبَ يَلْتَكِينَ وَعَرَّفَهُ نَفْسَهُ، فَأَخَذَهُ وَحَمَلَهُ إِلَى يَلْتَكِينَ، فَحَمَلَهُ يَلْتَكِينُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَأَطْلَقَهُ الْعَزِيزُ، وَاسْتَرَاحَ النَّاسُ مِنْ تَحَكُّمِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَتَغَلُّبِهِ بِمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنَ الْأَحْدَاثِ، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَيْثِ وَالْفَسَادِ.
Translation
✧ Account of the war between the army of al-ʿAzīz and Ibn Jarrāḥ, and the dismissal of Qassām from Damascus In this year, armies were dispatched from Egypt to fight al-Mufarrij b. Jarrāḥ. The reason for that was that Ibn Jarrāḥ had grown great in the land of Palestine, his gathering had become numerous, his power had strengthened, and he had gone to extremes in ravaging, corruption, and ruining the lands. So al-ʿAzīz billāh equipped the armies and sent them out, placing over them the commander Yaltakīn al-Turkī. He marched to al-Ramla, and there gathered to him from the Arabs, from Qays and others, a great host. With Ibn Jarrāḥ was a body of men who shot with arrows and fought like the Turks. They met and battle was joined between them. Yaltakīn set an ambush, which came out upon Ibn Jarrāḥ's army from behind their backs when the fighting was at its fiercest, and they were routed, and the swords of the Egyptians took them. Ibn Jarrāḥ fled defeated to Antioch and sought the protection of its lord, who granted him refuge. It happened that the king of the Byzantines had come out of Constantinople with mighty armies seeking the lands of Islam, so Ibn Jarrāḥ became afraid and wrote to Bakjūr in Homs and sought refuge with him. As for the Egyptian army, they encamped before Damascus, deceiving Qassām. They showed him nothing except that they had come to set the country right and to restrain the hands that were reaching out to harm. The commander Abū Maḥmūd had died in the year 370 AH while he was governor of the city, but he had no authority; rather, the authority belonged to Qassām. When he died, Jaysh b. al-Ṣamṣāma, the son of Abū Maḥmūd's sister, rose after him in the governorship. He went out to Yaltakīn, thinking that he wanted to set the country right, so Yaltakīn ordered him to go out with those with him and camp outside the city, and they did so. He warned Qassām and ordered those with him to engage in battle. They fought several times, and Yaltakīn's army grew stronger, entered the outskirts of the city, took possession of al-Shāghūr, and burned and plundered. The elders of the city gathered before Qassām and spoke to him about going out to Yaltakīn and obtaining a safe-conduct for themselves and for him. He was abandoned and humbled, and submitted after his tyranny and arrogance, and said: Do whatever you wish. Qassām's companions returned to him and found him afraid, his hand fallen. Each one looked out for himself. The elders of the city went out to Yaltakīn and sought from him a safe-conduct for themselves and for Qassām. He granted it to them and said: I want to take over the city today. They said: Do as you are commanded. So he sent a governor called Ibn Khaṭlakh, with him cavalry and infantry. The beginning of this war and siege was in Muḥarram of the year 370 AH, when ten nights remained of it, and the entry into the city was when three nights remained of it. No one molested Qassām or any of his companions. Qassām stayed in the city for two days, then went into hiding, and they seized everything in his house and what was around it from the houses of his companions and others. Then he went out to the tents and made for Yaltakīn's chamberlain and made himself known to him. He seized him and carried him to Yaltakīn, and Yaltakīn carried him to Egypt. Then al-ʿAzīz released him, and the people were relieved of his tyranny over them and his domination by means of those youths who followed him, from the people of ravaging and corruption.
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