Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4421
Then the year 373 AH began
ذِكْرُ وَفَاةِ يُوسُفَ بُلُكِّينَ وَوِلَايَةِ ابْنِهِ الْمَنْصُورِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، لِسَبْعٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ، تُوُفِّيَ يُوسُفُ بُلُكِّينُ بْنُ زِيرِي صَاحِبُ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ بِوَارْقَلِينَ. وَسَبَبُ مُضِيِّهِ إِلَيْهَا أَنَّ خَزَرُونَ الزَّنَاتِيَّ دَخَلَ سِجِلْمَاسَةَ، وَطَرَدَ عَنْهَا نَائِبَ يُوسُفَ بُلُكِّينَ، وَنَهَبَ مَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْعُدَدِ، وَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَى فَاسَ زِيرِي بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ الزَّنَاتِيُّ، فَرَحَلَ يُوسُفُ إِلَيْهَا، فَاعْتَلَّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ بِقُولَنْجٍ، وَقِيلَ خَرَجَ فِي يَدِهِ بَثْرَةٌ فَمَاتَ مِنْهَا، فَأَوْصَى بِوِلَايَةِ ابْنِهِ الْمَنْصُورِ، وَكَانَ الْمَنْصُورُ بِمَدِينَةِ أَشِيرَ، فَجَلَسَ لِلْعَزَاءِ بِأَبِيهِ، وَأَتَاهُ أَهْلُ الْقَيْرَوَانِ وَسَائِرِ الْبِلَادِ يُعَزُّونَهُ بِأَبِيهِ وَيُهَنُّونَهُ بِالْوِلَايَةِ، فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ أَبِي يُوسُفَ وَجَدِّي زِيرِي كَانَا يَأْخُذَانِ النَّاسَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَأَنَا لَا آخُذُهُمْ إِلَّا بِالْإِحْسَانِ، وَلَسْتُ مِمَّنْ يُوَلَّى بِكِتَابٍ وَيُعْزَلُ بِكِتَابٍ، يَعْنِي أَنَّ الْخَلِيفَةَ بِمِصْرَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى عَزْلِهِ بِكِتَابٍ. ثُمَّ سَارَ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ، وَسَكَنَ بِرِقَّادَةَ، وَوَلِيَ الْأَعْمَالَ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ الْأُمَرَاءَ وَأَرْسَلَ هَدِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً إِلَى الْعَزِيزِ بِاللَّهِ بِمِصْرَ، قِيلَ: كَانَتْ قِيمَتُهَا أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ، ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى أَشِيرَ، وَاسْتَخْلَفَ عَلَى جِبَايَةِ الْأَمْوَالِ بِالْقَيْرَوَانِ، وَالْمَهْدِيَّةِ، وَجَمِيعِ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ إِنْسَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْكَاتِبِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of Yūsuf Bulukkīn and the succession of his son al-Manṣūr In this year, when seven nights remained of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, Yūsuf Bulukkīn b. Zīrī, the ruler of Ifrīqiyah, died at Wārqalīn. The reason for his going there was that Khazarūn al-Zanātī entered Sijilmāsah, expelled Yūsuf Bulukkīn's deputy from it, and plundered the wealth and equipment in it, while Zīrī b. ʿAṭiyyah al-Zanātī seized control of Fās. So Yūsuf set out for it, but fell ill on the way with colic. It was also said that a pustule appeared on his hand and he died from it. He bequeathed the succession to his son al-Manṣūr. Al-Manṣūr was in the city of Ashīr, so he sat to receive condolences for his father, and the people of al-Qayrawān and the rest of the regions came to him, offering condolences for his father and congratulating him on the succession. He treated the people kindly and said to them: "My father Yūsuf and my grandfather Zīrī used to take the people by the sword, but I will take them only by kindness. I am not one who is appointed by a letter and dismissed by a letter," meaning that the caliph in Egypt was unable to dismiss him by a letter. Then he went to al-Qayrawān and resided at Raqqādah. He took charge of the affairs, appointed the commanders, and sent a magnificent gift to al-ʿAzīz billāh in Egypt. It was said that its value was one million dinars. Then he returned to Ashīr, leaving as his deputy for the collection of revenues in al-Qayrawān, al-Mahdīyah, and all of Ifrīqiyah a man called ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Kātib.
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