Tarikh (al-Tabari) 596
Genealogy of Our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Some Accounts of His Forefathers and Ancestors
يَوْمُ طِخْفَةَ وَهُوَ لِبَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ عَلَى عَسَاكِرِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ. قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: وَكَانَ سَبَبَ هَذِهِ الْحَرْبِ أَنَّ الرَّدَافَةَ، وَهِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَزَارَةِ، وَكَانَ الرَّدِيفُ يَجْلِسُ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْمَلِكِ، كَانَتْ لِبَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ مِنْ تَمِيمٍ يَتَوَارَثُونَهَا صَغِيرًا عَنْ كَبِيرٍ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ أَيَّامُ النُّعْمَانِ، وَقِيلَ أَيَّامُ ابْنِهِ الْمُنْذِرِ، سَأَلَهَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ زُرَارَةَ الدَّارِمِيُّ التَّمِيمِيُّ النُّعْمَانَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا لِلْحَارِثِ بْنِ بَيْبَةَ بْنِ قُرْطِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ الدَّارِمِيِّ التَّمِيمِيِّ، فَقَالَ النُّعْمَانُ لِبَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ فِي هَذَا، وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُجِيبُوا إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَامْتَنَعُوا، وَكَانَ مَنْزِلُهُمْ أَسْفَلَ طِخْفَةَ، فَحَيْثُ امْتَنَعُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمُ النُّعْمَانُ قَابُوسَ ابْنَهُ وَحَسَّانًا أَخَاهُ ابْنَيِ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَابُوسُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَحَسَّانُ عَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ، وَضَمَّ إِلَيْهِمَا جَيْشًا كَثِيفًا، مِنْهُمُ الصَّنَائِعُ وَالْوَضَائِعُ وَنَاسٌ مِنْ تَمِيمٍ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى أَتَوْا طِخْفَةَ فَالْتَقَوْا هُمْ وَيَرْبُوعٌ وَاقْتَتَلُوا، وَصَبَرَتْ يَرْبُوعٌ وَانْهَزَمَ قَابُوسٌ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ، وَضَرَبَ طَارِقٌ أَبُو عَمِيرَةَ فَرَسَ قَابُوسَ فَعَقَرَهُ وَأَسَرَهُ، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَجُزَّ نَاصِيَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ لَا تُجَزُّ نَوَاصِيَهَا، فَأَرْسَلَهُ. وَأَمَّا حَسَّانُ فَأَسَرَهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ جُوَيْنٍ فَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ وَأَرْسَلَهُ. فَعَادَ الْمُنْهَزِمُونَ إِلَى النُّعْمَانِ، وَكَانَ شِهَابُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ كِيَاسٍ الْيَرْبُوعِيُّ عِنْدَ الْمَلِكِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا شِهَابُ أَدْرِكِ ابْنِي وَأَخِي، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُمَا حَيَّيْنِ فَلِبَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ حُكْمُهُمْ وَأَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ رِفَادَتَهُمْ، وَأَتْرُكُ لَهُمْ مَنْ قَتَلُوا وَمَا غَنِمُوا، وَأُعْطِيهِمْ أَلْفَيْ بَعِيرٍ. فَسَارَ شِهَابٌ فَوَجَدَهُمَا حَيَّيْنِ فَأَطْلَقَهُمَا، وَوَفَّى الْمَلِكُ لِبَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ بِمَا قَالَ، وَلَمْ يَعْرِضْ لَهُمْ فِي رِفَادَتِهِمْ. وَقَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ: وَنَحْنُ عَقَرْنَا مُهْرَ قَابُوسَ بَعْدَمَا رَأَى الْقَوْمُ مِنْهُ الْمَوْتَ وَالْخَيْلُ تَلْحَبُ عَلَيْهِ دِلَاصٌ ذَاتُ نَسْجٍ وَسَيْفُهُ جُرَازٌ مِنَ الْهِنْدِيِّ أَبْيَضُ مِقْضَبُ طَلَبْنَا بِهَا إِنَّا مَدَارِيكُ نَيْلِهَا إِذَا طَلَبَ الشَّأْوَ الْبَعِيدَ الْمُغَرِّبُ
Translation
✧ The Day of Ṭikhfah It belongs to Banū Yarbūʿ against the armies of al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir. Abū ʿUbaydah said: The cause of this war was that the ridāfah, which is in the position of a vizierate, and the radīf used to sit at the king's right hand, belonged to Banū Yarbūʿ of Tamīm, who inherited it from elder to younger. When it was the days of al-Nuʿmān, and it was said the days of his son al-Mundhir, Ḥājib b. Zurārah al-Dārimī al-Tamīmī asked al-Nuʿmān to grant it to al-Ḥārith b. Baybah b. Qurṭ b. Sufyān b. Mujāshiʿ al-Dārimī al-Tamīmī. So al-Nuʿmān spoke to Banū Yarbūʿ about this, and asked them to agree to that, but they refused. Their dwelling was at the lower part of Ṭikhfah. When they refused that, al-Nuʿmān sent against them Qābūs his son and Ḥassān his brother, the two sons of al-Mundhir, with Qābūs over the people and Ḥassān over the vanguard, and he attached to them a dense army, among whom were the ṣanāʾiʿ and the waḍāʾiʿ and people from Tamīm and others. They marched until they came to Ṭikhfah, and they and Yarbūʿ met and fought. Yarbūʿ stood firm, and Qābūs and those with him were routed. Ṭāriq Abū ʿAmīrah struck the horse of Qābūs and hamstrung it and captured him, and he wanted to cut off his forelock, but he said: "Kings' forelocks are not cut," so he released him. As for Ḥassān, Bishr b. ʿAmr b. Juwayn captured him, but he showed him favor and released him. So the routed ones returned to al-Nuʿmān. Shihāb b. Qays b. Kiyās al-Yarbūʿī was with the king, so he said to him: "O Shihāb, rescue my son and my brother. If you find them alive, then Banū Yarbūʿ shall have their judgment, and I will restore to them their ridāfah, and leave to them those they killed and what they plundered, and I will give them two thousand camels." So Shihāb set out and found the two of them alive, and he released them. The king fulfilled for Banū Yarbūʿ what he had said, and he did not oppose them in their ridāfah. Mālik b. Nuwayrah said: We hamstrung the colt of Qābūs after the people saw from it death while the horses were panting; Upon him was a coat of mail of woven rings, and his sword was a sharp Indian blade, white and cutting. By that we sought it; indeed we are those who attain its attainment when the distant, far-reaching goal is sought.
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