Tarikh (al-Tabari) 778

The account of the pact and what occurred in its story and its annulment

[ سَعْيُ هِشَامٍ فِي ضَمِّ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ إلَيْهِ ] فَذَهَبَ إلَى الْبَخْتَرِيِّ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، فَسَأَلَ لَهُ نَحْوًا مِمَّا قَالَ لِلْمُطْعِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: وَهَلْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُعِينُ عَلَى هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: مَنْ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَالْمُطْعِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، وَأَنَا مَعَكَ، قَالَ: أَبْغِنَا خَامِسًا. [ سَعْيُ هِشَامٍ فِي ضَمِّ زَمْعَةَ لَهُ ] فَذَهَبَ إلَى زَمْعَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ، فَكَلَّمَهُ، ذَكَرَ لَهُ قَرَابَتَهُمْ وَحَقَّهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: وَهَلْ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونِي إلَيْهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ سَمَّى لَهُ الْقَوْمَ.

Translation

✧ [Hishām's effort to bring Abū al-Bakhtarī to his side] He went to al-Bakhtarī b. Hishām and asked him for something similar to what he had said to al-Muṭʿim b. ʿAdī. He said: "Is there anyone to assist in this?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Who is he?" He said: "Zuhayr b. Abī Umayya, al-Muṭʿim b. ʿAdī, and I am with you." He said: "Find us a fifth." [Hishām's effort to bring Zamʿa to his side] He went to Zamʿa b. al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Asad and spoke to him, mentioning their kinship and their rights. He said to him: "Is there anyone for this matter to which you are calling me?" He said: "Yes." Then he named the people for him.

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