Sirat Ibn Hisham 40
The Negus's anger at Abrahah for killing Aryāṭ, then his satisfaction with him
[ غَضَبُ النَّجَاشِيِّ عَلَى أَبْرَهَةَ لِقَتْلِهِ أَرْيَاطَ ثُمَّ رِضَاؤُهُ عَنْهُ ] فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّجَاشِيَّ غَضِبَ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ: عَدَا عَلَى أَمِيرِي فَقَتَلَهُ بِغَيْرِ أَمْرِي. تَمَّ حَلَفَ لَا يَدَعُ أَبْرَهَةَ حَتَّى يَطَأَ بِلَادَهُ، وَيَجُزَّ نَاصِيَتَهُ. فَحَلَقَ أَبْرَهَةُ رَأْسَهُ وَمَلَأَ جِرَابًا مِنْ تُرَابِ الْيَمَنِ. ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِهِ إلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ، ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إلَيْهِ: أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ: إنَّمَا كَانَ أَرْيَاطُ عَبْدَكَ، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، فَاخْتَلَفْنَا فِي أَمْرِكَ، وَكُلٌّ طَاعَتُهُ لَكَ، إلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَقْوَى عَلَى أَمْرِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَأَضْبَطَ لَهَا وَأَسْوَسَ مِنْهُ، وَقَدْ حَلَقْتُ رَأْسِي كُلَّهُ حِينَ بَلَغَنِي قَسَمُ الْمَلِكِ، وَبَعَثْتُ إلَيْهِ بِجِرَابِ تُرَابٍ مِنْ أَرْضِي، لِيَضَعَهُ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَيَبَرُّ قَسَمُهُ فِيَّ. فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى ذَلِكَ إلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ رَضِيَ عَنْهُ، وَكَتَبَ إلَيْهِ: أَنْ اُثْبُتْ بِأَرْضِ الْيَمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ أَمْرِي. فَأَقَامَ أَبْرَهَةُ بِالْيَمَنِ
Translation
✧ When that reached the Negus, he became very angry and said: He transgressed against my commander and killed him without my command. Then he swore an oath that he would not leave Abrahah until he trampled his lands and cut off his forelock. So Abrahah shaved his head and filled a leather sack with dust from the land of Yemen. Then he sent it to the Negus and wrote to him: O king, Aryāṭ was only your slave, and I am your slave. We have differed concerning your affair, and each one’s obedience is to you; except that I was stronger in the affair of the Abyssinians, more disciplined for them, and more politically astute than he. I have shaved my entire head when the king’s oath reached me and I have sent him a leather sack of dust from my land so that he may place it under his feet and thus fulfill his oath concerning me. When that reached the Negus, he was pleased with him and wrote to him: Remain steadfast in the land of Yemen until my command comes to you. So Abrahah stayed in Yemen.
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