Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (23/161)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

In the year 627 AH (1): al-Ashraf and the Sultan of Rum defeated Jalal al-Din Khwarazm-Shah, shattered his forces, and al-Ashraf regained Akhlat.

A messenger from Muhammad b. Hud al-Andalusi then arrived, reporting that he had taken control of most of the Maghrib and had the Friday sermon delivered there in the name of al-Mustansir. A diploma confirming his sovereignty over those lands was therefore issued to him, and robes of honor together with a banner were dispatched.

Khwarazm-Shah also petitioned the caliph for the attire of futuwwa (the chivalric brotherhood), and his request was granted.

The Arabs seized from Khwarazm-Shah’s camp on the day of his rout (2) a golden basin (3) weighing a quarter of a qintar, and—astonishingly—in this engagement (4) not one soldier of the Syrian army was killed, save a single man who was wounded, whereas thousands of Byzantines fell. As for the Khwarazmians, the slaughter raged among them, their dread vanished from people’s hearts, and their fortune fled. The battle occurred in Ramadan.

In the year 628 AH (5): a cousin of Ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin rebelled against him, seized the throne, killed him, and slew multitudes of Berbers.

And in Rajab we received word (6) that the Tatars had crushed Khwarazm-Shah, his army scattered, and he tasted—

(1) Tarikh al-Islam, fols. 244–245. (2) This paragraph should have been placed after the sentence: “and al-Ashraf recovered Khilat.” (3) al-batiyya: a bowl of pottery, earthenware, or glass used for serving wine, or a vessel for perfumed water (Dozy, Supplément, 1/484). (4) That is, the war opposing al-Ashraf and the ruler of Rum on one side to Jalal al-Din Khwarazm Shah on the other. (5) Tarikh al-Islam, fols. 245–248. (6) The original report in Tarikh al-Islam reads: “In Rajab, Qazwini arrived in Syria and informed….”

وَفِي سَنَةِ ٦٢٧ (١) : هَزمَ الأَشْرَفُ وَصَاحِبُ الرُّوْمِ جَلاَلَ الدِّيْنِ خُوَارِزْم شَاه، وَتَمَزَّقَ جَمْعُهُ، وَاسْتردَّ الأَشْرَفُ خِلاَط. وَقَدِمَ رَسُوْلُ مُحَمَّد بن هود الأَنْدَلُسِيّ بِأَنَّهُ تَمَلَّكَ أَكْثَر المَغْرِب، وَخَطَبَ بِهَا لِلمُسْتَنْصِر، فَكُتِبَ لَهُ تَقليدٌ بِسلطنَةِ تِلْكَ الدِّيَار، وَنفذت إِلَيْهِ الخِلَعُ وَاللِّوَاء. وَبَعَثَ خُوَارِزْم شَاه يَطلُبُ مِنَ الخَلِيْفَةِ لِبَاسَ الفُتَوَّةِ، فَأُجِيبَ. وَقَدْ أَخذتِ الْعَرَب مِنْ مُخَيَّم خُوَارِزْم شَاه يَوْمَ كَسْرَتِهِ (٢) باطيَةً (٣) مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَزْنُهَا رُبُعُ قِنطَارٍ، وَالعجب أَنّ هَذِهِ المَلْحَمَة (٤) مَا قُتل فِيْهَا مِنْ عَسْكَر الشَّامِ سِوَى وَاحِد جُرِحَ، لَكِنْ قُتِلَ مِنَ الرُّوْمِيِّيْنَ أُلُوف، وَأَمَّا الخُوَارِزْمِيَّةِ فَاسْتَحَرَّ بِهِمُ القَتلُ، وَزَالت هَيْبَتُهُم مِنَ القُلُوْبِ، وَوَلَّتْ سَعَادَتُهُم، وَالوَقْعَةُ فِي رَمَضَانَ. وَفِي سَنَةِ ٦٢٨ (٥) : فِيْهَا خَرَجَ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبْدِ المُؤْمِنِ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ، وَظَفِرَ بِالمُلْكِ، وَقتله، وَقتلَ مِنَ البَرْبَر خَلاَئِق. وَفِي رَجَبٍ بَلَغَنَا (٦) كسرَة التَّتَار لِخُوَارِزْم شَاه، وَتَفرَّق جَمْعُهُ، وَذَاقَ

(١) تاريخ الإسلام، الورقة: ٢٤٤ - ٢٤٥. (٢) كان ينبغي أن توضع هذه الفقرة بعد قوله: " واسترد الأشرف خلاط ". (٣) الباطية: إناء من الخزف أو الفخار أو البلور لتقديم النبيذ. أو الذي يوضع فيه ماء العطر (معجم دوزي ١ / ٤٨٤) . (٤) يعني: الحرب بين الأشرف وصاحب الروم من جهة وجلال الدين خوارزم شاه من جهة أخرى. (٥) تاريخ الإسلام، الورقة: ٢٤٥ - ٢٤٨. (٦) أصل الخبر في " تاريخ الإسلام ": " وفي رجب وصل قزويني إلى الشام فأخبر..".