Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (23/166)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

In 638 AH: during this year al-Ṣāliḥ Ismāʿīl handed over the fortress of Shaqīf to the Franks so that they might come to his aid against the Egyptians. Ibn al-Ḥājib and Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām denounced the deed, and he imprisoned them for a time.

Sibt al-Jawzī (1) relates: A Mongol envoy arrived before Shihāb al-Dīn Ghāzī ibn al-ʿĀdil and the other rulers, bearing a letter whose superscription read:
“From the Vicegerent of the Lord of Heaven, the one who has swept the face of the earth, King of East and West, who commands the kings of Islam to enter the obedience of the Great Khan.”
The envoy said to Ghāzī, “He has appointed you his silaḥdār (arms-bearer) (2) and ordered you to demolish the walls of your cities.”

In the same year al-Nāṣir Dāwūd routed the Franks at Gaza, and the Syrian caravan was captured near Taymāʾ. The lord of Ḥimṣ, reinforced by the Khwarazmian army of Aleppo, engaged the enemy on the plain of Ḥarrān, defeated them, and seized the city; the ruler of Rūm took Āmid after a prolonged siege. Meanwhile the Tatars ravaged the countryside, killing and enslaving, and although the Khwarazmians had dwindled in number they too were laying waste to the Jazīrah.

In 639 AH (3): the Tatars, together with Bayju Noyin, entered the lands of Rūm, plundered and devastated the villages, and their ruler fled before them.

= The number of robes conferred on those dismissed from office was estimated at this figure, as seen in the passage cited in Tarikh al-Islam: “Ibn al-Sa‘i states: ‘That year the crowds in Baghdad paraded in the festival robes, and the robes distributed among them were reckoned at more than thirteen thousand.’” (folio 258, Aya Sofya 3012). (1) Mirat al-Zaman, vol. 8, p. 733 (adapted). (2) Also spelled Silah-dar; the official in charge of the armoury. (3) Tarikh al-Islam, fols. 259–260.

وَفِي سَنَةِ ٦٣٨: فِيْهَا سَلَّم الصَّالِحُ إِسْمَاعِيْلُ قَلْعَةَ الشَّقِيْف إِلَى الفِرَنْج لِيُنجِدُوْهُ عَلَى المِصْرِيّين، فَأَنْكَر عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ الحَاجِب وَابْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ، فَسَجَنَهُمَا مُدَّة. قَالَ سِبْطُ الجَوْزِيِّ (١) : قَدِمَ رَسُوْل التَّتَار إِلَى شِهَاب الدِّيْنِ غَازِي ابْن العَادل، وَإِلَى المُلُوْكِ عنوَان الكِتَاب: مِنْ نَائِبِ رَبِّ السَّمَاءِ مَاسِحِ وَجهِ الأَرْضِ مَلِكِ الشَّرْق وَالغرب يَأْمر مُلُوْكَ الإِسْلاَم بِالدُّخُوْل فِي طَاعَةِ القَانِ الأَعْظَمِ. وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ لِغَازِي: قَدْ جَعَلك سلحدَاره (٢) ، وَأَمَرَكَ أَنْ تُخَرِّبَ أَسوارَ بِلاَدِكِ. وَفِيْهَا كَسَرَ النَّاصِر دَاوُد الفِرَنْجَ بِغَزَّةَ. وَأُخِذَ الرَّكْبُ الشَّامِيُّ بِقُرْبِ تَيمَاءَ. وَالتَقَى صَاحِب حِمْصَ وَمَعَهُ عَسْكَر حَلَب الخُوَارِزْمِيَّةَ، فَكَسَرهُم بِأَرْضِ حَرَّان، وَأَخَذَ حَرَّان، وَأَخَذَ صَاحِبُ الرُّوْمِ آمد بَعْدَ حِصَار طَوِيْل، وَكَانَتِ التَّتَارُ تعيثُ فِي البِلاَد قَتْلاً وَسَبياً، وَقَلَّتِ الخُوَارِزْمِيَّة، فَكَانُوا بِالجَزِيْرَةِ يَعيثُونَ. وَفِي سَنَةِ ٦٣٩ (٣) : دَخَلتِ التَّتَار مَعَ بايجونَوِينَ بِلاَد الرُّوْم، وَعَاثُوا وَنَهبُوا القُرَى، فَهَرَبَ مِنْهُم صَاحِبُهَا.

= أن المخلوع عليهم حزروا بهذا العدد، كما يظهر في النص الذي اقتبسه في " تاريخ الإسلام " قال: " وقال ابن الساعي: " وفيها رفل الخلائق ببغداد في الخلع في العيد بحيث حزر المخلوع عليهم بأكثر من ثلاثة عشر ألفا " (الورقة: ٢٥٨ أيا صوفيا ٣٠١٢) . (١) مرآة الزمان ٨ / ٧٣٣ (بتصرف) . (٢) وتكتب أيضا: سلاح دار، وهو مسؤول السلاح. (٣) تاريخ الإسلام، الورقة: ٢٥٩ - ٢٦٠.