and burned it to the ground, killing many and carrying others off as captives.
In that same year the army of Tarsus advanced and captured Antioch; each cavalryman’s share of the booty amounted to one thousand dinars. Ṣāḥib al-Shāmah and his kinsman al-Mudaththir, along with several others, were taken prisoner, executed, and their bodies burned (1).
In the year 292 AH Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān led al-Muktafi’s forces toward Egypt. They clashed more than once, after which the Egyptian troops fell into discord. Their ruler, Hārūn ibn Khumārawayh, came out to pacify them, but a North-African archer struck him with an arrow that killed him. Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān then seized Egypt, capturing more than a dozen commanders, and the provinces submitted to al-Muktafi. The Tigris rose until it reached twenty-one cubits, sweeping away things beyond description.
Late that same year al-Khalanji (2) rebelled in Egypt and gained control, so Fatik prepared to march against him.
In the year 293 AH al-Khalanji met al-Muktafi’s army at al-‘Arīsh and dealt them a most humiliating defeat. The Qarmaṭian’s brother then encircled Damascus, plundered Tiberias, crossed the al-Samāwah desert (3), and sacked Hīt (4). On the Day of Sacrifice the Qarmatians attacked Kūfa; its inhabitants fought them off, after which they engaged al-Muktafi’s army as well and routed it.