Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (15/129)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—asking him to send over some of his food. Ibn al-Qazwīnī therefore sent fried eggplant dressed with vinegar, broad beans, and date syrup. The Caliph ate from it, shared it out, and sent him two hundred dinars, which he accepted.

Later the Caliph again asked him for food, so Ibn al-Qazwīnī sent yogurt, young hens, full-grown chickens, and falūdhaj. The Caliph was astonished and questioned him. He replied, “I did not go to any undue trouble; when Allah broadened my provision, I broadened my spending on myself.” The answer pleased the Caliph, and he continued to look after him (1).

The Rāfiḍa then celebrated the Festival of al-Ghadīr (2), that is, the Day of Brotherhood. The Sunnis rose up, gathered strength, and tore the state banner. Some people were killed, others were crucified, and the unrest subsided (3).

Around this time the Emir of Mecca, Abū al-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī, claimed the caliphate, adopted the regnal name al-Rāshid bi-ʾllāh, and joined the Jarrahids of the Ṭayy tribe in Syria, accompanied by his relatives and about one thousand slaves. He exercised authority in Ramla, which alarmed al-ʿAzīz (4) in Egypt. Al-ʿAzīz courted the Ṭayy tribe (5), lavished money on them, and issued a decree appointing al-Rāshid’s cousin to the governorship of the Two Sanctuaries. Al-Rāshid’s position therefore weakened. Abū Ḥassān al-Ṭāʾī granted him asylum and, after treating him graciously, enabled him to return to the emirate of Mecca (6).

In that same year Buzāl (7) seized Damascus and routed its governor, Munīr (8).

(1) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 162. The autograph reads: “fa nafadha badhinjan maqli bi khal, wa baqla, wa dibs” (fried eggplant with vinegar, broad beans, and date molasses); all three nouns are in the nominative case. (2) “The Day of al-Ghadir” designates Ghadir Khumm, a valley lying between Mecca and Medina near al-Juhfa. There the Prophet, peace be upon him, preached during his Farewell Pilgrimage, declaring: “Whoever counts me as his mawla, Ali is his mawla. O Allah, befriend those who befriend him and oppose those who oppose him.” See Majma al-Zawaid, 9:103–109. (3) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 164. (4) His biography will appear below under no. 69 of the present volume. (5) Meaning al-Aziz (the Mighty). (6) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 164. (7) Dhayl Tarikh Dimashq records the name as Nazzal (with an initial nun). (8) Dhayl Tarikh Dimashq, p. 40; see also the notice on Munir al-Khadem in Umara Dimashq, p. 89. (*) Siyar, 15:9.

أَنْ ينفّذ لَهُ مِنْ طعَامه، فَنفَّذ باذِنجَاناً مقلُواً بخلٍّ وَبَاقِلَّى وَدِبْساً، فَأَكل مِنْهُ وَفَرَّق، وَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِمَائتَيْ دِيْنَار فَقبِلَها. ثُمَّ طلبَ مِنْهُ بَعْدُ طعَاماً، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ زبَادِي فرَاريج وَدجَاج وَفَالوذج، فتعجَّب الخَلِيْفَةُ وَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: لم أَتكلَّفْ، وَلَمَّا وَسِّع عَلِيّ وَسعتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي فَأَعجبه، وَكَانَ يَتَفَقَّدهُ (١) . وعَمِلَت الرَّافِضَة عيدَ الْغدير (٢) ، يَعْنِي: يَوْم المُؤَاخَاة، فثَارتِ السُّنَّةُ، وَقووا، وَخَرَّقُوا عَلَمَ السُّلْطَانِ. وَقُتِلَ جَمَاعَةٌ، وَصُلِبَ آخرُوْنَ، فكفّوا (٣) . وفِي هَذَا القُرب طَلَبَ أَمِيْرُ مَكَّة أَبُو الفُتُوْحِ العَلَوِيُّ الخِلاَفَةَ، وَتَسَمَّى بِالرَّاشد بِاللهِ، وَلَحِقَ بِآل جَرَّاح الطَّائِيّ بِالشَّامِ، وَمَعَهُ أَقَاربه، وَنحوٌ مِنْ أَلفِ عَبْدٍ، وَحَكَمَ بِالرَّمْلَةِ، فَانزعج العَزِيْزُ (٤) بِمِصْرَ، وَتلطَّف (٥) بِالطَّائِيين، وَبَذَلَ لَهُم الأَمْوَالَ، وَكَتَبَ بِإِمَارَةِ الحَرَمَيْنِ لاِبْنِ عَمِ الرَّاشدِ، فَوهَنَ أمْرُ الرَّاشدِ، فَأَجَارَه أَبُو حَسَّانَ الطَّائِيّ، وَتلطَّف لَهُ حَتَّى عَادَ إِلَى إِمرَة مَكَّة (٦) . وَفِيْهَا: اسْتولَى بُزَال (٧) عَلَى دِمَشْق، وَهَزَم مُتَوَلِّيهَا منيراً (٨) .

(١) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ١٦٢. وفي الأصل " فنفذ باذنجان مقلو بخل، وباقلى، ودبس ". أي: بالرفع. (٢) يوم الغدير: يعنون به غدير خم، وخم: واد بين مكة والمدينة عند الجحفة به غدير، عنده خطب رسول الله ﷺ في حجته التي حجها، فقال: " من كنت مولاه، فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه " وانظر مجمع الزوائد ٩ / ١٠٣ - ١٠٩. (٣) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ١٦٤. (٤) ستأتي ترجمته برقم / ٦٩ / من هذا الجزء. (٥) أي العزيز. (٦) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ١٦٤. (٧) في " ذيل تاريخ دمشق " نزال: بالنون. (٨) " ذيل تاريخ دمشق ": ٤٠ وانظر ترجمة منير الخادم في " أمراء دمشق ": ٨٩. (*) سير ١٥ / ٩