I am Jayyash b. Najah.’ The father understood at once. He sprang after me barefoot, threw his arms around me, produced a Qur’an and swore allegiance, and I swore back to him. He ordered the residence of Aʿazz b. al-Sulayhi to be vacated, had the furnishings moved in, and transferred my concubine there; she immediately gave birth to my son Fātik. The drums were beaten and we showed ourselves. We captured Ibn Shihab, who said, ‘A man like me does not beg for mercy; war goes by turns.’ I replied, ‘Nor is a man like you to be killed.’
Jayyash then treated him generously, took possession of the royal palace, and within a month was riding out with twenty thousand lances. Al-Mukarram could not stand against him, and he remained ruler until he died in 500 AH. Another report puts his death in 498 AH, leaving six sons. His son Fātik succeeded him, but was soon fought by his brother Ibrahim; Fātik died in (53). His servants enthroned his young son al-Manṣūr, whereupon ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Jayyash seized Zabid. The retainers fled with the boy, long wars ensued, the boy later recovered power for a time, and after him his son Fātik b. al-Manṣūr ruled. His cousin then took over, and his reign lasted until his own slaves killed him in 553 AH; his name was Fātik b. Muḥammad b. al-Manṣūr. He and his household formed no insignificant dynasty, governing half of Yemen alongside the remaining Sulayhids and the Zaydi sharifs.
- Lord of Mardin: Suqmān b. Artuq b. Aqsab the Turcoman
King Suqmān, son of the great amir Artuq b. Aqsab, the Turcoman.