and their dead numbered twelve thousand (1). Shams al-Mulūk Duqāq died; his son succeeded him in Damascus, with Tughtekin as his atabeg (2).

In the year 498 AH Barkyāruq passed away, and his young son Malikshāh was proclaimed sultan (3). The Muslims and the Franks met in battle and the Muslims at first suffered losses. The Egyptian army then arrived, joined by the Damascene troops, and they confronted Baldwin near Ascalon. Both sides stood firm; more than a thousand Franks were killed, and a similar number of Muslims, after which the armies drew apart. In the same year Sultan Muḥammad consolidated his authority and spread justice.

In the year 496 AH the atabeg Tughtekin mounted a surprise raid against the Franks in the Jordan valley, killing and capturing many. Damascus was bedecked in celebration, and he wrested two forts from the Franks (4).

The Ismāʿīlīs seized Famiya (Apamea) and killed its lord Ibn Mulāʿib, a tyrant who used to waylay travelers (5).

In the year 500 AH Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn, ruler of the Maghrib and al-Andalus, died. His son ʿAlī succeeded him; he had the Friday sermon delivered for the Abbasids, received robes and banners of sovereignty, and he was the founder of Marrakesh (6).

One of the Ismāʿīlīs assassinated Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Niẓām al-Mulk, who had been vizier to Barkyāruq and later to Sanjar (7).