Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He served as guardian over the orphans’ endowments—upright and virtuous, devoted to worship and frequent fasting, trustworthy and humble.
He died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah of the year 532 AH, at ninety years of age.

26 – The Lord of Damascus, Maḥmūd ibn Būrī ibn Ṭughtikīn*
His Majesty Shihāb al-Dīn, Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd, son of Tāj al-Mulūk Būrī, son of the atabeg Ṭughtikīn.
He came to power after his brother was killed (1), with the assistance of his mother Zumurrud, while the commander of his army was Muʿīn al-Dīn (2) Anur.
Ibn ʿAsākir said: “Affairs during his reign were well ordered until a group of his attendants rose against him and killed him in Shawwāl of the year 533 AH. His brother then arrived from Baʿlabakk and took possession of Damascus without resistance.”
Abū Yaʿlā ibn al-Qalānsī stated: “He was assassinated by Al-Baqsh (3) the Armenian, together with Yūsuf the servant in whom he trusted while he slept, and the chamberlain. The three of them would spend the night around his bed; they slew him as he lay asleep, slipped out unnoticed, and were pursued. Al-Baqsh escaped, while the other two were crucified (4).”

(*) al-Kamil, 11:68; Mirat al-zaman, 8:104; Wafayat al-ayan, 1:296; al-Mukhtasar, 3:14; al-Ibar, 4:92; Duwal al-Islam, 2:54; Tatimmat al-mukhtasar, 2:67; al-Bidaya wa’l-nihaya, 12:215; al-Nujum al-zahira, 5:264–265; Shadharat al-dhahab, 4:103. (1) Shams al-Muluk Ismail ibn Buri; his biography and that of his father Buri have already been given in volume 19, nos. 329 and 328. (2) The manuscript reads “Amin al-Din.” The preferred reading is taken from the biographical entry that will appear later in this volume under no. 148. (3) So in the manuscript; but Tarikh Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 421, and Wafayat al-ayan, 1:296, read “al-Baghsh” (with the letter ghayn). (4) See Mirat al-zaman, 8:104, and al-Nujum al-zahira, 5:265.
وَكَانَ نَاظَرَ الأَيْتَامِ، دَيِّناً خَيِّراً، مُتَعَبِّداً صَوَّاماً، ثِقَةً مُتَوَاضِعاً. مَاتَ: فِي ذِي القَعْدَةِ، سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاَثِيْنَ وَخَمْسِ مائَةٍ، فِي عَشْرِ التِّسْعِيْنَ. ٢٦ - صَاحِبُ دِمَشْقَ مَحْمُوْدُ بنُ بُورِي بنِ طُغْتِكِينَ * الملكُ، شِهَابُ الدِّينِ، أَبُو القَاسِمِ مَحْمُوْدُ ابنُ تَاجِ المُلُوْكِ بُورِي ابنِ الأَتَابِكِ طُغْتِكِيْنَ. تَملَّكَ بَعْدَ مَقْتَلِ أَخِيْهِ (١) ، بِإِعَانَةِ أُمِّهِ زُمُرُّدٍ، وَكَانَ مقدمَ عَسْكَرِهِ معِين الدِّينِ (٢) أَنُر. قَالَ ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ: كَانَتِ الأُمُوْرُ تجرِي فِي أَيَّامِهِ عَلَى اسْتِقَامَةٍ، إِلَى أَنْ وَثَبَ عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ خَدَمِهِ، فَقتلُوْهُ فِي شَوَّالٍ، سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَثَلاَثِيْنَ وَخَمْسِ مائَةٍ، وَجَاءَ أَخُوْهُ مِنْ بَعْلَبَكَّ، فَتَسَلَّمَ دِمَشْقَ بِلاَ مُنَازعَةٍ. قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى بنُ القلاَنسِيِّ: قَتَلَهُ أَلَبقش (٣) الأَرمنِيُّ، وَيُوْسُفُ الخَادِمُ الَّذِي وَثِقَ بِهِ فِي نَوْمِهِ، وَالفَرَّاشُ، فَكَانُوا ثَلاَثتُهُم يَبِيْتُوْنَ حَوْلَ فِرَاشِهِ، فَقَتَلُوْهُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، وَخَرَجُوا خُفْيَةً، ثُمَّ طُلِبُوا، فَهَرَبَ أَلَبقش، وَصُلِبَ الآخرَانِ (٤) .
(*) الكامل ١١ / ٦٨، مرآة الزمان ٨ / ١٠٤، وفيات الأعيان ١ / ٢٩٦، المختصر ٣ / ١٤، العبر ٤ / ٩٢، دول الإسلام ٢ / ٥٤، تتمة المختصر ٢ / ٦٧، البداية والنهاية ١٢ / ٢١٥، النجوم الزاهرة ٥ / ٢٦٤، ٢٦٥، شذرات الذهب ٤ / ١٠٣. (١) شمس الملوك إسماعيل بن بوري، مرت ترجمته وترجمة أبية بوري في الجزء التاسع عشر برقم (٣٢٩) ، (٣٢٨) . (٢) في الأصل: أمين الدين. والتصويب من ترجمته التي سترد في هذا الجزء برقم (١٤٨) . (٣) كذا الأصل، وفي تاريخ ابن القلانسي ص ٤٢١، و" وفيات الأعيان " ١ / ٢٩٦: البغش، بالغين المعجمة. (٤) انظر " مرآة الزمان " ٨ / ١٠٤، و" النجوم الزاهرة " ٥ / ٢٦٥.

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