He was also surnamed Jamal al-Din.
His grandfather ʿAli ibn Aḥmad was called “al-Maḥmūdī” because of his association with the Seljuq sultan Maḥmūd.
When Abū al-Fath (1) arrived, Nūr al-Din visited him and asked him to reside in Damascus. He replied, “My purpose is to visit the tomb of al-Shāfiʿī.” So, in a year in the early sixties (560s AH), Nūr al-Din supplied him for the journey in the company of the prince Najm al-Din Ayyūb, who became his close friend. Najm al-Din’s two sons—the sultans Ṣalāḥ al-Din and Sayf al-Din—showed Abū al-Fath great respect and looked after him.
Shaykh ʿUmar al-Mallāʾ (2), the ascetic of Mosul, sent a message to Abū al-Fath requesting his prayers (3).
He died in Shaʿbān 581 AH.
82 – Ibn al-Ṣāḥib, Majd al-Din Hibat Allah
The eminent dignitary, Majd al-Din Hibat Allah ibn al-Ṣāḥib, master of the palace (ustādh al-dār) of the caliph al-Mustaḍīʾ.
He rose to the highest ranks, holding the power to appoint and dismiss officials, and he openly professed rafḍ (Shiʿite rejectionism), then