son of Sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf (1) ibn Ayyūb, ruler of Egypt.

He was born in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 567 AH.

He transmitted ḥadith from Abū Ṭāhir al-Salafī and Ibn ʿAwf.

He succeeded his father to the throne, and nothing objectionable was recorded in his conduct.

He came to Damascus and laid siege to his brother al-Afḍal.

I have copied from the handwriting of the ḥāfiẓ Ḍiyāʾ, who said: “He went out hunting, and letters reached him from Damascus about the mistreatment of our Ḥanbalī brethren—namely, during the ordeal of the ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī. He declared, ‘When we return from this expedition, everyone who holds their views will be expelled from our land.’

“He was then thrown by his horse; it fell upon him and crushed his chest.” So related to me Yūsuf ibn al-Ṭufayl, who was the one that washed his body.

Al-Mundhirī (2) said: “He lived twenty-eight years and died on the twentieth of Muḥarram, 595 AH.”

I add: He was buried in the domed mausoleum of al-Shāfiʿī—may Allah, Exalted is He, have mercy on him.

After him, a young son (3) was proclaimed, but the matter was never completed.