He was stricken with chronic illness and longed for death; thus he passed away before reaching middle age, in 607 AH, and his brother al-Ashraf took control of his kingdom.

Some of his exploits have already been noted in the life of his father—among them that he killed eighteen thousand people in Khilat. When that city’s ruler, Belban, died, al-Awhad marched out of Mayyāfāriqīn, captured Mush (1), and defeated Belban. Belban then sought help from the lord of Arzan al-Rum, Tughril Shah, and together they routed al-Awhad. Tughril, however, betrayed Belban and killed him. He next advanced on Khilat; its inhabitants fought him off, and he withdrew in humiliation. They wrote to al-Awhad, who came, received the city, and firmly established his rule. After al-Awhad’s death, Armenia fell to his brother al-Ashraf, who governed justly and with good conduct.

Al-Awhad died in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of 607 AH. The Georgian tyrant had besieged Khilat the year before, 606 AH; drunk and accompanied by only twenty men, he approached the city and was captured on the spot. Humbled, he ransomed himself for several fortresses, one hundred thousand dinars, and the release of five thousand prisoners, while agreeing to marry his daughter to al-Awhad. A truce of thirty years (2) was concluded between them.

87 – al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslan Shah, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil*

Al-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslan Shah was the son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb, lord of the citadel of Jaʿbar. He resided in Jaʿbar for a time and possessed abundant wealth; toward the end of his days he feared