ibn Ayyub, lord of Khilāṭ, Mayyāfāriqīn, Ḥiṣn Manṣūr, and other territories. He was a generous sovereign, resolute, high-spirited, brave, and imposing; pleasant in conversation, comely in appearance, and of great consequence. He performed the pilgrimage with exceptional pomp along the Iraqi route.

He died in Rajab 645 AH, already advanced in years, and was succeeded by his son al-Malik al-Kāmil Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghāzi, later honoured as a martyr. I have grouped these rulers together here only by way of digression, for their respective strata differ—and Allah knows best.

Hulagu put this Nāṣir al-Dīn to death in 658 AH through sheer tyranny and treachery—may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him. He had been devout and active in jihad, standing firm during the siege until his men were annihilated and starvation overtook them; even the women fought at his side. His full biography will appear later, if Allah wills.

89 – al-Ṣāliḥ Ismāʿīl, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Muḥammad ibn Ayyub*

The sultan, al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al-Dīn Abū al-Khaysh Ismāʿīl, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Muḥammad ibn Ayyub ibn Shādhī, ruler of Damascus.

He transmitted from his father the seventh section of the Mahāmiliyyāt; it was read to him by al-Sayf ibn al-Majd. He was also fond of the scholars of Jerusalem and treated them with generosity.