son of King al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar, grandson of Shahinshah b. Ayyub b. Shadhī—lord of Hama and the progenitor of its kings.

He heard hadith from Abū al-Ṭāhir b. ʿAwf in al-Thaghr (the frontier city) together with his great-uncle Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, and he compiled a large chronicle in several volumes.

He was courageous, devoted to scholars, drawing them near and rewarding them generously.

Al-Qūṣī cited him in his Muʿjam. His reign lasted thirty years, during which he defeated the Franks twice.

He married the daughter of Sultan King al-ʿĀdil; she bore him his children and then died. His sorrow for her was so intense that he wore a blue turban in mourning.

Ibn Wāṣil (1) says: When Saif al-Dīn al-Āmidī came to Hama, al-Manṣur showed him extraordinary honor and studied under him. He composed Tabaqāt al-Shuʿarāʾ and the book Miḍmār al-Ḥaqāʾiq—about twenty volumes—and amassed in his treasury a library beyond compare. In his service were nearly two hundred turbaned men: jurists, men of letters, grammarians, astrologers, philosophers, and secretaries. He was an avid reader and researcher. He built a wall for Hama and for its citadel, and his ceremonial procession was magnificent—many swords were brandished before him—rivaling that of his uncle al-ʿĀdil. His poetry was gathered in a Dīwān, from which Ibn Wāṣil quotes several fine odes.

He died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah, 617 AH, and was succeeded by his son Qilij Arslān, who ruled for nine years under the title al-Malik al-Nāṣir (2).

Qilij Arslān was a nephew of King al-Muʿaẓẓam, but al-Kāmil deposed him, appointed his brother al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, and imprisoned Qilij Arslān until he died in Egypt.