He also compiled his biographical Muʿjam and a separate work on the Companions. Among those who narrated from him were Ibn Furtūn in Ceuta and Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Tanjālī.
16 – The Ruler of Rūm, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubād ibn Kaykhusraw the Seljuq *
The sultan ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubād, son of Sultan Kaykhusraw, son of Sultan Qilij Arslān, son of Sultan Masʿūd, son of Sultan Qilij Arslān, son of Sultan Sulaymān ibn Qutulmish the Seljuq—the line of sovereigns who held the realm of Rūm.
He was brave, awe-inspiring, dignified, and blessed. He defeated Khwārazm-Shāh, captured a number of cities, and married the daughter of al-ʿĀdil, by whom he had children.
Before him the kingship had belonged to his brother Kaykāʾūs, who imprisoned Kayqubād for a time; but when death approached, he summoned him, removed his fetters, invested him with the sultanate, and commended his children to his care. Kayqubād’s reign was lengthy, and, on the whole, he displayed justice and fairness.
He died in Shawwāl of the year 634 AH.
After him the throne passed to his son Ghiyāth al-Dīn Kaykhusraw. Kayqubād’s own rule lasted nineteen years.
17 – al-Dawlaʿī Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Faḍl ibn Zayd ibn Yāsīn al-Taghlibī **
The preacher of Damascus and its muftī, Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Faḍl ibn Zayd ibn Yāsīn al-Taghlibī, al-Arqamī, known as al-Dawlaʿī.