He was generous, forbearing, devout, pure-hearted, and of pleasant appearance (1).

His son, the emir Mubarak (2), narrated hadith from him in Maragha.

Qutb al-Din al-Yunini (3) said: “He was religious and firmly attached to the Sunnah like his father and grandfather, but he did not match his father’s firmness, alertness, lofty ambition, or boldness. They advanced him over his uncle al-Khafaji because they were aware of his gentleness, compliance, and weak judgment, so that they might take exclusive control of affairs.”

Subsequently he appointed al-Muʾayyad Ibn al-ʿAlqami, the Rāfiḍī, as vizier; the man ruined both land and people. He urged the caliph to amass wealth and to dispense with most of the army, so the caliph disbanded the greater part of the troops. The caliph also amused himself with pigeon games, displaying both greed and sluggishness.

In 641 AH (4) the Khwarizmians went on the rampage through the villages of Syria.

The Tatars made peace with the ruler of Rūm for one thousand dinars, together with a horse, a mamluk, and a slave-girl each day (5), after having already plundered Caesarea.

The chief judge of Damascus, al-Rafīʿ al-Jīlī, perished.

The Franks entered Jerusalem, poured wine upon the Rock, slaughtered a pig beside it, and broke off a fragment of it.