[Then the year 507 AH began]

• In that year: A great battle was fought between the Muslims and the Franks on the plains of Tiberias. Taking part was the ruler of Damascus, the atabeg Tughtikīn (1), and in his service (2) were the lords of Sinjar, Mardin, and Mosul. They routed the Franks in a humiliating defeat, killed great numbers of them, seized abundant spoils, and took control of the entire region—praise and gratitude belong to Allah (3)—after which they returned to Damascus.

Ibn al-Sāʿī records in his History the slaying of King Mawdūd, lord of Mosul, in this same year. He writes: “He and the atabeg (4) Tughtikīn performed the Friday prayer in the congregational mosque, then stepped out into the courtyard, each holding the other’s hand. A Bāṭinī assassin (5) leapt at Mawdūd and killed him—may Allah have mercy on him. It is said that Tughtikīn had colluded (6) in the deed, but Allah knows best.”

A letter from the Franks to the Muslims declared: “A nation that has slain its chief (7) on its festival day, within its house of worship, deserves that Allah destroy it.”

• In that year: Aleppo passed to Alp Arslan ibn Riḍwān ibn Tutush after his father’s death. The administration of the sultanate (8) was conducted before him (9) by Luʾluʾ the eunuch, so that nothing remained to him but the title.

• In that year: The maristan (10) built by Kamishtikīn the eunuch was opened in Baghdad.

• In that year: Zankī ibn Bursuq (11) led the pilgrims on Ḥajj.