and “al-Kharida” (1) and a number of other works besides. The Chief Judge, Kamal al-Din al-Shahrazuri (3), therefore lodged him (2) in the Nuri Shafi‘i College located inside Bab al-Faraj; because he resided there the school came to be called the ‘Imadiyya (4). In 567 AH he was appointed its professor, succeeding Shaykh al-Faqih Ibn ʿAbd (5).

The first person to visit and greet him was Najm al-Din Ayyub, who had long been well-acquainted with him from their days in Tikrit. Al-ʿImad praised him in a poem recorded by Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shama (6). At that time Asad al-Din Shirkuh and Salah al-Din Yusuf were in Egypt, and in the poem he gave the glad tidings that Salah al-Din would gain authority over the Egyptian realm, saying—in the basit metre:

Yusuf will settle in Egypt, and thereby
Jacob’s eyes, after parting, will find relief;
There Yusuf shall meet his brothers again,
And God will gather them with no reproach. (7)

Thereafter al-ʿImad (8) was appointed secretary of correspondence (kitābat al-inshāʾ) to King Nur al-Din—may Allah have mercy on him.

[Among the notable persons who died in that year] (9):

• Bazghash, commander of the Hajj caravan: for many years he led the armies. He set out from Baghdad to fight Shamla the Turcoman (10), but fell from his horse and died.

• Abu al-Maʿali the scribe, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Hamdun (11), author of “al-Tadhkira al-Hamduniyya.” He also held the office of the Dīwān al-Zimām for a time. [He died] (12) in the month of Dhu al-Qaʿdah and was buried in the Quraysh Cemetery.