Then the year 576 AH began.

In it:
Sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn concluded a truce with the Franks and marched to the lands of al-Rūm, reconciling the Artuqid princes there. He then attacked the Armenian domains, humiliating their king (1), capturing some of their fortresses (2), and seizing an exceedingly large booty of gold and silver vessels (3). The cause was that the king had betrayed a group of Turkomans who had sought refuge (4) in his territory. Thereafter Saladin made peace with him on the condition that he pay a sum of money, release the captives he held, and ransom (5) others from the Franks. The Sultan (6) then returned, divinely aided and victorious, and entered Ḥamāh in the closing days of Jumādā al-Ākhirah. The poets (7) praised him for that achievement.

The ruler of Mosul, Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī (8) ibn Mawdūd, died. He was a handsome young man—pleasing in appearance, of perfect stature, with a rounded beard. He had reigned for ten years and died at the age of thirty. Personally chaste, awe-inspiring, and dignified, he would not turn his head when he rode or when he sat. Protective of propriety, he allowed none of the senior (9) servants (10) to enter (11) upon the women, and he was not inclined to shed blood. Some nevertheless accused him of a measure of stinginess—may Allah pardon him (12).

His death occurred on the third of Ṣafar. He had resolved (13) to bequeath the kingdom to his son, ʿIzz al-Dīn Sanjar Shāh (14), but the amirs did not concur, fearing Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn on account of the boy’s youth. They therefore all agreed upon his brother, and he was seated