Indeed, for a single day in his presence
I would barter my entire realm, heavy though its burden. (1)

Fewer than twenty nights now stand between us,
and then our eyes and ears will reap their longed-for harvest. (2)

Before a king (3) at whose first appearing other kings bow low,
humbling themselves in awe of him—while he himself is humble.

I write to you, and from but a portion of my yearning
the cooing doves have learned the art of lament.

Sovereignty is nothing but a palm whose wrist is you:
it clasps the whole world, and we are but the fingers.

His arrival (4) took place in the year 571 AH (5). He shared with the sultan celebrated stands and praiseworthy campaigns. The sultan then appointed him deputy over Damascus for a period; afterward he went to Egypt and was made governor of Alexandria, but the city did not suit him (6). He was afflicted by qawlanj (colic) (7) and died there—may Allah Most High have mercy on him (8)—in that very year. [He was buried in the Palace of the Emirate] (9).

Later, his sister Sitt al-Sham bint Ayyub (10) transferred his remains and laid him to rest in her mausoleum in al-Shāmiyyah al-Barrāniyyah (11). His tomb is the southern one; the middle grave belongs to her husband and cousin, Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Asad al-Din Shirkuh (12), lord of Homs (13) and al-Rajʿah, while the rearmost grave is hers—may Allah Most High have mercy on her and grant her an abundant reward.

The Ḥusāmiyyah mausoleum (14), named for her son Husam al-Din ʿUmar ibn Lajin, stands beside the madrasa on its western side.

King Turanshah was generous, open-handed, much praised, brave and intrepid, awe-inspiring, high-minded, and broad-hearted (15).

Ibn Saʿdan al-Halabi said of him—in ṭawīl metre (16):