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[On the Prince’s Naval Raids] (1)

When the Prince of al-Karak (2)—may Allah curse him—proved unable (3) to harm the Muslims on land, he had ships built in the Sea of Qulzum (Red Sea) so that his crews might cut off the routes of merchants and pilgrims. Their aggression reached as far as ʿAydhab (4), and the inhabitants of the Prophet’s City feared their wickedness. Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (5) Abu Bakr, the Sultan’s deputy in Egypt, therefore ordered the amir Ḥusām al-Dīn Lu’lu’ (6), commander of the fleet, to send out his vessels (7) into the Sea of Qulzum to fight the prince’s men (8). He did so, and they defeated them (9) wherever they met: they killed, burned, drowned, and captured them, [subduing and imprisoning them] (10) in many places and in great, fearsome engagements (11). By Allah’s permission the sea and the land alike became secure [exalted is He, in whose hand lie benefit and harm] (12).

The Sultan (13) wrote to his brother al-ʿĀdil, thanking him (14) for his efforts, and he dispatched a letter to the caliphal chancery to inform them [of the victories Allah had granted them on land and sea, and of the blessings and favors in which he continually dwells, both openly and in secret—praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds] (15).