On that first occasion he advanced, divinely supported and victorious, in magnificent pomp and with abundant favor (1); it was a day long remembered.
[As he intended to set out quickly to fight the Franks, he marched out of the city at the beginning of Jumada II with his hosts, making for the Holy Jerusalem] (2).
He reached Baysān (3), plundered it, then encamped at ʿAyn Jālūt (4). He sent ahead a formidable detachment that included Jurdayk (5), a contingent of the Nūriyyah, and the mamluk of his uncle Asad al-Dīn (6). They encountered the Frankish army of al-Karak, which was on its way to reinforce its comrades; they engaged them (7), killed a great many Franks, captured one hundred prisoners, and lost only a single man from the Muslim side. They then returned at the end of that day.
News reached the sultan that the Franks had assembled to fight him, so he advanced against them and arrayed himself in hopes that they would face him, but they shrank from him (8). He therefore slew many of their outlying troops and wounded the same number. They withdrew in disorder, filled with the utmost fear of him because of the size of his army. All praise and favor belong to Allah (9). He pursued them (10), killing and capturing until they had fled deep (11) into their own territory, after which he returned, aided and triumphant. May Allah grant his reward in full, just as He has made his endeavor appreciated.
Al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil (12) wrote to the caliph, informing him of what Allah had bestowed upon him (13) and upon the Muslims in their victory (14) over the Franks (15). He would do nothing, nor even intend to do anything, without first apprising the caliph of it, out of courtesy and respect, obedience and deference (16).