and entered Damascus, his recovery now complete; the day of his arrival was an event witnessed by all (1), and its morning greeted with praise (2); to Allah belongs the favor (3).
Among those (4) of the notable figures (5) who died this year were:
• The jurist Muhadhdhab al-Din ʿAbd Allah ibn Asʿad al-Mawsili, lecturer in Homs (6): he excelled in many disciplines, especially poetry and belles-lettres. Both ʿImad al-Din and Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shama (7)—may Allah have mercy on him—spoke highly of him.
• The emir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Asad al-Din Shirkuh, lord of Homs and al-Rahba (8): he was a cousin of Sultan Salah al-Din and the husband of the Sultan’s sister Sitt al-Sham bint Ayyub. His death occurred in Homs (9), whereupon his wife Sitt al-Sham transferred his body to her mausoleum at the outer Shamiya Madrasa; his grave is the middle one between hers and that of her brother al-Muʿaẓẓam Turanshah (10), ruler of Yemen. Nasir al-Din Muhammad left behind a vast fortune and treasures exceeding one million dinars. He died suddenly on the Day of ʿArafa, and thereafter (11) his son Asad al-Din Shirkuh (12) succeeded him in the principality of Homs, by order of Sultan Salah al-Din—may Allah support him.
• Mahmud ibn Ahmad ibn ʿAli ibn Ismaʿil ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, Shaykh Jamal al-Din Abu al-Thana al-Mahmudi ibn al-Sabuni (13):