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Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

Among the notable figures who died in this year (1) were:

Al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūb (2):

He was highly esteemed (3) by his uncle, the Sultan al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn. The Sultan appointed him as his deputy in Egypt and other provinces, then granted him Ḥamāh together with many surrounding towns, as well as portions of the Jazīrah (4). He served alongside his uncle the Sultan (5) at Acre; afterwards he sought permission to assume control (6) of his domains bordering the Jazīrah and the Euphrates. Once he reached them he devoted himself to their affairs, and his ambitions extended to seizing other territories from the neighbouring kings (7), so he fought them—[it happened that he died while thus engaged, and Sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn was angered with him for turning his attention away from him] (8). His bier was transported until he was buried (9) in Ḥamāh. There he endowed a vast and imposing madrasa; likewise, in Damascus he founded (10) a well-known madrasa (11) supported by many blessed endowments.

After him, his son al-Manṣūr Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad assumed power; King (12) Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn confirmed him in that post (13) only after strenuous effort, with both promises and threats. Had it not been for Sultan al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr interceding on his behalf, he would not have remained (14) in his father’s place, but Allah granted safety. Taqī al-Dīn died on Friday, the nineteenth of Ramaḍān of this year. He was courageous, valiant, resolute, intrepid, generous, and of consummate excellence—may Allah have mercy on him.

Emir Ḥusām al-Dīn (15) Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Lājīn (16):

(1) In the printed edition: “And among the notables he died…” (2) His biography is found in Khuraydat al-Shām – beginning of the section al-Um (vol. 1: 80–114); Ibn al-Athīr (vol. 9: 212); al-Rawdatayn (vol. 2: 194–195); Wafayāt al-A‘yān (vol. 3: 456–458); Abū al-Fidā’ (vol. 3: 80); Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 12: 836–837); and al-‘Ibar (vol. 4: 262). (3) In the printed edition: “ʿalā” (on). (4) In the printed edition: “fī” (in). (5) Found only in the printed edition: “ʿan” (from). (6) In the printed edition: “Then he sought permission to go and supervise.” (7) The residents adjacent to it. (8) In the printed edition: “His death occurred while he was in that state, and the sultan—his uncle—was angry with him for being occupied with that rather than with him.” (9) In the printed edition: “She was buried.” (10) In both the Ṭ and Ḥa manuscripts: “And likewise for him in Damascus.” (11) It refers to the al-Taqwiyya Madrasa. See Munādamat al-Atlāl (p. 90) and al-‘Alaq al-Khaṭīra (p. 235). (12) Not in the Ṭ manuscript. (13) Not in the B manuscript. (14) In the printed edition: “Were it not for Sultan al-ʿĀdil, brother of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, interceding on his behalf, he would not have been confirmed in his father’s place; but—may Allah preserve him—he died …” (15) His biography is recorded in Ibn al-Athīr (vol. 9: 218); Mirʾāt az-Zamān (vol. 8: 413); al-Rawdatayn (vol. 2: 195); Abū al-Fidā’ (vol. 3: 80); and Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 12: 840). (16) In the printed edition: “Lāshīn.”

وممن توفي في هذه السنة من الأعيان (١) : الملك المظفر تقي الدين عمر بن شاهنشاه بن أيوب (٢) : كان عزيزًا عند (٣) عمه السلطان الملك الناصر صلاح الدِّين، استنابه بمصر وغيرها من البلاد، ثم أقطعه حماة ومدنًا كثيرة معها حولها، ومن (٤) بلاد الجزيرة، وكان مع عمه السلطاد (٥) على عكا، ثم استأذنه في الإِشراف (٦) على بلاده المجاورة للجزيرة والفرات، فلما صار إِليها اشتغل بها، وامتدت عينه إِلى أخذ غيرها من أيدي الملوك الذين يجاورونه (٧) ، فقاتلهم [فاتفق موته وهو على ذلك، والسلطان صلاح الدين غضبان عليه بسبب ذلك من اشتغاله عنه] (٨) ، وحملت جنازته حتى دفن (٩) بحماة، وله مدرسة هناك هائلة كبيرة، وكذلك بدمشق له (١٠) مدرسة (١١) مشهورة، وعليها أوقاف كثيرة مبرورة. وقام بالملك من بعده ولده المنصور ناصر الدين محمد، فأقره الملك (١٢) صلاح الدين على ذلك (١٣) بعد جهد جهيد، ووعد ووعيد، ولولا السلطان الملك العادل أبو بكر شفع فيه لما استقر (١٤) في مكان أبيه، ولكن الله سلَّم، وكانت وفاة تقي الدين يوم الجمعة تاسع عشر رمضان من هذه السنة، وكان شجاعًا باسلًا وهمامًا فاتكًا كريمًا كاملًا (رحمه الله) . الأمير حسام الدين (١٥) محمد بن عمر بن لاجين (١٦) :

(١) ط: وفيها توفي من الأعيان .. (٢) ترجمته في خريدة الشام -بداية قسم الام (١/ ٨٠ - ١١٤) وابن الأثير (٩/ ٢١٢) والروضتين (٢/ ١٩٤ - ١٩٥) ووفيات الأعيان (٣/ ٤٥٦ - ٤٥٨) وأبو الفداء (٣/ ٨٠) وتاريخ الإسلام (١٢/ ٨٣٦ - ٨٣٧) والعبر (٤/ ٢٦٢). (٣) ط: على. (٤) ط: في. (٥) عن ط وحدها. (٦) ط: ثم استأذنه أن يذهب ليشرف على. (٧) المجاورين له. (٨) ط: فاتفق موته وهو كذلك والسلطان عمه غضبان عليه بسبب اشتغاله بذلك عنه. (٩) ط: دفنت. (١٠) ط: حا: وكذلك له بدمشق. (١١) هي المدرسة التقوية. منادمة الأطلال (٩٠) والأعلاق الخطيرة (٢٣٥). (١٢) ليس في ط. (١٣) ليس في ب. (١٤) ط: ولولا السلطان العادل أخو صلاح الدين تشفع فيه لما أقره في مكان أبيه ولكن سلم الله توفي … (١٥) ترجمته في ابن الأثير (٩/ ٢١٨) ومرآة الزمان (٨/ ٤١٣) والروضتين (٢/ ١٩٥) وأبو الفداء (٣/ ٨٠) وتاريخ الإسلام (١٢/ ٨٤٠). (١٦) ط: لاشين.