between the two (1), restoring harmony after estrangement (2), on the understanding that al-ʿAzīz should hold Jerusalem (3) together with the lands adjoining Palestine on his side; that Jableh and Latakia would belong to al-Ẓāhir, lord of Aleppo; and that their uncle al-ʿĀdil should retain his original iqṭāʿ (fief) in Egypt together with what he already possessed in Syria (4) and the Jazīrah—namely Khazān, ar-Ruhā, Jaʿbar, and the surrounding districts (5). They all agreed to this. Al-ʿAzīz then married the daughter of his uncle al-ʿĀdil, fell ill, but recovered while still encamped at Marj aṣ-Ṣuffar. The kings came out to congratulate him on his recovery, his marriage, and the conclusion of peace; after that he set off back to Egypt (6), so great was his longing for his family and children.
After his father’s death al-Afdal had managed affairs badly: he dismissed his father’s amirs and confidants, brought outsiders close, and gave himself over to wine, amusement, and play. His vizier, Ḍiyāʾ ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī (7), dominated him and was the very one who egged him on (8) to this conduct; thus he destroyed himself and destroyed him, went astray and led him astray, and the blessing was removed from them both, as will be explained later.
In this same year a great battle took place between Shihāb ad-Dīn (9), ruler of Ghazna, and the infidels of India. They advanced against him with one million combatants and seven hundred elephants, among them a white elephant the like of which had never been seen. The armies met and fought with a ferocity unparalleled; Shihāb ad-Dīn routed them by a great river called al-Mallāḥūn, killed their king, seized his personal treasures and the treasures of his realm, captured their elephants, and entered the royal capital. From the king’s treasury he carried away gold and other spoils loaded on one thousand four hundred camels, then returned to his own land (10) safe and victorious.
In this year as well the sultan Khwārazm Shāh Takish—also called Ibn al-Aṣbāghī (11)—seized Rayy and other territories, and made peace with (12) the Seljuk sultan Ṭughril Beg (13), who had (14) already taken over Rayy and the rest of his brother’s dominion.