Then the Franks—may Allah curse them—turned toward the lands of al-Shām. Strengthened by their possession of Constantinople, they landed at Acre and launched raids on many Muslim territories in the Ghawr region and its environs, killing and taking captives. King al-ʿAdil, who was in Damascus—praise be to Allah—rose to confront them and summoned the Egyptian (1) and eastern (2) armies. He encamped against them near Acre, and a fierce battle (3) with great endurance was fought between the two sides. Afterwards they agreed upon peace and a truce, and the sultan ceded to them a portion of (4) certain districts. To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.

(5) In this same year many wars broke out in the East between the Khwārazmians and the Ghūrids; mentioning them all would take too long.

Also in this year the ruler of Mosul (6) fought Qutb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿImād al-Dīn Zangī, lord of Sinjar. He was assisted (7) by al-Ashraf (8) ibn al-ʿAdil, who (9) was then staying in Ḥizān with Qutb al-Dīn. They later reconciled, and al-Ashraf married the sister of Nūr al-Dīn, the Atābakiyya, daughter of ʿIzz al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn Mawdūd ibn Zangī—foundress of the Atābakiyya Madrasa on the lower slope (10), where her tomb still stands—may Allah have mercy on her.

That same year a powerful earthquake struck (11) Egypt, Syria, al-Jazīrah, Cyprus, and other regions, as Ibn al-Athīr records in his Al-Kāmil (12).

In addition, a merchant named Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥimyari seized control of parts of Ḥaḍramawt—Ẓufār and other areas—and his rule lasted until 619 AH and beyond.

In Jumādā al-Ūlā of this year a council was convened for the Chief Judge of Baghdad, Abū’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salmān.