the lands of Egypt from the frontier port of Damietta on two occasions, killing many and taking captives, [while the kings proved powerless against him] (1).
In the same year, during the month of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, there passed away al-Malik al-Awḥad Najm al-Din Ayyub (2), son of al-ʿAdil and ruler of Khilat. It is said that he had shed blood and governed its people unjustly, so Allah cut his life short. After him the city was entrusted to his brother al-Malik al-Ashraf (3) Musa, who was praised for his conduct and upright character; he treated its inhabitants well, and they grew deeply attached to him.
Among those who also died this year (4):
• the jurist of the Noble Sanctuary in Mecca (5), Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil ibn Abi al-Sayf al-Yamani—may Allah have mercy on him;
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (6) ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Qafsi, Qur’an-reciter and hadith scholar, who copied many books, heard numerous transmissions, and was buried in the Sufi cemetery—may Allah have mercy on him;
• Abu al-Fath Muhammad (7) ibn Saʿd ibn Muhammad al-Dibaji (8) of Marw, author of al-Muḥaṣṣal fī Sharḥ al-Mufaṣṣal on the grammar of al-Zamakhshari, a trustworthy and learned man who studied hadith and died this year (9) at the age of ninety-two;
• the righteous, ascetic, and devout shaykh (10) Abu al-Thanā’ (11) Mahmud ibn ʿUthman ibn Makarem al-Naʿʿal al-Hanbali.
(1) From the printed edition only.
(2) The biography of al-Malik al-Awḥad is in Dhayl al-Rawḍatayn (p. 81), Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 13, p. 212), al-ʿIbar (vol. 5, p. 31), Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (vol. 20, p. 131), Shadharrāt al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 69), and Tarwīḥ al-Qulūb (p. 60).
(3) The biography of al-Malik al-Ashraf will appear under the year 635 AH.
(4) In the printed edition the phrase reads “wa fīhā tuwuffiya min al-aʿyān” (and therein he died among the eminent figures).
(5) The biography of Ibn Abī al-Ṣayf is in al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr (vol. 9, p. 307), al-Takmila li-Wafayāt al-Naqlāt (vol. 2, p. 264), Ṭabaqāt al-Subkī (vol. 5, p. 19), and Ṭabaqāt al-Khawāṣṣ (p. 141).
(6) The biography of al-Qufaṣī is in Mirʾāt al-Zamān (vol. 8, p. 561), al-Takmila li-Wafayāt al-Naqlāt (vol. 2, p. 247), Dhayl al-Rawḍatayn (p. 182), and Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 13, p. 210).
(7) In the printed edition it reads “Abu” without the wāw.
(8) The biography of al-Dībājī is in Tārīkh Ibn al-Dubaythī (vol. 1, p. 279), Inbāh al-Ruwāt (vol. 3, pp. 139–140), al-Takmila li-Wafayāt al-Naqlāt (vol. 2, p. 241), Dhayl al-Rawḍatayn (p. 80), al-Mukhtaṣar al-Muḥtāj ilayh (vol. 1, p. 51), al-Wāfī bil-Wafayāt (vol. 3, p. 89), and Bughyaẗ al-Wāʻiyah (vol. 1, p. 111).
(9) In the printed edition it reads “wa tuwuffiya fīhā ʿan” (and he died therein on the authority of).
(10) The biography of al-Naʿāl is in Mirʾāt al-Zamān (vol. 8, p. 562), al-Takmila li-Wafayāt al-Naqlāt (vol. 2, p. 240), Dhayl al-Rawḍatayn (p. 82), Dhayl Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah (vol. 2, p. 63), al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah (vol. 6, p. 207), al-Qalāʾid al-Jawhariyyah (p. 118), and Shadharrāt al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 70).
(11) In the printed edition it reads “Abū al-Baqāʾ”, which is a corruption; the reading here is confirmed by Mirʾāt al-Zamān, Dhayl al-Rawḍatayn, and Dhayl Ibn Rajab. His kunya is =