Perhaps, once you have exerted yourself to spread his religion with every pleasing form of proclamation(1), you will cling firmly to it;

And tomorrow, on the Day of Reckoning, dread Hell—when its flames scorch, see that you still hold fast.

He died(2) in Cairo in this same year, according to Ibn Khallikān(3).

[Then came the year 612 AH]

In that year construction began on the great ʿĀdiliyya Madrasa in Damascus.

That same year the judge Ibn al-Zaky(4) was dismissed, and judicial authority was conferred upon Judge Jamāl al-Dīn ibn al-Harastānī(5), who was eighty—some say ninety—years of age. He judged with fairness and ruled by the truth. It is reported that he held court in the Mujāhidiyya Madrasa(6), close to the Nūriyya(7) near Bāb al-Qawāsīn(8).

In this year al-ʿĀdil abolished the system of guaranteeing revenues from wine and singing-girls—may Allah reward him well—thereby removing much evil(9) from the people.

Also in this year Emir Qatādah(10), the ruler of Mecca, besieged al-Madīna al-Nabawiyya and its inhabitants, cutting down many palm trees. The townspeople fought him off, and he retreated disappointed, defeated, and exhausted. The governor of Madina was then in Syria in the service of al-ʿĀdil; he requested military aid(11) against Emir Qatādah. Al-ʿĀdil dispatched an army with him, as noted earlier. The governor hastened homeward but died on the way; the troops rallied around his nephew Jammāz, who advanced toward Mecca. The Meccan emir met him at al-Ṣafrāʾ, where a fierce battle took place. The Meccans fled, and Jammāz captured much booty from them(12). Qatādah escaped to Yanbuʿ; they pursued him, besieged him there, and tightened the noose around him.

In the same year the Franks raided Ismāʿīlī territory, killing, plundering, and taking captives.