—killing, looting, and taking captives (1) all the way from Baysan to Banias. They then pushed on into the lands of the Golan, reaching Naʿwa, Khasfin, and other districts (2). Al-Muʿaẓẓam marched out and encamped at ʿAqabat al-Laban, between Jerusalem and Nablus, out of fear for the Noble Jerusalem, for that was the overriding concern. Next (3) the Franks laid an enormous siege to the fortress of al-Ṭūr, and the champions inside mounted a prodigious defence (4). The Franks thereafter wheeled back toward Acre, carrying with them Muslim prisoners, while al-Muʿaẓẓam came to al-Ṭūr, bestowed robes of honour upon its emirs, and raised their morale. He and his father then agreed to demolish the fortress, as will be related below.

Among the notable deaths in this year (5):

The shaykh (6) al-ʿImād (7), brother of the ḥadith scholar ʿAbd al-Ghanī: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. ʿAlī b. Surūr, Shaykh ʿImād al-Dīn al-Maqdisī (8).

He was two years younger than his brother ʿAbd al-Ghanī, and he arrived with him (9) in Damascus in 551 AH. He travelled to (10) Baghdad twice and heard hadith there. A devout, ascetic, and scrupulous worshiper, he fasted frequently, observing alternate-day fasting. He was a jurist and a mufti, the author (11) of the book “al-Furūʿ,” and he began a work entitled “Aḥkām” which he did not complete. He used to lead the prayer at the Hanbali miḥrāb together with Shaykh al-Muwaffaq; previously they had prayed without a miḥrāb, but it was installed in 617 AH. He also led the people in making up missed prayers, being the first to introduce that practice. One night, after leading the Maghrib prayer while fasting, he returned to his house (12) in Damascus, broke his fast, and died suddenly. The funeral prayer was performed for him in the Umayyad Mosque