of Egypt, largely through the agency of Emir ʿImād al-Dīn ibn al-Mashṭūb; but al-Kāmil quickly rectified the matter. Later that same year his brother dispatched him to their brother al-Ashraf Mūsā, urging him to hasten to them because of the Franks. He died on the road between Sinjar and Mosul—some say he was poisoned—so his body was taken back to Sinjar ⦗1⦘ and laid to rest there. May Allah Most High have mercy on him.
The Shaykh of Shaykhs, Ṣadr al-Dīn ⦗2⦘, Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad, son of the Shaykh of Shaykhs ʿImād al-Dīn ʿUmar ⦗3⦘ ibn Ḥamawīh al-Juwaynī ⦗4⦘, also passed away.
He hailed from a family of rank and command under the Ayyubids. An accomplished jurist, he taught in the Madrasa of al-Shāfiʿī in Egypt and in the Sanctuary of al-Ḥusayn, and he served as shaykh and administrator of the Saʿīd al-Suʿadāʾ hospice. He enjoyed great esteem among the kings. Al-Kāmil sent him to the caliph to seek assistance against the Franks, but he died in Mosul of dysentery and was buried there near the tomb of Qadīb al-Bān at the age of seventy-three.
The ruler of Ḥamāh ⦗6⦘, al-Malik al-Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Shahanshah ibn Ayyūb, also died. A man of learning, he composed a ten-volume history entitled “al-Miḍmār.” He was courageous and a skilled horseman. After his death the principality ⦗7⦘ passed to his son al-Nāṣir Qilij ⦗8⦘ Arslān, but al-Kāmil removed him, imprisoned him until he died—may Allah have mercy on him—and installed his brother al-Muẓaffar ⦗9⦘ ibn al-Manṣūr in his place.
(1) Edition: He died between Sīnjāb and Mosul; it is also reported that he was sent on to Sīnjāb, a reading that contains two corruptions. See the appendix to al-Rawdatayn (p. 123).
(2) Biography of Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Juwaynī in:
– al-Kāmil by Ibn al-Āthīr (vol. 9, p. 345)
– al-Takmila li-Wafiyyāt al-Nuqqāl (vol. 3, pp. 15–16)
– the supplement to al-Rawdatayn (p. 125)
– al-Mukhtaṣar of Abū al-Fidā’ (vol. 3, p. 132)
– Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 13, p. 527)
– al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, pp. 70–71)
– Siyar A‘lam al-Nubalā’ (vol. 22, pp. 79–80)
– al-Wāfī bi-al-Wafayāt (vol. 4, p. 159)
– Ṭabaqāt al-Subkī (vol. 5, p. 40)
– al-Nujūm al-Zāhira (vol. 6, p. 251)
– Ḥusn al-Muḥāḍara (vol. 1, p. 191)
– Shudhūr al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 137).
(3) Edition: “Maḥmūd,” an obvious corruption; our reading is supported by the biographical sources on him (Bishr).
(4) “al-Juwaynī”: nisba to Juwayn, a large district near Nishapur (al-Takmila, vol. 3, p. 16).
(5) Manuscripts a and b: He studied the Shāfi‘ī school at the shrine (mashhad) of al-Ḥusayn.
(6) Biography of the governor of Ḥamā in:
– al-Takmila by al-Mundhirī (vol. 3, p. 30)
– the supplement to al-Rawdatayn (p. 124)
– al-Mukhtaṣar of Abū al-Fidā’ (vol. 3, p. 132)
– Tārīkh al-Islām (vol. 13, p. 528)
– al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 71)
– Siyar A‘lam al-Nubalā’ (vol. 22, pp. 146–147)
– al-Wāfī bi-al-Wafayāt (vol. 4, p. 259)
– Fawāt al-Wafayāt (vol. 2, pp. 498–499)
– al-Nujūm al-Zāhira (vol. 6, p. 250)
– Shudhūr al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 138).
(7) Manuscripts a and b: He entered royal service.
(8) Edition: “Qilj,” i.e. al-Qāhir Qilj Arslān b. Muḥammad b. ‘Umar, ruler of Ḥamā in 617 AH, died 635 AH (Tarwīḥ al-Qulūb, p. 53).
(9) He is Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. ‘Umar, the king al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn, ruler of Ḥamā; he died 637 AH (Tarwīḥ al-Qulūb, p. 54).