Then began the year 623 AH.

In it: King Jalal al-Din, son of Khwarazm Shah, met the Georgians and dealt them a crushing defeat. He then advanced to their greatest fortress,(1) Tiflis, stormed it, slew the unbelievers within, and carried off their women and children as captives, while leaving the Muslims there unharmed. He established his rule over the city. The Georgians had taken it from the Muslims in 515 AH and had held it until Jalal al-Din won it back from them.(2) It was a momentous conquest; praise and gratitude belong to Allah.

In the same year he marched on Khilat to wrest it from the deputy of al-Malik al-Ashraf, but could not take it. The townspeople fought him fiercely, so he withdrew because he had to suppress the rebellion of his own deputy in Kirman; he therefore turned toward that revolt and left Khilat alone.

In it: al-Malik al-Ashraf made peace with his brother al-Muʿaẓẓam and travelled to Damascus to meet him. Al-Muʿaẓẓam had been conspiring(3) against him together with Jalal al-Din, the lord of Irbil, the lord of Mardin, and the lord of Rūm. On al-Ashraf’s side were his brother al-Kamil and the lord of Mosul, Badr al-Din Luʾluʾ. He succeeded in winning al-Muʿaẓẓam over to his own camp, thereby strengthening(4) his position.

In it: a major engagement(5) took place between the Prince(6) of Antioch and the Armenians, and many serious incidents occurred between them.

In it: King Jalal al-Din dealt the Iwāniyyah Turkmans(7) a severe blow; they had been waylaying(8) Muslim travelers.

In it: Muḥyī al-Dīn Yūsuf, son of Shaykh Jamāl al-Dīn ibn al-Jawzī, arrived from Baghdad as an envoy to al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam in Damascus, bearing robes of honor and marks of distinction for the sons of al-ʿĀdil from Caliph al-Ẓāhir bi-Amri-llāh. The burden of the message was a warning to refrain from supporting Jalal al-Din ibn Khwarazm Shah, for he was a rebel, determined(9) to fight the caliph and seize Baghdad from them,