[al-Shihab al-Suhrawardi]
Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shama records in his Dhayl (1) the death of al-Shihab (2) al-Suhrawardi (3), author of “ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif,” in the present year, adding that he was born in 539 AH and lived past ninety. Al-Sibt (4), however, (5) dates his passing to 630 AH, as noted earlier.

The Chief Judge of Aleppo (6), Abu al-Maḥāsin Yusuf ibn Rafiʿ ibn Tamim ibn ʿUtba ibn Muhammad al-Asadi al-Mawsili, a Shafiʿi, was a virtuous, cultured scholar and Qur’an-reciter who enjoyed high standing with kings. He settled in Aleppo, assumed the judiciary [and supervision of the endowments] there, wrote several works and composed poetry. He died this year—may Allah Most High show him mercy.

Ibn al-Fāriḍ (7), composer of the Taʾiyyah on spiritual wayfaring in the style of Sufis associated with ittihād (8), was Abu Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Abi al-Ḥasan ʿAli ibn al-Murshid (9) ibn ʿAli, Hama in origin but born, resident, and deceased in Egypt. His father drafted marriage contracts for both women and men. Several of our shaykhs criticized him because of that poem, and our shaykh Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Dhahabi cited him in his Mizān (10) and spoke against him. He died this year, having nearly reached seventy (11).

Then came the year 633 AH.

Events of that year: al-Kāmil and his brother al-Ashraf crossed the Euphrates and repaired what the Byzantine army had ruined in their territories. Al-Kāmil demolished the fortress of Edessa, inflicted severe punishment on Badnīsar, and a letter arrived from Badr al-Din, lord of Mosul, reporting that the Mongols were advancing with one hundred ṭalab, each ṭalab numbering five hundred horsemen. The two kings therefore hastened back to Damascus, and the Byzantine forces withdrew to their own lands.