He was among the greatest (1) of kings and the most exemplary in conduct. al-ʿĀdil gave him his daughter in marriage, and she bore him children. At one time he took possession of the Jazīrah, wresting most of it from al-Kāmil Muḥammad, and together with al-Ashraf Mūsā—may Allah have mercy on them both—he routed the Khwarazmians.
• al-Nāṣiḥ al-Ḥanbalī (2): On the third of Muḥarram the shaykh Nāṣiḥ al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Najm ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn the shaykh Abū al-Faraj al-Shīrāzī passed away. His family (3) traces its lineage back to Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah, may Allah be pleased with him.
al-Nāṣiḥ was born in 554 AH; he memorized the Quran, listened to hadith, and would on occasion deliver admonitions. We have mentioned earlier (4) that he preached during the lifetime of the shaykh (5) al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī. He was the first to teach in the Ṣāḥibiyyah (6) school on the mountain—built especially for him—and he composed several works (7). He studied under Ibn al-Mannī al-Baghdādī (8); he was learned and upright. He died in the Ṣāliḥiyyah quarter and was buried there—may Allah have mercy upon him.
• al-Kamāl ibn al-Muhājir (9), the merchant: He was lavish in charity and kindness toward people. He died suddenly in Jumādā al-Awwal in Damascus and was buried on Mount Qāsiyūn. al-Ashraf seized his wealth, and the estate amounted to nearly three hundred thousand dinars, among which was a rosary of one hundred pearls, (10) each the size of a pigeon’s egg.
• The shaykh and ḥadith master Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Dihyah (11), brother of the ḥadith scholar Abū al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Dihyah.