He later retook it from al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb by means of trickery and deceit, and held it for a little more than four years. Al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb recovered it from him in the Khwārazmian year, 643 AH. Only the two towns (1) of Baalbek and Busra remained in his hands, but they too were seized from him, as we have related. With no country left to which he could repair, he sought asylum in the Ayyūbid dominion of Aleppo under the protection of its ruler, al-Nāṣir Yūsuf (2). When the events of the present year (3) took place, he disappeared in Egypt during the battle; no one knows what befell him—Allah, exalted is He, knows best. He was the benefactor who endowed in Damascus a mausoleum, a madrasa, and a dār al-ḥadīth and Qurʾān recitation school. May Allah have mercy upon him and honor him with His generosity.

Among the notables who died in this same year (4) were:

• The king al-Muʿaẓẓam (5) Turanshah ibn al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb ibn al-Kāmil ibn al-ʿĀdil.

He was first lord of Ḥiṣn Kayfa during his father’s lifetime; his father repeatedly summoned him, but he would not comply. When his father died, as we have mentioned, the amirs called for him; he answered their summons, came to them, and they set him over them as ruler—only to kill him, as we have also recounted. This occurred on Monday, 27 Muḥarram. It is said that he was backward and unfit for kingship.

After the son’s death, the father was seen in a dream reciting:

They slew him with the vilest blow;
a warning now for all below.
No bounds observed, no right obeyed,
nor honored those who ruled of old.
Soon shall you see them become the prey
of even the lowliest souls that stray.

And so it happened, (6) in the fighting between the Egyptians and the Syrians. Among the commanders and Muslims who vanished between the two lines of battle was Shams Luʾluʾ, steward of the Aleppan mamluks, a devout servant of Allah who enjoined right and forbade wrong. (7)

In this year, too, occurred the death of the benefactress of the Ḥāfiẓiyya endowment.