the summer until they could learn the hour of his sermon; thereafter they would hurry back to their orchards, recounting to one another the insights and graceful sayings he had delivered, in the manner of his grandfather.

Shaykh Taj al-Din al-Kindi (1), together with other scholars, used to attend his gatherings beneath the Dome of Yazid at the gate of the shrine and would admire what he said. He also taught in the outer ʿIzzīyah (2), erected by the amir ʿIzz al-Din Aibak al-Muʿaẓẓamī, steward of al-Muʿaẓẓam, who likewise endowed the inner ʿIzzīyah by the kiosk; in earlier times the site had been known as Darb Ibn Munqidh (3).

The Sibṭ likewise held a teaching post at the Shibliyyah (4) on the hill by the Kuhayl Bridge, and the Badriyyah (5) opposite it was entrusted to him as well; it (6) became his residence, and there he died on the night of Tuesday, the twenty-first of Dhu al-Ḥijjah of this year. The ruler of the land, al-Nasir (7) son of al-ʿAziz, together with all ranks below him, attended his funeral.

Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shamah (8) praised his learning, virtues, leadership, eloquent preaching, pleasant voice, radiant face, humility, asceticism, and affability, but he added:

“I was ill on the night he died and saw his death in a dream before waking; I beheld him in a troubling state (9), and others saw him likewise. We therefore ask (10) Allah for well-being. I was unable to attend his funeral. It was a great procession (11), witnessed by a multitude—the sultan and everyone beneath him (12)—and he was buried there.”

He was a virtuous, learned, and refined man, withdrawn from the circles of power and censuring the rulers for the wrongs they committed. He was (13) moderate in dress, constant in reading, study, collecting books, and writing; fair to people of knowledge and merit, distant from the ignorant. Kings and men of state (14) used to come to him as visitors and seekers, and throughout his long lifetime he was nurtured in