a wholesome life. (1) For nearly fifty years he enjoyed wide-ranging esteem among rulers and commoners alike. His preaching gatherings were enthralling, and the voice with which he delivered them was gentle and melodious. May Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him.

I say: At his passing one may recite the poet’s verse:
You strove in history with tireless zeal
​Until I saw you yourself inscribed in history.

On the Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ, during the reign of al-Malik al-Nāṣir, lord of Aleppo, he was asked to relate something of the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn. He ascended the pulpit and remained seated for a long time without speaking; then he covered his face with a handkerchief and wept bitterly (2). Still weeping, he began to recite:
Woe to the one whose advocates are his adversaries,
​While the Trumpet is blown to raise all creatures!
Inevitably Fāṭimah will come to the Resurrection,
​Her gown smeared with Ḥusayn’s blood.

He then stepped down from the pulpit in tears and walked up to al-Ṣāliḥiyyah in the same state (3). May Allah have mercy on him.

(4) The endower of the Saristān of al-Ṣāliḥiyyah was the eminent amir Sayf al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī al-Fawāris ibn Musk al-Qaymarī al-Kurdī, the foremost of the Qaymarī amirs; people would stand before him as they do before kings. Among his greatest charitable deeds was his endowment of the maristan (5) situated at the foot of Mount Qāsiyūn. He died and was buried there, beneath the dome that faces that very hospital. A man of abundant wealth and resources, may Allah Most High have mercy on him.

(6) Mujīr al-Dīn Yaʿqūb, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb, was laid to rest beside his father in the ʿĀdiliyya cemetery.

(7) The amir Muẓaffar al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, son of the lord of Ṣarkhad ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybek—master of the household of al-Muʿaẓẓam and endower of the two Muʿizzi madrasas, the outer and the inner, for the Hanafis—was likewise interred beside his father in their tomb, beneath the dome by the Warāqa. May Allah have mercy on them both.