Shaykh Salim al-Barqi—known as al-Badawi—was the keeper of the ribat in the Lesser Qarafa cemetery. He was a righteous, devout man to whom people came, seeking visitation and blessings through his supplication, and to this day he has followers who are well known for adhering to his path (1).

Then the year 673 AH began.

Events of that year:
The sultan uncovered a plot involving thirteen emirs [from Egypt], among them Qajqar al-Hamawi (2). They had (3) written to the Tatars, inviting them to the lands of the Muslims and promising to side with them against the sultan. The emirs were arrested and confessed; their letters arrived with the couriers, and that was the last that was heard of them (4).

In the same year the sultan advanced with his armies and entered the region of Sis (5) on Monday, the twenty-first of Ramadan. They slew multitudes known only to Allah and captured enormous spoils—cattle, sheep, baggage, pack-animals, and other livestock—which (6) were sold for the lowest of prices. He then returned, entering Damascus victorious and divinely aided in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and remained there until the new year (7) commenced.

That year as well, a sandstorm rose over the people of Mosul, filling the entire horizon. They left their homes, imploring Allah until He lifted it from them. Allah, exalted is He, knows best.

Among the notable deaths of the year:
Ibn ʿAṭāʾ al-Ḥanafī (8)—the Chief Qadi, Shams al-Din Abu Muhammad ʿAbd Allah, son of Shaykh Sharaf al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿAṭāʾ ibn Hasan ibn ʿAṭāʾ ibn Jubayr ibn Jabir ibn Wahib al-Adhraʿi al-Hanafi—was born in 595 AH. He heard hadith and studied jurisprudence according to the school of Abu Hanifah. For a time he served as deputy judge according to the Shafiʿi school, then assumed sole charge of the Hanafi judiciary when the office of judgeship was first divided among the four legal schools (9). When the sequestration of people’s properties was enforced, he wished—