on account of the latter’s death. Then, in Ramaḍān, the aforementioned Ṣadr al-Dīn Sulaymān himself passed away, and the office of judge was taken over by Ḥusām al-Dīn Abū al-Faḍāʾil al-Ḥasan ibn Anū Shurwān al-Rāzī, the Ḥanafī (1), who had previously served as judge in Malatya (2).

During the first ten days of Dhū al-Qaʿda the Najībiyya Madrasa was opened, with Ibn Khallikān (3) personally delivering its inaugural lesson. He then resigned the chair in favor of his son, Kamāl al-Dīn Mūsā. The Najībiyya khānqāh was likewise opened; both institutions, together with their endowments, had been under sequestration until that time.

On Tuesday, the fifth of Dhū al-Ḥijja, the fortunate Sultan entered Damascus. The city had been adorned for his arrival (4) and prominent domed pavilions were erected. The townspeople went out to meet him and rejoiced greatly because of their love for his father. He performed the ʿĪd al-Naḥr prayer on the parade ground (5) and celebrated the festival in the Victorious Citadel. He appointed as vizier in Damascus al-Ṣāḥib Fath al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Qaysarānī, and—after the death of Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥinnā—in Egypt al-Ṣāḥib Burhān al-Dīn al-Khaḍir ibn al-Ḥasan al-Nījārī.

In the last ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijja the Sultan dispatched the armies to the land of Sis under the command of the emir Sayf al-Dīn Qalāʾūn al-Ṣāliḥī, while he himself (6) remained in Damascus with only a small group of emirs, mamluks of the private guard, and intimate courtiers, and he began to visit the Zunbuqiyya quarter frequently (7).

On Tuesday, the twenty-sixth of Dhū al-Ḥijja, the Sultan (8) held court in the Dār al-ʿAdl inside Bab al-Naṣr. He abolished the levy his father had imposed on the orchards of the people of Damascus, whereupon their prayers for him multiplied and their love for him grew exceedingly (9); for that surcharge had weighed heavily upon many property owners (10), and a large number of them had contemplated relinquishing their holdings altogether because of it.

In the same year the people of Damascus (11) were required to pay fifty (12) thousand dinars, imposed as rent on their properties for a period of two months, and the sum was exacted from them under coercion and oppression (13).