After him, his brother Najm al-Din Khidr (1) took control of al-Karak and assumed the royal style al-Malik al-Masʿud, but al-Mansur soon wrested the fortress from his hands, as will be related below, Allah willing.
[Then the year 679 AH began.]
Its first day fell on Thursday, the 3rd of Ayyar. The reigning caliph was al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah of the Abbasid house, while the sovereign of Egypt—and of certain districts in Greater Syria—was al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun al-Salihi.
Damascus and its territories were held by Sunqur al-Ashqar (2).
The lord of al-Karak was al-Malik al-Masʿud (3), son of al-Zahir.
The lord of Hama was al-Malik al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, son of al-Malik al-Muzaffar Taqi al-Din Mahmud.
ʿIraq, the Jazirah, Khurasan, Mosul, Arbil, Adharbayjan, the land of Bakar, Khilat and their adjoining regions, together with many other provinces, were in the hands of the Tatars. The lands of Rum were likewise under their domination, although they still contained Ghiyath al-Din, son of Rukn al-Din, whose authority was nominal only.
The lord of Yemen was al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn ʿUmar.
The lord of Mecca (4) was the Sharif Najm al-Din Abu Numayy the Hasanid (5),
and the lord of Medina was ʿIzz al-Din Jammaz ibn Shihah the Husaynid (6).
At the outset of that same year, Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil Sunqur al-Ashqar rode from the Citadel to the parade ground (7), and before