In this same year: in Shawwal (1) work was begun on the reconstruction (2) of the Citadel of Damascus and on the construction of the royal residences (3), the ṭārima (raised pavilion) (4), and the Blue Dome, in accordance with the directive issued by Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil ibn Qalawun to his deputy ʿAlam al-Din Sanjar al-Shujāʿi.
In the same year, during Ramadan the amir Arjuwash was reinstated as deputy of the Citadel and was granted distinguished iqṭāʿāt (fiefs) (5).
Also that year Shaykh al-Rajihi (6), a descendant of Shaykh Yunus, was sent—under tight restriction and guard—to Cairo (7).
During the year ʿIzz al-Din al-Faruthi (8) taught [at the Dār al-Ḥadith al-Ẓāhiriyyah in place of Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Karaji (9); al-Faruthi had arrived with the ḥajj caravan from Mecca to al-Shām this year. In Rajab of the same year al-Faruthi also taught] (10) at the Najībiyyah Madrasa in place of Kamal al-Din ibn Khallikān (11).
On that same day Najm al-Din [b.] Makki (12) lectured at the Rawāḥiyyah in lieu of Nasir al-Din ibn al-Maqdisi (13), and on that day Kamal al-Din (14) (the physician) taught at the Dukhwāriyya Medical School.
Later in the same month Shaykh Jalal al-Din al-Khabāzi (15) delivered a lesson at the external Khātūniyya.
(1) According to manuscript A: in Shawwal of that year.
(2) According to A: “fi bina” (in the building).
(3) According to A and B: “al-adr,” one of the plural forms of dar; see al-Qamoos al-Muheet.
(4) “Tarima” is a wooden structure shaped like a dome; the term is a Persian loanword; see Mu’jam al-Alfaz al-Farisiyya, p. 112, and Mu’jam al-Alfaz wa al-Tarakib al-Muwallada fi Shifa’ al-Ghalil, p. 337.
(5) According to B: the emir ’Ilm al-Din Arjwash was granted a sanni iqtâʼ (hereditary fief).
(6) Al-Rujayhi, ’Isa b. Sabiq b. Hilal b. Yunus, known as Saif al-Din; his biography appears in Wafayat al-A’yan for 706 AH in the subsequent volume.
(7) According to B: he was compelled to travel to Cairo that year.
(8) Manuscripts T and B read “al-Qaruni,” a corrupt reading. The biography of ’Izz al-Din al-Farouthi will appear in Wafayat al-A’yan for 694 AH, insha’Allah.
(9) Manuscript T: “al-Karkhi” is a mushaf, referring to Fakhr al-Din ’Umar b. Yahya al-Kirji, whose biography appears in Wafayat al-A’yan for this year (Bashar).
(10) The phrase “ma bayn al-hasiratayn” (between the two enclosures) is an emendation found only in manuscript B.
(11) Musa b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Khulqan, known as Kamal al-Din Abu al-Fath b. al-Qadi Shams al-Din, author of Wafayat al-A’yan; he taught at the Najibiyya school both during and after his father’s life, oversaw the Diwan al-Hikma, and was of questionable character—it is reported that his misconduct and his father’s indulgence led to his father’s deposition. He died in 717 AH. (Al-Durar al-Kamina, 4:372–373).
(12) Al-Daris, vol. 1, p. 271.
(13) Muhammad b. ’Abd al-Rahman b. Nuh Nasir al-Din al-Maqdisi died in 689 AH. (Al-Daris, 1:269).
(14) Kamal al-Din b. ’Abd al-Rahim b. Muslim, the physician, died in 697 AH.
(15) The biography of Jalal al-Din al-Khabbazi appears in Wafayat al-A’yan for 691 AH in this volume.