Among the notable figures who died in that year were: al-Malik al-Ashraf Khalil ⦗1⦘ ibn Qalawun al-Manṣur; Baydara ⦗2⦘ and al-Shujāʿī ⦗3⦘; and Shams al-Dīn ibn al-Salaʿūs.
Also deceased was the erudite shaykh and imam ⦗4⦘ Tāj al-Dīn Mūsā ibn Kul Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Marāghī, popularly known as Ibn al-Ḥayawān ⦗5⦘, a Shafiʿi scholar. He taught in the Iqbāliyya and other madrasahs and was counted among the distinguished exponents of the Shafiʿi school. Gifted in jurisprudence, legal theory, and grammar, he had a sharp and penetrating mind. He died suddenly on a Saturday and was buried in the Bāb al-Ṣaghīr cemetery, having surpassed the age of seventy ⦗6⦘.
The lady (khātūn) Muʾnisa ⦗7⦘, daughter of Sultan ⦗8⦘ al-Malik ⦗9⦘ al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb, was also laid to rest. She was associated with the Dār al-Quṭbiyya ⦗10⦘ as well as Dār Iqbāl. Born in 603 AH, she held written authorisations ⦗11⦘ to transmit hadith from ʿAfīfa al-Fārifāniyya ⦗12⦘ and from ʿAyn al-Shams.
(1) Biography of al-Malik al-Mansur in Mukhtasar Abu al-Fida, vol. 4, pp. 29–30; Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 764; al-Ibar, vol. 5, p. 378; al-Isharah al-Muntaqa min Tarikh al-Islam, p. 380; al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, vol. 13, p. 399; al-Nujum az-Zahirah, vol. 8, pp. 3–37; ad-Dalil ash-Shafi, vol. 1, pp. 292–293; Shudhurat adh-Dhahab, vol. 7, pp. 738–739.
(2) Biography of Bidra in Mukhtasar Abu al-Fida, vol. 4, p. 30; Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 763; al-Ilam bi-Wafayat al-A’lam, p. 290; al-Isharah al-Muntaqa min Tarikh al-Islam, p. 308; al-Ibar, vol. 5, p. 377; al-Wafi bil-Wafayat, vol. 15, p. 360; al-Nujum az-Zahirah, vol. 8, pp. 3–27, 54.
(3) Biography of al-Shujai, Ilm al-Din Sinjar b. Abd Allah al-Shujai al-Mansuri, in Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 767; ad-Dalil ash-Shafi, vol. 1, p. 325; al-Nujum az-Zahirah, vol. 8, p. 51.
(4) Biography of Ibn al-Haywan in Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 763; ad-Dalil ash-Shafi, vol. 2, p. 752; al-Daris, vol. 1, p. 161.
(5) Edition: “ba abi al-jawab,” an evident corruption; corroborated by the biographical sources, including al-Dhahabi’s autograph in Tarikh al-Islam and the precise copy of Tarikh ibn al-Jazari (vol. 1, fol. 136, Paris ms.) (Bashar).
(6) In ms. B: “jawaza al-sab'in sanah” (he exceeded seventy years). (May Allah have mercy on him.)
(7) Edition: “Munis”; a corruption.
(8) Biography of al-Khatun Munasah in Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 779; ad-Dalil ash-Shafi, vol. 2, p. 755; al-Daris, vol. 2, p. 188; Tarwih al-Qulub, pp. 64, 81.
(9) Recorded in B only.
(10) In ms. A: called Dar al-Qatina instead of Dar Iqbal; in B: Dar al-Ma’zamiyah—both corruptions.
(11) In A and the edition: “rawwat al-ijazah” (she transmitted the ijazah).
(12) In “Asuluna Jamian”: “al-Farqaniyyah,” a corruption. She died in 606 AH. Her biography and sources are in Siyar A’lam al-Nubala.