to attend upon the sultan (1) and played polo with him on the parade ground. The ashraf (descendants of the Prophet) complained about their naqīb, Zayn al-Dīn ibn ʿAdnān, so the ruler withdrew his hand from their affair and referred the matter to the Shāfiʿī judge.
When Friday, the twenty-second (2) of Dhu al-Qaʿdah arrived, Sultan al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Kitbugha led the congregational prayer from within the royal maqsūra. On his right stood the ruler of Ḥamā, with Badr al-Dīn, the Amīr Silāḥ, one rank below him. On his left were the sons of al-Ḥarīrī—Ḥasan and his brothers—with the deputy of the realm, Ḥusām al-Dīn Lājīn, beneath them and, at his side, the deputy of Syria, ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥamawī. Below them stood Badr al-Dīn Baysarī; under him Qara Sunqur, with al-Ḥājj Bahādar beside him. Behind them were other senior amirs. A splendid robe of honor was conferred upon the khuṭīb, Badr al-Dīn Ibn Jamāʿah.
When the prayer had concluded (3), he offered salām to the sultan, and the sultan then paid a visit to the ‘Uthmānī codex of the Qur’an. The next morning, Saturday, he again played polo on the parade ground.
On Monday, the second of Dhu al-Ḥijjah, the amir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥamawī was removed from the deputyship of Syria. The sultan reprimanded him at length for various actions, then pardoned him and ordered him to accompany him to Egypt (4). In his place he appointed the amir Sayf al-Dīn Garlū al-ʿĀdilī, bestowing robes of honor upon both the newly appointed and the deposed. The sultan then presided in the Dār al-ʿAdl, attended by the vizier, the qāḍīs, and the amirs, and proved as just as his title proclaims.
[During the same session Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ḥanafī assumed the vizierate in place of al-Taqī al-Bayʿ al-Tikrītī, while Taqī al-Dīn Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jaddah succeeded his father in office; both received robes of honor] (5).
On the twelfth of Dhu al-Ḥijjah the sultan set out for the region of Aleppo, passing through Ḥarastā (6). He tarried in the wilderness for a few days, then returned and encamped at Ḥimṣ. The deputies of the provinces came to him, and the amir Garlū, the deputy of Damascus (7), sat in the Dār al-ʿAdl, ruling with equity. His conduct was commendable and his judgments sound—may Allah Most High have mercy on him.
[Among the notable deaths that year was]
Shaykh Zayn al-Dīn Munajjā (8), the erudite imam, distinguished scholar, Mufti of the Muslims, and consummate dignitary—Zayn al-Dīn