Al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah - Ibn Kathir - (15/607)

Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

Chief Judge of Egypt for the Ḥanafīs (1), succeeding Shams al-Dīn al-Sarūjī. His son remained in Damascus as Chief Judge (2) of the Ḥanafīs; he lectured at his father’s two colleges—the Khātūniyyah and the Muqaddamiyyah—and abandoned the Qassāʿiyyīn and Shibliyyah schools. A dispatch rider (3) then arrived with news that the sultan had recovered from the mishap he had suffered, whereupon the drums of rejoicing were beaten and the city was festooned with decorations: the sultan had fallen from his horse (4) while playing polo.

It was just as the poet said:

[Basīt]
You unite strength and generosity and learning—
Yet no single steed can bear all that!

That same courier (5) also brought the investiture writ and a robe of honor for the viceroy of the sultanate; the decree (6) was read aloud, he kissed the threshold, and the day was truly formidable.

In Rabīʿ al-Awwal, ʿIzz al-Dīn, the son of Chief Judge Taqī al-Dīn Sulaymān, delivered a lecture at the Jawziyyah College. Present with him were Imām al-Dīn al-Shāfiʿī, his brother Jalāl al-Dīn, and a number of scholars. After the lesson he sat and issued judgments on his father’s behalf, with his permission.

Also in Rabīʿ al-Awwal (7) Chief Judge Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd became angry and suspended judgment in Egypt for several days (8); he was then appeased and returned, on the condition that he would not appoint his son al-Muḥibb as his deputy.

On Friday, the tenth of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, the Friday prayer was established at the Muʿaẓẓamiyyah College, and its instructor, the Ḥanafī judge Shams al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿIzz (9), delivered the sermon.

Around this time word spread of the arrest of Badr al-Dīn Baysarī (10); his assets in Egypt were placed under sequestration. The sultan dispatched a detachment under ʿAlam al-Dīn al-Dawādārī (11) to Tall Ḥamdūn, which he captured (12)—praise be to Allah for His favor. The news reached Damascus on the twelfth (13) of Ramaḍān (14); the village of al-Khalīliyyah was destroyed (15) in the process, and the noon adhān was proclaimed there, and it was

(1) B: “He was appointed qadi al-qudat (chief judge) in the Egyptian provinces”; in Ṭ: “to judge the qadis of Egypt.” (2) B: “His son was Jalal al-Din, qadi in Syria”; in A: “judge of the Hanafi judiciary.” (3) B: “The report was transmitted with the barīd (postal dispatch).” (4) B: “It records his fall from his horse.” (5) A: “It states ‘the investiture was conferred by his hands’ ”; in B: “it simply says ‘the investiture came.’ ” (6) A, B: “Reads fa-quriʾ (it was read) in error.” (7) B: “In Rabiʿ al-Akhir.” (8) B: “In the Egyptian provinces he vacated the office for days, then sought reconciliation, returned, and imposed conditions.” (9) Ṭ: “Reads al-Muʿizz—a corruption. The account appears in al-Daris (vol. 1, p. 586).” (10) B: “With the revenues of the Egyptian provinces, he secured his funds in the regions of Egypt and Syria.” (11) A: “Al-Dawadari.” (12) A, B: “Reads fa-futihat (and it was opened).” (13) B: “On the twelfth.” (14) B: “Adds thereafter ‘fa-daqqat al-bashāʾir’; one of these occurred on Wednesday, the 7th of Ramadan.” (15) A, B: “Reads darabat (it struck).”

قضاء قضاة مصر للحَنفيَّة (١) عوضًا عن شمس الدين السّروجي، واستقر ولده بدمشق قاضي قضاة (٢) الحنفية، ودرَّس بمدرستي أبيه الخاتونية والمقدمية، وترك مدرسة القصاعين والشبلية، وجاء الخبر على يدي (٣) البريد بعافية السلطان من الوقعة التي كان وقعها، فدُقَّت البشائر وزُينت البلد، فإنه سقط عن فرسه (٤) وهو يلعب بالكرة، فكان كما قال الشاعر: [من البسيط] حَوَيْتَ بَطْشًا وإحْسانًا ومَعْرِفَةً … وليسَ يحملُ هذا كُلّه الفَرَسُ وجاء على يديه (٥) تقليد وخلعة لنائب السلطنة، فقرأ (٦) التقليدَ وباسَ العتبة وكان يومًا هائلًا. وفي ربيع الأول دَرَّس بالجوزية عز الدين ابن قاضي القضاة تقي الدين سليمان وحضر عنده إمام الدين الشافعي وأخوه جلال الدين وجماعة من الفضلاء، وبعد التدريس جلس وحكم نيابة عن أبيه بإذنه [له] في ذلك. وفي ربيع الأول (٧) غضب قاضي القضاة تقي الدين بن دقيق العيد وترك الحكم بمصر أيامًا (٨) ، ثم استُرْضِيَ وعاد وشرطوا عليه أن لا يستنيب ولده المحب. وفي يوم الجمعة عاشر ربيع الآخر أقيمت الجمعة بالمدرسة المعظمية وخطب فيها مدرسُها القاضي شمس الدين بن العز (٩) الحنفي. واشتهر في هذا الحين القبضُ على بدر الدين بَيْسَري (١٠) ، واحتيط على أمواله بديار مصر، وأرسل السلطان بجريدة صحبة علم الدين الدويداري (١١) إلى تَلِّ حَمْدُون ففتحه (١٢) بحمد اللّه ومنه، وجاء الخبر بذلك إلى دمشق في الثاني (١٣) عشر من رمضان (١٤) ، وخربت (١٥) به الخليلية وأُذّن بها الظهر، وكان

(١) ب: ولاه قاضي القضاة بالديار المصرية، وفي ط: قضاء قضاة مصر. (٢) ب: ولده جلال الدين القضاء في الشام. وفي أ: قاضي قضاء الحنفية. (٣) ب: وجاء الخبر مع البريد. (٤) ب: وكان سقوطه عن فرسه. (٥) أ: وجاء على يديه تقليد، وفي ب: وجاء تقليد. (٦) أ، ب: فقرئ؛ خطأ. (٧) ب: وفي ربيع الآخر. (٨) ب: بالديار المصرية وترك الحكم أيامًا ثم استرضي وعاد وشرط. (٩) ط: المعز؛ وهو تحريف. والخبر في الدارس (١/ ٥٨٦). (١٠) ب: بيسري الديار المصرية واحتيط على أمواله بديار مصر والشام. (١١) أ: الدواداري. (١٢) أ، ب: ففتحت. (١٣) ب: في ثاني عشر. (١٤) بعدها في ب: فدقت البشائر وكان أحدها يوم الأربعاء سابع رمضان. (١٥) أ، ب: ضربت.