Taqī Tawbah the Vizier (1) — the eminent grand minister, Ṣāḥib al-Kabīr al-Ṣadr, Taqī al-Dīn Tawbah ibn ʿAlī ibn Muhājir ibn Shujāʿ ibn Tawbah al-Rabʿī al-Tikrītī. He was born in 620 AH, on the Day of ʿArafah at ʿArafah (2). He passed through a succession of administrative posts until he was appointed vizier in Damascus on several occasions. He died on the night of Thursday, the second of Jumādā al-Ākhirah. The funeral prayer was offered for him the next morning in the Congregational Mosque of the Horse Market, and he was laid to rest in his own mausoleum opposite the Ashrafiyyah Dār al-Ḥadīth at the foot of the hill. Judges and leading notables attended his funeral. After his death Fakhr al-Dīn ibn al-Shīrjī assumed oversight of the dīwāns, while Amīn al-Dīn ibn Hilāl took charge of the treasury.
The great amir (3) Shams al-Dīn Baysarī (4) — one of the most senior commanders (5) in royal service since the days of Qalāwūn and thereafter. He died in prison in the Cairo Citadel (6). A condolence gathering was held for him in the Umayyad Mosque, attended by the viceroy of the sultanate al-Afram, together with the judges and dignitaries.
The sultan al-Malik al-Muẓaffar (7) Taqī al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn al-Malik al-Manṣūr Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Taqī al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn al-Malik al-Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Shāhanshāh ibn Ayyūb, ruler of Ḥamāh and scion of its kings generation after generation, died (8) on Thursday, the twenty-first of Dhū al-Qiʿdah, and was buried on the night of Friday. May Allah have mercy on him.
Al-Malik al-Awḥad (9) Najm al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn al-Malik al-Nāṣir Dāwūd ibn al-Muʿaẓẓam.
(1) Entry for Tuba in Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 871); Al-I‘lam bi Wafayat al-A‘lam (p. 292); al-Ishara al-Muntaqa min Tarikh al-Islam (p. 384); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 387); al-Wafi bil-Wafayat (vol. 10, p. 438); Fawat al-Wafayat (vol. 1, p. 261); al-Nujum al-Zahirah (vol. 8, pp. 185, 188–189); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 1, pp. 229–230); al-Daris (vol. 2, p. 337); Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, pp. 770–771).
(2) B: He entered service on the Day of ‘Arafah and was repeatedly assigned to Damascus until his death.
(3) Entry for Bisri in Mukhtasar Abi al-Fida’ (vol. 4, p. 42); Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 870); Al-I‘lam bi Wafayat al-A‘lam (p. 292); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 387); al-Nujum al-Zahirah (vol. 8, pp. 185–187); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 1, p. 209).
(4) Yaisari: a compound name of Turkish and non-Turkic origin; correctly spelled Bay Sari—bay in Turkish (emphatic) means “the happy one,” and sari in non-Turkic means “the head,” hence “happy-headed.” al-Nujum al-Zahirah (vol. 8, p. 186).
(5) T: reads al-Mutaqaddimin; a scribal corruption.
(6) B: He served from the reign of al-Mansur onward; he died in prison (may God have mercy on him) in the Cairo Citadel.
(7) Entry for al-Malik al-Muzaffar in Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 884); Al-I‘lam bi Wafayat al-A‘lam (p. 292); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 389); al-Ishara al-Muntaqa min Tarikh al-Islam (p. 384); al-Nujum al-Zahirah (vol. 8, p. 189); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 2, p. 728); Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 773); Tarwih al-Qulub (p. 55).
(8) B: Reports his death.
(9) Entry for al-Malik al-Awḥad in Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 889); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 390); al-Ishara al-Muntaqa min Tarikh al-Islam (p. 384); al-Nujum al-Zahirah (vol. 8, p. 189); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 2, p. 801); Tarwih al-Qulub (p. 74).