from both sides about one thousand persons in the vicinity of al-Suwayda; they call that day Yawm al-Suwayda (1) [also known as the Battle of al-Shuwayda] (2). The rout fell upon the Yaman faction, who fled before Qays until many of them reached Damascus in the worst and weakest condition, while Qays in turn fled for fear of the authorities, leaving the villages deserted and the crops unattended. To Allah we belong and to Him we return.

On Wednesday, the sixth of Dhu’l-Qaʿdah, Emir Sayf al-Din Qabjaq al-Mansuri arrived, [having been appointed deputy over Aleppo] (3). He took up residence in the Citadel accompanied by a number of Egyptian amirs, after which he departed for Aleppo with the amirs and troops who were with him. Emir Sayf al-Din Bahadur passed through Damascus on his way to assume the deputyship of Tripoli (4) and the coastal fortresses in place of Emir Sayf al-Din Asandamir (5). In Dhu’l-Qaʿdah a group who had travelled with the sultan to Egypt also returned; among them were the chief judge of the Ḥanafis, Sadr al-Din al-Hanafi, Muḥyi al-Din Ibn Faḍl Allah, and others.

I say: I once sat with Judge Sadr al-Din al-Hanafi after his return from Egypt. He said to me, “Do you love Ibn Taymiyyah?” I replied, “Yes.” Laughing, he said, “By Allah, you have loved something excellent!” He then related to me something similar to what Ibn al-Qalansi had mentioned, though Ibn al-Qalansi’s account was more complete.

The killing of al-Jashankir (6): The wretch (7) had fled with a band of his followers. When Emir Sayf al-Din Qarasunqur al-Mansuri left Egypt to assume the deputyship of Syria in place of al-Afram, he reached Gaza on the seventh of Dhu’l-Qaʿdah and formed a hunting ring. Al-Jashankir, with three hundred of his men, fell into its midst; they were surrounded, his followers scattered, and he was captured. He was taken back together with Qarasunqur and Sayf al-Din Bahadur on swift camels. When they reached al-Khattarah (8), Asandamir met them, received him from their hands, and the two emirs returned to their camp. Asandamir brought him before the sultan, who reproached and blamed him; that was the last that was heard of him. He was executed and buried in al-Qarafah, [his shaykh al-Manbiji and his wealth availing him nothing; he was slain in the worst manner] (9).

Qarasunqur entered Damascus on Monday, the twenty-fifth of Dhu’l-Qaʿdah, and lodged in the Citadel. Accompanying him were Ibn Ṣaṣrā, Ibn al-Zamlakani, Ibn al-Qalansi, ʿAlaʾ al-Din Ibn Ghanim, and a host of Egyptian amirs.