and Syrians. The preacher Jalal al-Din al-Qazwini had arrived before them on Thursday, the twenty-second of the month, and delivered the Friday sermon in his usual manner. When the next Friday came, the twenty-ninth of the month, Judge Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿUthman ibn Yusuf ibn Haddad, the Hanbali (1), preached in the Great Mosque of Damascus by permission of the deputy of the sultan. After the prayer his deed of appointment was read aloud from the pulpit in the presence of the judges, nobles, and dignitaries, and immediately thereafter he was robed with an illustrious garment of honor. He continued to lead the prayers and deliver the sermons for forty-two days.

Thereafter the preacher Jalal al-Din (2) was reinstated by royal decree, taking up his duties on Thursday, the twelfth of Muharram of the following year.

In Dhu’l-Hijjah, Kamal al-Din ibn al-Shirazi (3) began teaching at the Outer Shāmiyyah Madrasa, having wrested it from Shaykh Kamal al-Din ibn al-Zamlakani, thanks to the help of Asandamir.

During that same year the Tatar king Khurbanda (4) openly embraced rafḍ (Shiʿite doctrine) in his territories and ordered the preachers (5) to mention none in their sermons except ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and his household. When the preacher of Bab al-Azaj (6) reached this point in his sermon he wept profusely; the congregation wept with him, and he stepped down unable to finish. Someone else completed the sermon on his behalf and led the people in prayer. Thus the people of innovation gained ascendancy over the Ahl al-Sunnah in those lands. To Allah we belong and to Him we return.

Because of the disorder in the state and the abundance of discord (7), no one from Syria performed the pilgrimage that year.

Among the notable deaths that year were:

The preacher Nasir al-Din Abu’l-Huda—Ahmad, son of the preacher Badr al-Din Yahya, son of Shaykh ʿIzz al-Din Ibn ʿAbd al-Salam (8), preacher of al-ʿUqaybah (9), who had also supervised the Umayyad Mosque and other posts—died on