Wednesday, the fifteenth of Muharram. The funeral prayer was held for him in the ʿUqaybah Mosque, and he was buried beside his father at Bab al-Saghir. He had transmitted hadith and, after his father Badr al-Din, had taken over the pulpit; the deputy of the sultan, the judges, and the notables would attend his sermons.
The Hanbali judge in Egypt (1): Sharaf al-Din Abu Muhammad ʿAbd al-Ghani ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Nasr ibn Abi Bakr al-Harrani. Born in Harran in 645 AH, he studied hadith and later came to Egypt, where he oversaw the treasury and taught at the Salihiyyah Madrasa; the judgeship was then added to his duties. His conduct was widely praised and he was noted for his generosity. He died on the night of Friday, the fourteenth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, and was buried in al-Qarafah. After him the post passed to Saʿd al-Din al-Harithi, as mentioned above.
Shaykh Najm al-Din (2): Ayyub ibn Sulayman ibn Muẓaffar al-Muqri (3), known as the Muezzin of al-Najibi, was chief of the muezzins in the Great Mosque of Damascus and supervisor of the preachers. Handsome and endowed with a resonant voice, he held these offices for nearly fifty years until he died at the beginning of Jumada al-Ula.
In this same month the following also died:
Amir Shams al-Din Sunqur al-Aʿsar al-Mansuri (4): he simultaneously held the vizierate in Egypt and the position of Controller of the Diwans, and he served several terms as Controller of the Diwans in Syria. He owned a well-known house and garden in Damascus, was energetic, highly ambitious, and immensely wealthy. He died in Egypt.
Amir Jamal al-Din Aqush ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Rustumi (5): Controller of the Diwans in Damascus. Previously he had been governor-general of the southern province after al-Sharifi and wielded considerable authority. He died on Sunday, the ninth of Jumada al-Ula, and was buried later that morning in the domed mausoleum he had built opposite the dome of Shaykh Raslan. He was both capable and experienced (6). After him the office of Controller of the Diwans was assumed by Aqjiba (7).
In Shaʿban—or, according to another report, in Rajab—there died: