He died in Ramadan of that same year, and the throne passed after him to his nephew Uzbak Khan (1). Uzbak was a Muslim, so he openly proclaimed the religion of Islam in his lands, executed many of the pagan amirs, and the Muhammadan shariʿa (2) prevailed over all other laws there. All praise and gratitude belong to Allah for Islam and the Sunnah.

Among the distinguished figures who also died that year was al-Malik al-Mansur, lord of Mardin (3): Najm al-Din Abu al-Fath Ghazi ibn al-Malik al-Muzaffar Qara Arslan ibn al-Malik al-Saʿid Najm al-Din Ghazi ibn al-Malik al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Artuq ibn Ghazi [ibn al-Muna ibn Timurtash ibn Ghazi] (4) ibn Artuq the Artuqid. His family had been the rulers of Mardin for many years. He was an elderly, handsome, and imposing man—well-proportioned, devout, and corpulent. Whenever he rode out, a litter followed behind him lest he grow weary, in which case he would mount it. He died on Tuesday, the ninth of Rabiʿ al-Akhar, and was buried in his madrasa beneath the citadel. He was over seventy years old, had ruled for nearly twenty years, and was succeeded by his son al-ʿAdil, who reigned for seventeen days before his brother al-Mansuri (5) assumed power.

Also deceased in that year were:
– The emir Sayf al-Din Qutlubak al-Shaykhi (6), one of the leading commanders of Damascus.
– The righteous shaykh (7) Nur al-Din Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Muhammad ibn Harun ibn ʿAli ibn Humayd (8) al-Taghlibi (9) al-Dimashqi, the principal hadith reciter and musnid of Cairo. He transmitted hadiths from Ibn al-Zubayr (10), Ibn al-Latti (11), Jaʿfar al-Hamadani, Ibn al-Shirazi, and many others, and the Imam produced for him