and in ḍarb al-raml (geomancy); he would attend gatherings that combined diversion, wine, games, and convivial pleasure, but later withdrew from all of that because of his advanced age.
[Concerning him and those like him, people say:
I went to ask about his repentance—
I found it the repentance of the bankrupt.] (1)

He was born in Damascus in 633 AH and died on the night of Saturday, the 5th of Dhu al-Qaʿdah. He was buried in the Bāb al-Ṣaghīr cemetery, in a grave he had prepared for himself, at the age of eighty-five. May Allah pardon him.

Chief Judge Fakhr al-Dīn:
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad, son of Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Khayr Salāmah, son of Zayn al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Salāmah (2), an Alexandrian Mālikī (3). He was born in 671 AH and excelled in many branches of knowledge. He served as deputy judge in Alexandria, and his conduct, piety, and firmness were highly praised. Last year he came to assume the Mālikī judiciary of Syria and managed it with great distinction for a year and a half, until he died at al-Ṣamṣāmiyyah (4) at dawn on Wednesday, the first of Dhu al-Ḥijjah. He was buried beside al-Fandalāwī at Bāb al-Ṣaghīr; a large crowd attended his funeral, thanking him and speaking well of him. May Allah Most High have mercy on him.

[Then the year 719 AH began] and commenced [with the same judges who had served in the previous year] (5).

On the night of the first of Muḥarram, a violent wind struck Damascus, causing many walls (6) to collapse and uprooting numerous trees.

On Tuesday, the twenty-sixth of Muḥarram, Jamāl al-Dīn ibn al-Qalānsī was invested with the supervision of the public treasury, replacing Ibn al-Sharyshī.

On Wednesday, the fifth of Ṣafar, Ibn Ṣaṣrā lectured at the inner Nāṣiriyyah, also in place of Ibn al-Sharyshī (7), and the people attended as usual.