al-Qalānsī, the muḥtasib (market inspector) of Damascus and supervisor of the treasury. His conduct in office was commendable; later he was dismissed from the muḥtasib-ship but kept the treasury post until he died on Monday, 19 Jumada I. He was buried at Qasyun.

Shaykh ʿAlī (1) ibn Abī al-Majd ibn Sharaf ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad (2) al-Ḥimṣī, later al-Dimashqī, served as the muʾadhdhin of al-Rabwa for forty-five years. He left a dīwān of poetry, marginalia, and many other writings whose contents were widely disapproved. He was lax in his religious practice and died in Jumada I as well.

The amir Shihāb al-Dīn ibn Barq (3), governor of Damascus: a great multitude attended his funeral. He died on the second of Shaʿbān, was buried at al-Ṣāliḥiyyah, and the people spoke well of him.

The amir Fakhr al-Dīn (4), son of al-Shams Luʾluʾ and superintendent of the rural districts, was likewise praised. He died on the fourth of Shaʿbān at an advanced age, passing away in his orchard at Bayt Lahiya (5). He was buried in his family plot there and left many descendants (may Allah have mercy on him).

ʿImād al-Dīn Ismāʿīl (6) ibn Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Wazīr Fatḥ al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Khālid ibn Ṣaghīr ibn al-Qaysarānī, one of the scribes of the chancery—dīwān al-dust—was among the finest of people, fond (7) of the poor and the righteous and possessed of great magnanimity. He worked in Egypt, then moved to Aleppo as its confidential secretary, after which he settled in Damascus, where he remained until he died on the night of Sunday, 13 Dhu al-Qaʿdah. The next day the funeral prayer was held for him in the Great Mosque of Damascus, and he was buried in the Ṣūfiyyah cemetery at the age of sixty-five. He had heard some hadith from al-Abrquhī and others.

In Dhu al-Qaʿdah Shihāb al-Dīn (8) ibn al-ʿUdaysah (9), the hadith transmitter on the noble Ḥijāz route (10), also passed away.