ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq, who for a long period—after Ibn al-Ḥariri—served as Shaykh of the Ḥanafis and Chief Judge in Egypt. He was later dismissed, settled in Damascus, and during the governorship of Ṭuquzdamur taught in the ʿAdrawiyya on behalf of his son, Qadi Amin al-Din; a lesson was delivered there on Sunday, three days before his father’s death. Burhan al-Din (may Allah have mercy on him) died in his orchard in the lands of al-Arza on the Ṣāliḥiyya road; the next day he was buried at the foot of Mount Qasyun in the cemetery of Shaykh Abu ʿUmar (may Allah have mercy on him). The funeral prayer was performed for him in the Muzaffari Mosque, and the judges, notables, and dignitaries attended—may Allah have mercy on him.

[Then the year 745 AH began]

The year opened with al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ismaʿil ⦗1⦘—son of Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad, son of al-Malik al-Mansur Qalawun—reigning over Egypt, Syria, and the lands attached to them.

His judges in Egypt and Syria were the same as those named the previous year. His viceroy in Egypt was al-Ḥajj Sayf al-Din ⦗2⦘, and his vizier the one already mentioned. The supervisor of the Privy Treasury was Qadi Makin al-Din; the Director of the Armies, Qadi ʿAlam al-Din ibn al-Qutb; the muḥtasib remained the same. ʿAlam al-Din al-Nasiri supervised the dīwāns; Amir Husam al-Din al-Najibi the awqāf; Qadi ʿAlaʾ al-Din Sharnukh managed the Public Treasury; and Qadi Taqi al-Din ibn Abi al-Tayyib oversaw the Royal Treasury. The rest of the officials and inspectors were likewise those already cited. State secretary of the dāst was Qadi Badr al-Din ibn Faḍl Allah, the private secretary, together with Qadi Amin al-Din ibn al-Qalansi, Qadi Shihab al-Din ibn al-Qaysarani, Qadi Sharaf al-Din ibn Shams al-Din ibn al-Shihab Mahmud, and Qadi ʿAlaʾ al-Din Sharnukh.

Muharram began on a Saturday, while the siege of the Citadel of Karak was still under way. As for the town itself ⦗3⦘, Amir Sayf al-Din Qublay ⦗4⦘—who had arrived from Egypt—was appointed deputy there. Detachments from Egypt and from Damascus ringed the fortress, and al-Nasir Ahmad ibn al-Nasir would neither surrender nor repent nor enter his brother’s obedience. Affairs had become grave, the fighting protracted, and many lives had been lost among both the troops and the people of Karak. Yet the matter seemed to be moving toward a good outcome, if Allah wills ⦗5⦘.