from Egypt, from Damascus, from Tripoli, and from other quarters. At the same time, every word of what had happened was kept from Baybugha and the men with him in the Ḥijāz. The Damascene deputy remained on the alert, fearful lest Baybugha push into Syria and fall upon it with his followers, and hearts were trembling at the thought—indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.

During this same year news arrived that the ruler of Yemen had performed the pilgrimage, whereupon a quarrel flared between him and the ruler of Mecca, ʿAjlān, because the Yemeni wished to place his brother Thaqbah (1) in authority there. ʿAjlān laid his complaint before the Egyptian amirs, whose chief at the time was Amīr Sayf al-Dīn Buzlar, and a large company was with them. They had already seized their companion Baybugha (2) and put him in irons, so their leader’s hand was strengthened over them and he treated them with disdain. They held their peace until the pilgrimage was completed and the people had finished the rites; then, on the first day of departure—Thursday—they and the Yemeni ruler drew up against one another. Many on both sides were killed, the greater number being Yemenis, and the engagement took place near Wadi Muḥassir. The pilgrims remained in dread lest fortune turn against the Turks and the Bedouins plunder their goods, perhaps even killing them; but Allah brought relief and granted the Turks victory over the people of Yemen. Al-Malik al-Mujāhid fled to a mountain, yet it did not shield him from the Turks: they captured him in abasement and humiliation and led him away shackled as a prisoner. The common folk then fell upon the Yemenis and plundered them heavily, leaving them nothing great or small, little or much. The amirs secured the king’s treasuries, his wealth, goods, and baggage, and departed with his horses and camels. They even laid hands on a redoubtable fighter (3) from among his caravan and men, and they brought along Tufayl (4)—the man who had besieged al-Madinah al-Nabawiyyah the previous year—whom they likewise fettered, placing an iron collar on his neck, and drove him off like a captive in his shackles, burdened with his own grief and doom. Having thus despoiled the land, they broke camp and returned home, leaving behind a deed that would be spoken of for years to come.

The Syrian caravan entered Damascus on Tuesday, the twenty-third of Muḥarram, in accordance with established custom and settled practice.

That same day couriers arrived from the direction of Ṣafad, bringing word that Amīr Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Mushadd al-Sharbakhāna (5)—who had risen in rebellion there, behaved arrogantly and tyrannically, seized the town, cut off its roads (6), killed both cavalry and infantry, and filled it with provisions, weapons, his mamluks, and his men—once it was confirmed that Baybugha Arus had been captured, the town submitted