with him on a camel to al-Ṣāliḥiyya, where he died a few days later after suffering extremely harsh punishments. It subsequently emerged that he had in fact murdered a great many people—may Allah disgrace him.

The Arrival of the Chief Judge Bahāʾ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Taqī al-Dīn, in Place of His Brother the Chief Judge Tāj al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb
He reached Damascus on Tuesday before the ʿaṣr prayer. His first call was upon the Malik al-Umaraʾ, whom he greeted, after which he proceeded to the Dār al-Ḥadith and prayed there. He then walked to the Rukniyya Madrasa (1) and took up residence with his nephew, the Chief Judge Badr al-Dīn ibn Abī al-Fath (2), the judge of the army. People flocked to pay their respects, though he dislikes anyone who addresses him as “Qāḍī al-Faḍāh.” He displays humility and asceticism, and one can see his sadness at having left his homeland, family, and children. We ask Allah—whose help is sought and in whom we hope—to grant him a blessed end (3).

The dispatch of the royal mahmal took place on Thursday, the eighteenth of Shawwāl. The commander of the ḥajj caravan was King Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, son of King al-Kāmil ibn al-Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀdil al-Kabīr, and its judge was Shaykh Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Sabuʿ, teacher at the Amīniyya school in Baalbek (4).

During this month a judicial ruling transferred the portion of the endowment of the Taqawiyya Madrasa (5) earmarked for the mujāhidīn to their direct benefit; the four judges gave their formal authorization in the presence of the Malik al-Umaraʾ.

On the night of Sunday, the third of Dhū al-Qaʿda, Judge Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad (6) ibn Yaʿqūb—the confidential secretary, Shaykh al-Shuyūkh, and lecturer at the Nāṣiriyya al-Jawwāniyya (7) and the Shāmiyya al-Jawwāniyya (8) in Damascus, as well as at the Asadiyya (9) in Aleppo—passed away. He had also held the post of confidential secretary in Aleppo, served as judge of the armies, and issued legal opinions during the tenure of Shaykh Kamāl al-Dīn al-Zamalkānī as judge of Aleppo, receiving authorization there around 727 AH. He was born in 707 AH. He had studied al-Tanbīh and Ibn al-Ḥājib’s Mukhtaṣar in legal theory and Arabic, and was noted for intelligence, practical command of knowledge, good character, and benevolence within his means.