māl

ʾamwālihi

mal

`amwalihi

attitudes (negative)

sukūt khārijan ... : He was extraordinarily reticent, which led him to haughtiness, which was the main reason for people to feel aversion to him. During the days of his sultanate, he didn’t speak to nobody, not even to the ʾakābir al-ʾumarāʾ, but rarely or on a matter of necessity. He, in his privacy, spent the night with men of the lowest classes, of whose names the mentioning alone would already make someone feel ashamed. he did not care for the mamlūks and thought little of them, all while he was mighty thanks to the mamlūks of his father, the julbān, his relatives by marriage, his ḥawāshī, his father’s khujdāshīya and to the money which his father had left for him. he valued highly only his sound policy, as he had an answer ready for every question and a strike ready for every battle.

attitudes (negative)

sukut kharijan ... : He was extraordinarily reticent, which led him to haughtiness, which was the main reason for people to feel aversion to him. During the days of his sultanate, he didn't speak to nobody, not even to the `akabir al-`umara`, but rarely or on a matter of necessity. He, in his privacy, spent the night with men of the lowest classes, of whose names the mentioning alone would already make someone feel ashamed. he did not care for the mamluks and thought little of them, all while he was mighty thanks to the mamluks of his father, the julban, his relatives by marriage, his hawashi, his father's khujdashiya and to the money which his father had left for him. he valued highly only his sound policy, as he had an answer ready for every question and a strike ready for every battle.

recovering

While in Alexandria prison, he was ill for some time (some of his limbs had become paralyzed), but after some time he regained health.

recovering

While in Alexandria prison, he was ill for some time (some of his limbs had become paralyzed), but after some time he regained health.

height

... this combined with his attractive bearing* and his tall stature, which was so tall that perhaps there was nobody of the troops at that time who could approach him in tallness of stature

height

... this combined with his attractive bearing* and his tall stature, which was so tall that perhaps there was nobody of the troops at that time who could approach him in tallness of stature

attitudes (positive)

mubāshir ḥasan al-tadbīr

attitudes (positive)

mubashir hasan al-tadbir

looks

Never have the eyes witnessed someone prettier and more handsome than he was in his black khilʿa, ...

looks

Never have the eyes witnessed someone prettier and more handsome than he was in his black khil'a, ...

He was his ʾimām

He was his `imam

ʾAḥmad

`Ahmad

al-Shihābī

al-Shihabi

Ibn ʾĪnāl al-ʿAlāʾī

Ibn `Inal al-'Ala`i

al-Maqām

al-Maqam

He was ʾatābak for just one day, being replaced by his father with Tanbak al-Bardbakī

He was `atabak for just one day, being replaced by his father with Tanbak al-Bardbaki

Brothers-in-law

Brothers-in-law

His brother-in-law

His brother-in-law

Muḥammad is younger than ʾAḥmad, and was an adolescent in 861

Muhammad is younger than `Ahmad, and was an adolescent in 861

linguistics

I saw the letter with my own eyes, and it contained many grammatical mistakes, as if he was not practiced in Arabic and was not familiar with correspondence, even though he was clever and smart. Still, skill it isn’t, like the degree of His Excellency al-Nāṣirī Muḥammad, the son of al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, God, exalted is He above all, have mercy upon them both!

linguistics

I saw the letter with my own eyes, and it contained many grammatical mistakes, as if he was not practiced in Arabic and was not familiar with correspondence, even though he was clever and smart. Still, skill it isn't, like the degree of His Excellency al-Nasiri Muhammad, the son of al-Malik al-Zahir Jaqmaq, God, exalted is He above all, have mercy upon them both!