It was al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Timurbughā who led the battle against the ʾatābak. He was the one in whom control was placed, who took care of the fight, the fortification of the citadel, and the fighting against ʾatābak ʾĪnāl, and this in spite of the fact that there were other ʾakābir of the amirs also present with al-Malik al-Manṣūr.