Obituaries of 817:
In this year amir Sayf al-Dīn Nawrūz b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥāfiẓī was killed in Damascus, in the night of 28/04. His head was brought to Egypt, carried around and hung on the Bāb al-Zuwayla.
Originally the mentioned Nawrūz was one of the mamluks of al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Barqūq and he was one of his most eminent khāṣṣakī’s. Then Barqūq promoted him and made him an amir of 100 of Cairo. Then he appointed him as raʾs nawbat al-nuwab, after my father, who had been appointed as nāʾib of Aleppo. Then he was appointed as ʾamīr ʾākhūr kabīr, after amir Tanbak al-Yaḥyāwī, in the year 800. Then, after the conflict with ʿAlī Bāy he was arrested because of something we mentioned in the chapter on al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Barqūq, and imprisoned in Alexandria, until al-Malik al-Nāṣir Faraj released him and appointed him as raʾs nawba of the amirs. Nawrūz became so the mushār of his regime, after that ʾAytamish and the amirs had left Egypt. Various things happened to him, until he was appointed as nāʾib of Damascus. From that time on the situation of Nawrūz throve and Shaykh joined him. He sometimes fought against Shaykh, and sometimes they reconciled- we have already mentioned all of this in the chapter on al-Malik al-Nāṣir Faraj- until the conflict between al-Nāṣir Faraj and the two of them and their followers broke out, in the beginnings of Muḥarram of 814. Al-Nāṣīr was defeated and besieged in Damascus, until he was captured and killed. Shaykh and Nawrūz divided the power between themselves, while caliph al-Mustaʿīn was the sultan. Shaykh took Egypt and became ʾatābak there, while Nawrūz took Syria and became nāʾib of Damascus. When al-Malik al-Muʾayyad became sultan, Nawrūz revolted and various things happened that were told at the beginning of the chapter on al-Muʾayyad, until al-Malik al-Muʾayyad left to fight him, and defeated and killed him. Nawrūz was a noble ruler, generous, courageous, brave, wise, intelligent, organized, esteemed in government circles. He was one of the eminent mamluks of al-Ẓāhir Barqūq and counted among the princes. His days as leader lasted long, his fame was great and his reputation widespread. He showed magnificence in the matter of his mamluks and servants. The number of his mamluks reached more than 1000 and the pay for his mamluks in Syria was between 100 and 10 dinar. When he died he left many mamluks who rose to high positions after him. Every one we mentioned after his death with the nisba al-Nawrūzī was one of his mamluks and manumitted by him. This is sufficient.