ABSTRACT
When the decree of death befell al-Malik al-zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-salihi his son, al-Malik al-Sa'id Nasir al-Din Muhammad Berke Khan, was in the Hill Citadel in protected Cairo. The emir Badr al-Din Bilik al-khazindar, the mamluk of his father, and his deputy sultan, the one who took care of his affairs, and administered his realm, was in full agreement with the emirs and the senior officials who were with him about concealing the death of al-Malik al-zahir. The judge Muhyi al-Din Ibn 'Abd al-zahir and his grandson the judge Nasir al-Din Shafi' both said the following approximately: The martyr continued to be in the Damascus Citadel until his al-Malik al-Sa'id had purchased al-'Aqiqi House, and built a mausoleum for him in it, spending abundantly upon it. When the news of their going reached its ruler, al-Malik Najm al-Din Khidr son of al-Malik al-zahir, he transferred himself to Kerak to be with his brother al-Malik al-Sa'id.
