Mencük, who had been hiding in the vicinity of Damascus for a year, was uncovered and arrested.
On Thursday, the twenty-seventh of Muharram, when Nasih came to the deputy of the sultanate, Emir Seyfeddīn Īstedmūr, and reported that Mencük was hiding in the Dārü'ş-Şerefli'l-ʿĀlā, the deputy immediately sent some of his chamberlains and trusted men there. The officials went and brought him under surveillance to the palace. So much so that some officials approached him from behind and almost embraced him. When the deputy of the sultanate came face to face with him, he welcomed him. He showed kindness and seated him beside himself on the throne. He treated him graciously, gave him drinks, and hosted him. Since he was fasting, there is also a report that he broke his fast in his presence. The deputy of the sultanate gave him his own clothes, then chained him and sent him to the sultan on the same night, that is, Friday night, accompanied by a group of soldiers and emirs. One of the emirs who took him under guard was Emir Ḥacīb Ḥusāmuddīn. The deputy of the sultanate sent Mencük's sword along with his son to the sultan in the morning. People were very surprised by this situation. Indeed, many thought he had disappeared in distant lands. No one had noticed that he was wandering among people in Damascus in disguise. It is narrated that he roamed among people in disguise and came to the Damascus Mosque on Fridays to pray there, but all these precautions could not save him from fate. Everything has its appointed time.
Melikü'l-Ümerā also sent his sword and the clothes he wore while in disguise to the sultan. He sent him to the land of Egypt under guard, chained, accompanied by a group of chamberlains, emirs, and numerous soldiers. Melikü'l-Ümerā's son returned to his father from Egypt with the gifts, robes, and animals sent to his father. Meanwhile, Ḥacībü'l-Ḥuǧǧāb also brought gifts. The emirs wore these robes on Friday; people held ceremonies and lit candles. Subsequently, reliable reports arrived in Damascus in succession stating that Mencük had entered the sultan's presence, that the sultan had pardoned him and dressed him in a magnificent khilʿa (robe of honor), returned to him the swords, betrothed horses, valuable clothes, goods, and money entrusted to him, granted him amān (safe conduct), and that the emirs and high officials presented him with various gifts. Emir ʿAlī was also appointed as the deputy of Ḥamā and, having set out from the city of Suğd, stopped by Damascus on the fourth of Ṣafar on Thursday night, was hosted at Ablak Palace, and departed from Damascus on Sunday night, the seventh of that month, setting out for Ḥamā.
On Thursday, the eighteenth of Ṣafar, Qāḍī Baḥāʾuddīn Abū'l-Baqāʾ arrived in Damascus from Tripoli to resume his former post. He also had with him the sultan's decree confirming his return to this position. His father, Walīyyuddīn, had been acting as his deputy. The Chief Judge Tājaddīn went as far as the Ḥaristān region to meet him. Afterwards, people went to his residence to congratulate him. They were very pleased with his return to his homeland.
In the early days of this month—which coincided with February of this year—a great amount of snow fell. Gardens, which had been thirsty for months, were watered. Until then, people had endured great hardships and various difficulties to obtain water. Sometimes people even fought each other with kicks and blows over water, striking each other with maces, causing many scandals. People spent a lot to access water. In December and January, and the early days of February, water was very scarce and limited. Similarly, in the Ḥawrān region, most people went to very distant areas to meet their water needs. Then Almighty Allah bestowed His grace upon them; snow fell, rains increased, streams began to flow. Rivers filled and overflowed. Praise and thanks be to Allah. The rains continued without interruption. Floods continued from the end of January until the end of February. Yet in December, not a single gutter had water flowing.
In the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, Emir Seyfeddīn Mencük went to Jerusalem to build a madrasa for the sultan and a khānqāh on the western side of al-Masjid al-Aqṣā. He brought the decree written for him in gold gilding to Damascus. People saw this decree. I also saw a copy of it. In the decree, the sultan addressed him with very respectful expressions, praised him, gratefully recalled his past services, stated that he was a beneficial person for this state, and announced that he forgave the mistakes he had previously made. In short, it described his biography with very beautiful phrases.
At the beginning of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, the sultan's decree arrived in Damascus stating that Muʿallim Sencer, a great wealthy man and a slave of Ibn Hilāl, was fined 600,000 dirhams. The construction he was undertaking in Bāb al-Natīfāniyyīn for the purpose of a madrasa was confiscated. He was ordered to build it as an orphan school. Also, he was asked to allocate an endowment with income for this place. It was decided to allocate shares from the income of endowments to each of the great madrasas of the country, which was a good purpose. Muʿallim Sencer was handed over to the head of the divan so that the mentioned amount could be collected quickly from him. Upon this, Muʿallim Sencer paid 200,000 dirhams in cash. Then he was sent to the land of Egypt together with the commander of ten soldiers.