Mencük, who had been in hiding in the vicinity of Dimashq 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-Şeref'l-ʿĀlā, the deputy immediately sent some of his chamberlains and trusted men there. The officials went, kept him under surveillance, and brought him to the palace. Indeed, some of the officials approached from behind and almost embraced him. When the deputy of the sultanate came face to face with him, he welcomed him, offered hospitality, and seated him beside himself on the throne. He treated him graciously, gave him refreshments, and hosted him. There is also a report that since he was fasting, 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 escorted him under guard was Emir Ḥacīb Ḥusāmuddīn. The deputy of the sultanate sent Mencük's sword to the sultan in the morning along with his son. People were greatly astonished by this situation. Many even thought that he had disappeared in distant lands. No one had noticed that he was moving among people in Dimashq disguised. It is narrated that he roamed among people in disguise and came to the Dimashq Mosque on Fridays to perform prayers, but all these precautions could not save him from fate. Everything has its appointed time.
Malikü'l-Umara also sent his sword and the clothes he wore while disguised to the sultan. He sent him to the land of Miṣr under guard, chained, accompanied by a group of chamberlains, emirs, and numerous soldiers. Malikü'l-Umara's son returned to his father from Miṣr with gifts, robes, and animals sent from his father. Meanwhile, Ḥacībü'l-Ḥuǧǧāb also brought gifts. On Friday, the emirs wore these robes, people held ceremonies and lit candles, and then reliable reports reached Dimashq in succession that Mencük had entered the sultan's presence, that the sultan had pardoned him and dressed him in an excellent khilʿa (robe of honor), returned to him his entrusted swords, betrothed horses, valuable clothes, goods, and money, granted him amān (safe conduct), and that the emirs and high officials presented him with various gifts. Emir ʿAlī was also appointed to the governorship of Ḥamā and, having set out from the city of Suġd, stopped by Dimashq, was hosted at Ablak Palace on the night of the fourth of Ṣafar, and departed for Ḥamā on Sunday night, the seventh of this month.
On Thursday, the eighteenth of Ṣafar, Qāḍī Bahāʾuddīn Abū'l-Baqāʾ came from Ṭarāblus to Dimashq to resume his former post. He had with him the sultan's decree confirming his return to this office. His father, Walīyyuddīn, had been acting as his deputy. Qāḍī al-Quḍāt Ṭājid-dīn went as far as the Ḥaristān district to meet him. Afterwards, people went to his residence to congratulate him. They were very pleased with his return to his homeland.
In the first days of this month—which coincided with the month of February in this year—a large amount of snow fell. The gardens, which had been thirsty for months, were watered. Until then, people had endured great hardships and various difficulties to obtain water. Sometimes people fought each other with kicks and blows over water, striking one another with maces, causing many scandals. People spent much money 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. From the end of January until the end of February, floods continued to flow. 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 leaf to Dimashq. 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 former services, stated that he was a beneficial person to this state, and announced that he forgave the mistakes he had previously committed. In short, it beautifully narrated his biography.
At the beginning of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, the sultan's decree arrived in Dimashq stating that Muʿallim Sencer, a great wealthy man and slave of Ibn Hilāl, was fined 600,000 dirhams. The construction he was undertaking in Bābun-Netīfāniyyīn 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. Accordingly, Muʿallim Sencer paid him 200,000 dirhams in cash. Then he was sent to the land of Miṣr together with the commander of ten soldiers.