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Abulfeda was born at Damascus, whither his father Malik ul-Afdal, brother of the prince of Hamah, had fled from the Mongols. He was a descendant of Ayyub, the father of Saladin.
In his boyhood he devoted himself to the study of the Qur'an and the sciences, but from his twelfth year was almost constantly engaged in military expeditions, chiefly against the crusaders.
In 1285 he was present at the assault of a stronghold of the Knights of St. John, and he took part in the sieges of TripoliTripoli is the second-largest city in Lebanon. In ancient times it was a Phoenician city, and was later controlled successively by the Persians, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, Mameluks, and Ottomans. The Crusaders established the County of Tripoli there in the, AcreAkko Standard Hebrew Akko Tiberian Hebrew Akk Arabic Akk also, Acre Accho Acco and St. Jean d'Acre , is a city in Western Galilee in the North District, Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2003 the city had a and Qal'at ar-RumThe Qal'at ar-Run is a powerful fortress on the river Euphrates, 50 km northeast of Gaziantep, Turkey. It is called Rumkale in Turkish, Hromgla in Armenian; The word in all cases means "Roman (ie. Byzantine) Castle". The strategic location was already kno. In 1298Events End of the reign of Emperor Fushimi of Japan Emperor Go-Fushimi ascends to the throne of Japan 21 July Battle of Falkirk (1298): England's Edward Longshank defeats William Wallace's Scottish rebels While in prison in Genoa, Marco Polo dictates his he entered the service of the Mameluke SultanA sultan Arabic ) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah''. The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the ruler's role was defined in the Quran. The sultan however was not a religious teacher himself. In the Byzantine Emp Malik al-Nasir and after twelve years was invested by him with the governorship of Hamah. In 1312Events June 15 : Battle near Rozgoni Battle near Thebes Siege of Rostock begins Births November 13 King Edward III of England Deaths Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II of England 1312. he became prince with the title Malik us-Salhn, and in 1320Events January 20 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt received the hereditary rank of sultan with the title Malik ul-Mu'ayyad.
For more than twenty years all together he reigned in tranquillity and splendour, devoting himself to the duties of government and to the composition of the works to which he is chiefly indebted for his fame. He was a munificent patron of men of letters, who came in large numbers to his court. He died in 1331.