Malik aẓ-Ẓāhir

…the friend of his son Malik aẓ-Ẓāhir, who appointed him judge of Aleppo. There he employed some of his wealth in the foundation of colleges. When Malik aẓ-Ẓāhir died, his son Malik al-ʿAzīz was a minor, and Bahāʾ al-Dīn had the chief power in the regency, using it for the…

…he favourably impressed its ruler, Malik aẓ-Ẓāhir, son of Saladin. His teachings, however, particularly the pantheistic overtones of his mystical doctrines, aroused the opposition of the established and orthodox ʿulamāʾ (“men of learning”), who persuaded Malik aẓ-Ẓāhir to have him put to death. The appellation al-Maqtūl (“the Killed”) meant that…