Sharaf Ya'qub ibn Muhammad, commander of the Syrian hajj

Amir Sharaf Ya'qub ibn Muhammad al-Mawsili. He stayed in Syria and rose to high standing there ².

In the year 620 AH he was amir over the pilgrims of Syria. The Arabs gathered in a great crowd, intending to cut the road to them, and he restrained them with a mixture of desire and fear. Then he placated them with money and garments. He gave all of them from his own wealth, and took nothing from the pilgrims, not a single dirham ².

Ibn al-Athir says that he did a noble deed, that he had a great deal of learning, and that he returned to a sound religion ².