Musa ibn Muhanna

iqtaʿat

an-Nasir Muhammad.^[2] Despite Musa's loyalty, the sultan appointed Muhanna's brother Fadl ibn Isa as amir al-ʿarab in his stead.^[2] Nonetheless, Musa was given an annual stipend and regularly visited the sultan in Cairo.^[3]

iqtaʿat (fiefs; sing. iqtaʿ) to the Al Fadl that were previously confiscated by the family; the iqtaʿat had been redistributed to finance the Mamluk emirs and soldiers fighting on the frontier with Lesser Armenia.^[5] An-Nasir Muhammad ultimately obliged out of fear of a mass Bedouin defection to the Ilkhanate.^[5] To avoid a potential mutiny of the Mamluk troops fighting in Armenia, the Mamluk governor of Aleppo promised to intercede on their behalf and regain the iqtaʿat, but an-Nasir Muhammad remained committed to Musa.^[5] An-Nasir Muhammad was unprecedentedly enamored with the Bedouin and particularly sought the finest Arabian horses they bred. In 1337, he granted Musa an iqtaʿ whose income was one million silver dirhams in return for a single horse.^[6] A few months later, an-Nasir Muhammad paid 560,000 dirhams to Musa in exchange for several horses.^[6]

Safad.^[8] Musa died in November 1341 and was succeeded by his brother Sulayman.^[9] Later in the 14th century, Musa's son Umar and grandson Zamil held the post.^[9][10]