He was the chieftain of the Tayyid clan of Al Fadl, having succeeded his brother Musa ibn Muhanna.
His father and uncle Fadl provided him with money and warned him not to fall into the hands of the sultan, he rode without their knowledge to Egypt, where al-Nasir Muhammad approached him and cut him off into feuds.
He gave him a sum of money, then Al-Nasir Ahmad appointed him as commander of the Arabs in place of his brother Musa, and he continued to do so until he died in Rabi’ al-Awwal in the year 744 AH.
[1] Qaransunqur, the deputy of the Levant, took refuge with him in 711 AH, fearing Sultan al-Nasir, so he traveled with him to the Mongol Ilkhan in Mardin.
His father and uncle Fadl warned him not to fall into the hands of the sultan, so he rode without their knowledge to Egypt.