 The rumor, accentuated by the execution of civilian notables who evacuated Damietta, provoked a mutiny by the garrison of his camp in al-Mansurah, which included numerous Salihi mamluks.The situation was calmed after the intervention of the "atabeg al-askar" (commander of the military), Fakhr ad-Din ibn Shaykh al-Shuyukh.As the Crusaders advanced, as-Salih died and was succeeded by his son al-Muazzam Turanshah, who was in al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) at the time.