In the summer of 1344, a local from al-Karak defected to the sultan's army and informed them of a vulnerability in al-Karak's defenses.
In the summer of 1344, Baligh, whose supporters and kinsmen served as Ahmad's well-spring of support, defected to the sultan's army. The local defectors informed besieging Mamluks of a vulnerability in al-Karak's defenses.