Complex sentence: The Syrian Emirs in Damascus gave Damascus to an-Nasir Yusuf the Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo and the Mamluks in Cairo answered by arresting the Emirs who were loyal to the Ayubbids in Egypt Al-Maqrizi, pp.462-463/vol.1.
Split into simpler sentences: The Syrian Emirs in Damascus gave Damascus to an-Nasir Yusuf the Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo. The Mamluks in Cairo answered by arresting the Emirs who were loyal to the Ayubbids in Egypt Al-Maqrizi, pp.462-463/vol.1.