Ibn al-Sal'us revived the importance of the office of wazir, after its role in the sultanate's hierarchy had declined in the later years of Ayyubid rule.[8] He was regularly accompanied by Mamluk dignitaries and the four chief Muslim judges when he had an audience with al-Ashraf Khalil, supported him unreservedly.[8] As wazir, he commissioned the construction of a ribat (hospice) along the northern wall of the Haram ash-Sharif (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem.[9] By 1310, the ribat was known as the "Ribat Emir Salar" after the 14th-century emir, Salar, and was in use until at least the early 15th century.[9] He was initially well-liked by the Mamluk emirs,[3] but as he behaved arrogantly toward them,[2][8] they became hostile toward him and came to resent his influence with the sultan.[8] He had personal conflicts with the na'ib as-saltana (viceroy), Emir Baydara, and the atabeg al-asakir (commander in chief), al-Shuja‘i.[8] In early 1292, Ibn al-Sal'us informed al-Ashraf Khalil that Baydara was accruing far more revenue than the sultan from Upper Egypt, to which the sultan reacted by confiscating part of Baydara's iqta (fief).[10] 1293, Ibn al-Sal'us instigated al-Ashraf Khalil's wrath against Baydara during a hunting trip in Buhayra (western Nile Delta) by informing him of Baydara's seizure of the sultan's tax revenues from Alexandria.