Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad

Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Rāfiʿ ibn Tamīm (Arabic: بهاء الدين ابن شداد; the honorific title "Bahā' ad-Dīn" means "splendor of the faith"; sometimes known as Bohadin or Boha-Eddyn^[1]) (6 March 1145 – 8 November 1234)^[2] was a 12th-century Kurdish^[3] jurist, scholar and historian notable for writing a biography of Saladin whom he knew well.^[4]

^ Chalmers, Alexander, ed. (1812). The General Biographic Dictionary. London: J. Nichols. p. 519.
^ ed-Din, Beha (1897). The Life of Saladin. Hanover Square, London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. pp. Xviii.
^ Iqbal, A. S. & Asif, M, “Tariq Ali’s 'The Book of Saladin': A Khaldunian Study" Global Language Review, V(IV), 1-10. 2020, page 2: “...The French historians, however, relied chiefly on the Kurdish historian Baha al-Din ibn Shaddad (1145-1234).”
^ ibn Shaddād 2002, pp. 2–4

[1] Chalmers, Alexander, ed. (1812). The General Biographic Dictionary. London: J. Nichols. p. 519.

[2] -Din, Beha (1897). The Life of Saladin. Hanover Square, London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. pp. Xviii.

[3] Iqbal, A. S. & Asif, M, “Tariq Ali’s 'The Book of Saladin': A Khaldunian Study" Global Language Review, V(IV), 1-10. 2020, page 2: “...The French historians, however, relied chiefly on the Kurdish historian Baha al-Din ibn Shaddad (1145-1234).”

[Baha-4] Shaddād 2002, pp. 2–4

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