Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad

Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad
Born	6 March 1145; Mosul, Zengid dynasty
Died	8 November 1234; Aleppo, Abbasid Caliphate
Nationality	Arabic
Occupation(s)	Historian, Jurist, Scholar
Academic work
Era	Medieval Islamic Period
Main interests	Biography of Saladin, Islamic Law
Notable works	Al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya (The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin); The Refuge of Judges from the Ambiguity of Judgements; The Proofs of Judgments; The Epitome; The Virtues of the Jihad;

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) (6 March 1145 – 8 November 1234) was a 12th-century Arabic jurist, scholar and historian notable for writing a biography of Saladin whom he knew well.

Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad
Born	6 March 1145 Mosul, Zengid dynasty
Died	8 November 1234 Aleppo, Abbasid Caliphate
Nationality	Arabic
Occupation(s)	Historian, Jurist, Scholar

Academic work
Era	Medieval Islamic Period
Main interests	Biography of Saladin, Islamic Law
Notable works	Al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya (The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin) The Refuge of Judges from the Ambiguity of Judgements The Proofs of Judgments The Epitome The Virtues of the Jihad