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Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad

1145 - 1234

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad is the 210th most popular historian (down from 167th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 216th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 210 out of 561. Before him are Karl Krumbacher, Pei Songzhi, Egon Friedell, Peter Andreas Munch, Simon Dubnow, and Edgar Quinet. After him are Moritz Cantor, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Guo Pu, Robert Conquest, Anthony Blunt, and Johannes Aventinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 12. Before him are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, and Mikhail of Vladimir. After him are Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, Sven Aggesen, and Christina Hvide. Among people deceased in 1234, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 11. Before him are Emperor Chūkyō, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Ibn al-Farid, Stefan Radoslav, Otto I, Duke of Merania, and Emperor Mo of Jin. After him are Robert III, Count of Dreux, and Gervase of Tilbury.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 235 out of 384. Before him are Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936), Shu-Sin (null), Arik-den-ili (-1400), Gungunum (-1920), and Al-Muwaffaq (842). After him are Al-Baqillani (950), Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130), and Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 4. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), and Ibn Wahshiyya (900). After him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), and Avi Shlaim (1945).

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