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At an early age, Ibn Shaddad lost his father and he was raised by his maternal uncles the Banu Shaddad, from whom he got his name 'Ibn Shaddad'. [5] About 1173, he returned to Mosul as mudarris ("professor"). [4] In 1188, returning from Hajj, ibn Shaddād was summoned by Saladin who had read and been impressed by his writings. [4]
Baha al-Din Qaraqush (died 1201), military commander under Saladin; Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145–1234), jurist and scholar, biographer of Saladin; Baha-ud-din Zakariya (c. 1170 – 1268), Sufi teacher; Baha' al-din Zuhair (1186–1258), Arabian poet; Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318–1389), founder of Sufi Muslim order, the Naqshbandi
The most important sources written during or shortly after the events are: The al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya ("Anecdotes of the Sultan and Virtues of Yusuf", in 2001 translated by D. S. Richards as The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin), an Arabic biography of Saladin written by the Kurdish chronicler Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad who served in Saladin's camp and was an ...
According to the Kurdish scholar and historian Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, these numbered close to 3,000. Saladin allowed many of the noblewomen of the city to leave without paying any ransom. For example, Queen Dowager Maria was allowed to leave the city with her retinue and associates, as was Queen Sibylla.
William of Tyre and Ernoul attributed the victory to the king, but Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad and other Muslim authors recorded that Raynald was the supreme commander. [71] Saladin himself referred to the battle as a "major defeat which God mended with the famous battle of Hattin", [72] according to Baha ad-Din. [73]
Egyptian effective command was under Saladin's nephew Taqi ad-Din. Taqi ad-Din apparently attacked while Saladin was putting his Mamluk guard together. As was hoped, Baldwin's army caught a portion of Saladin's army off guard. It turned out that Saladin himself led that section. Saladin called scouts to summon all the immediate sections for help.
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Ibn Shaddad can refer to: Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad, 12th-century Zirid chronicler; Antarah ibn Shaddad (fl. 580), pre-Islamic Arab hero and poet; Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, 12th-century jurist and biographer of Saladin; Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad, 13th-century geographer and historian; Muhammad ibn Shaddad (died 971), founder of the Kurdish Shaddadid ...