Background
He was born on 7 March, 1145 at Mosul, Iraq.
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The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya by Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad (Crusade Texts in Translation)
(Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emer...)
Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha al-Din Ibn Shaddads account of his life and career. Ibn Shaddad (1144-1234) was clearly a great admirer of Saladin and was a close associate of his, serving as his qadi al-askar (judge of the army), from 1188 until Saladins death in 1193. His position and his access to information make this an authoritative and essential source for Saladins career, while his personal relationship with the sultan adds a sympathetic and moving element to the account of his final years. Aside from its inherent value as a source for the history of Egypt and the Middle East, it therefore provides a much-needed complement and corrective to the widely-known Latin accounts of the Crusades and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century. The present translation is based on a fuller edition of the text than that used in the previous 19th-century translation, and takes into account the translators readings of the earliest manuscript of the work, dated July 1228.
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Abul Baha-ad-Din
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Having studied in Mosul and in Baghdad, he taught first in the Academy at Baghdad and later in his native town.
Career
He made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1188, and having visited Jerusalem, on his return journey he went to Damascus. There he was received by Saladin, the sultan of Egypt, was invited to join his service, and was appointed judge (cadi) of the army of Jerusalem. He enjoyed the full confidence of Saladin, for whom he composed a treatise on the merits of the Holy War against the Crusaders. After Saladin's death in 1193, Baha-al-Din was promoted by Saladin's son al-Malik az-Zahir to high and lucrative office in Aleppo and was treated by him as his personal adviser, a preferment that he continued to enjoy under his successor al-Malik al-Aziz until the latter's abdication. Baha-al-Din thereupon went into retirement.
He died at Aleppo in 1234.
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Works
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The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya by Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad (Crusade Texts in Translation)
(Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emer...)
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The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya by Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad (Crusade Texts in Translation)
Connections
Having no children or near kinsmen, he devoted his considerable fortune to founding and endowing educational establishments in Aleppo, always maintaining his interest in higher learning.
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Muslim