Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad

Type Figure Region Syria Time c. 1145–1234 Also known as Baha al-Din、Shaddad

Saladin's close associate, judge, and biographer, born in Mosul around 1145;…

Timeline

c. 1145–1188Mosul · IraqBorn into the Shaddad family in Mosul, he received Shafi'i legal training in Damascus and elsewhere and served as a judge; by 1188 he already had a reputation in religious law, laying the foundation for entering Saladin's inner circle.
1188–1193Acre · LevantAppointed judge by Saladin in 1188 and attending him closely, he personally witnessed the siege of Acre and peace negotiations in 1189–1192; after the sultan's death in 1193 he compiled the Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, recording his religious observance and military decisions.
1193–1234Aleppo · SyriaAfter Saladin's death he continued to serve as a judge in the various Ayyubid states and refined his biographical work; active in Aleppo in his later years, his work became a fundamental source for later assessments of Saladin's virtue and the Third Crusade.

Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Shaddād — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baha-al-Din-ibn-Shaddad
The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin (al-Nawādir al-ṣuḥḥiyya wa-l-maʿāṣir al-faḍḍiyya) — Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Shaddād (2001)