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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 Kurdish jurist, scholar and historian notable for writing a biography of Saladin whom he knew well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad has received more than 119,649 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad is the 167th most popular historian (up from 168th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 210th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 167 out of 561. Before him are Arnold Toynbee, Hermann Abert, Ibn Wahshiyya, E. P. Thompson, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, and Guibert of Nogent. After him are Edgar Quinet, Sozomen, Ernst Kantorowicz, Karl Krumbacher, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, and Howard Zinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 10. Before him are Sverre of Norway, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, and Mikhail of Vladimir. After him are Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Sven Aggesen, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, and Christina Hvide. Among people deceased in 1234, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 11. Before him are Stefan Radoslav, Ibn al-Farid, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Emperor Mo of Jin, and Otto I, Duke of Merania. 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 216 out of 384. Before him are Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980), Al-Farazdaq (641), Mashallah ibn Athari (740), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), and Aphrahat (280). After him are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Nabonassar (-800), Sinsharishkun (-700), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), Burna-Buriash II (-1400), and Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad ranks 5. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), and Ibn Wahshiyya (900). After him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), and Avi Shlaim (1945).

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