Ibn Shaddād, ʿIzz al-Dīn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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ʿIzz al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Shaddād al-Anṣārī al-Ḥalabī (d. 684/1285) was scholar and statesman from Aleppo. Best known for his historical topography al-Aʿlāq al-khaṭīra fī dhikr umarāʾ al-Shām wa-l-Jazīra ("Treasure trove on the subject of the princes of Greater Syria and Upper Mesopotamia") and his political history al-Rawḍ al-zāhir fī sīrat al-Malik al-Ẓāhir ("Blossoming meadows in the life of al-Malik al-Ẓāhir [Sultan Baybars]"), Ibn Shaddād was one of the most