Beha ed-Din or Boha-ed-Din (1145-1235), commonly known as Bohadin, an Arabian historian of great note, author of The Life of Saladin.

Bohadin was born in March 1145, was celebrated for his Life of Saladin, in whose court he flourished in the 12th century. He was also a favorite of Saladin. He was contemporary to the events he writes and it makes his history particulartly valuable. Bohadin's account of "The Life of Saladin" was a well written, detailed, factual, and believable account of the period.

The work of Bohadin were published by Schultens in 1732 in Leiden. It is still one of the most important sources for the Crusade of Richard I (1189-1192).

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• Bohadin at the The General biographical dictionary (London 1812), p. 519.]
• François-Xavier Feller, Dictionnaire historique, p. 364.

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