Baha al-Din Zuhayr (Arabic: بهاء الدين زهير; 1186–1258) was an Arabianpoet born at or near Mecca, and became celebrated as the best writer of prose and verse and the best calligrapher of his time.
He entered the service of SultanMalik As-Salih Najm ud-Din in Mesopotamia, and was with him at Damascus until the Sultan was betrayed and imprisoned. Baha' al-din then retired to Nablus where he remained until Najm ud-Din escaped and obtained possession of Egypt, whither he accompanied him in 1240. There he remained as the Sultan's confidential secretary until his death, due to an epidemic, in 1258. [1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Behā ud-Dīn Zuhair". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 655.
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