Primary Source: Jauzi’s chronicle of the Ayyubids

Sibt ibn al-Jauzi. Mir’at al-zaman fi ta’rikh al-a’yan. Facs. ed. by J.R. Jewett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1907. (Printed edition, based solely on the Jewett MS., in 2 vols: Hyderabad: Dar al-Maaref Osmania, 1952.)

Source: Humphreys p.406

Description of source by Humphreys, p.395:

• For 13thC “…little more than a local chronicle of Damascus…”
• no sophisticated idea of history “…motley selection of events…”
• Not necessarily a bad thing – gives credence and a unique perspective of life, both high and low inthe period
• Settled in Damacus in 600/1204
• Closely associated with al-Mu’azzam ‘Isa, al-Nasir Da’ud, and al-Salih Ayyub “…and often cites them as authority for his statements.”