ابن خلكان
As a result, his personal traits are not well known. Ibn Khallikan reports that he was violently pro-Shi'a, while the only personal description of him is by the Crusader historian William of Tyre, on the occasion of an audience with Crusader leaders: his face was veiled, but his appearance was described as that of "a young man of an extremely generous disposition, whose first beard was just appearing; he was tall, of swarthy complexion and good frame".