A very eloquent man and very well renowned in all the kingdoms of the heathen
uirum facundum et omnibus regnis gentilium notissimum. Albert of Aachen IV.2
Duke and governor of the area of Nicaea
illius regionis dux et moderator. William of Tyre bk. 1, 24.1
One of the princes of the Turks, a man of the greatest nobility but a heathen
unus de principibus Turcorum, uir nobilissimus sed gentilis. Albert of Aachen II.21
A very powerful satrap of the Turks was master of Nicaea, as of the whole region and of neighbouring provinces ... with the surname Shah, which means king in Persian, a cunning and energetic man
huius urbis sicut et regionis totius et adiacentium simul provinciarum dominus erat quidam Turcorum potentissimus satrapa ... cognomento Ssa quod Persarum lingua �rex� interpretatur, homo vafer et strenuus. William of Tyre bk. 3, 2(1).1-4