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Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi

Type Figure Region Ghaznavid dynasty Time c. 995–1077 Also known as Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi、Abu al-Fadl Bayhaqi、ابوالفضل بیهقی

Ghaznavid historian and court secretary whose 'Tarikh-i Bayhaqi' records the Ghaznavid court of the 10th–11th centuries, a major Persian source.

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  1. c. 995–1026Khurasan · KhurasanBorn in the Khurasan region and educated in the traditional Islamic sciences, he entered the Ghaznavid court as a secretary and chronicler, beginning to accumulate firsthand records of state affairs.
  2. 1051–1060Ghazna · Ghaznavid dynastyIn the 1050s at Ghazna he continued writing the 'Tarikh-i Bayhaqi', detailing the reign of Mas'ud I and subsequent court politics, warfare, and administration; based on personal experience and archival material, it became one of the most detailed Persian chronicle sources for the era.
  3. 1061–1077Ghazna · Ghaznavid dynastyHe continued revising and expanding his history, covering Sultan Ibrahim and subsequent political developments, until his death in 1077, leaving a vast chronicle rich in detail.

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