Abolfazl Beyhaghi
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Abolfazl Beyhaghi (995-1077; Ibn Zeyd ibn Muhammad Abul-Fazl Mohammad ibn Hossein ibn Soleyman Ayyoub Ansari Evesi Khazimi Beyhaği Shafe'i), a.k.a. "ibn Fanduq", was a Persian historian and author.
He wrote the famous work of Persian literature Tarikh-e Mas'oudi ("Masoudian History" a.k.a "Tarikh-e Beyhaghi")
Beyhaghi was born in the village Haares-Abad of Beyhagh in Khorasan Province near Sabzevar. He studied various sciences in Neishabur city, and then he was employed as a clerk in the Secretariat of King Mahmud. Abolfazl could show his efficiency there.
In 1039 his master and chief Bu-Nasr Moshkan passed and a few years later King Abd ul-Rashid elected him as the chief of the Royal Secretariat.
After the retirement in 1058, Beyhaghi started the editing of his daily notes and historical data and published them in a book, named it "Tarikh-e Mas'oudi".
His book is one the most creditable sources about the Ghaznavid Empire, and his fluent prose style has made the book considerable in Persian literature too.
References used
- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-700-70406-X
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K