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ON THE SECOND DISCOURSE
'Utttman ibn Muhammad Mukhtari oV Ghazna died in A.H. 544
(A.D. 1149-1^50) or A.H.' 554 (A.D. 1159). He fas the panegyrist of
Arslin and His brother and successor Bahramshah of the House' of
Ghazna, whose reigns extended from A.H. ''509-552 (A.D. 1115-1157);
of Arslanshah the Saljiiq of'Kirman (A.H. 494-536 = A.D. 1100-1141);
and of Arslan Khan Muhammad of the TuVkish Khaniyya dynasty of ,
Transoxiana (A.H. 495-5 24^ A.D. 1101-1130). Mirza Muhammad (p. 151
of the Persian notes) calls attention to some extraordinary chronological
errors in the notice f this poet in the Majma'u'l-Fusahd, and some
arbitrary alterations of the text of certain poems into which these errors
.have milled the author. '
Abu'1-Majd Majdud ibn Adam as-Sana'i of Ghazna, the wellknown
mystical poet, author of the Hadfyatu'l-Haqiqa affd an extensive
Diwdn, died, according to the most correct statement, in A.H. 545
(A.D. 1150-1). The date given by Jarrti in his Nafahdtul-Uns (p. 697),
viz. A.H. 525 (AID. 1131), is certainly much too early, since Sana'i com-
posed verses on the death of Mu'izzf, which took place in A.H. 542
(A.D. 1147-8).
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Najfbi of Farghana (of whom further mention is made in Anecdote
XIX) was one of the court poets of Khidr Khan ibn Tafghaj Khan
(of the Khaniyya dynasty of Transoxiana) who succeeded to the throne
in A.H. 472 (A.D. 1079-1080) and died after a brief reign. 'Am'aq of
Bukhara, poet-laureate of the same king, died, according to Taqiyyu'd-
Din of Kashan, in A.H. 543 (A.D. 1148-9). Abii Muhammad 'Abdu'llah
(or 'Abdu's-Sayyid) Rashidi of Samarqand, Najjar-i-Sagharji
(from Sagharj, a village of Sughd), 'All Panidhi and Pisar-i-
Darghush were poets attached to the same court, of whom little or
nothing is known.
Abu'l-Mahamid Mahmiid ibn 'Umar al-Jawhari (the Jeweller)
af-Sa'igh (the Goldsmith) of Herat was contemporary with Farrukh-zjtd,
Sultan of Ghazna (A.H. 444-451; A.D. 1052-9). A notice of him is
given in 'Awfi's Lubdb (ii, 110-117).
The Dihqan 'All Shatranji of Samarqand, another poet of Transoxiana,
is said by the MajmaMl-Fusahd to have been a pupil of the
*celebrated satirist Suzani, who died, according* to Taqiyyu'd-Din of
Kashan, in A.H. 569 (A.D. 1173-4).
Mansiir ibn 'AH al-Mantiqf of Ray, whose verses are repeatedly
cited in evidence by Rashidu'd-Dih Watwat in his Hadtfiqtis-Sihr, was
one of the poets attached to the Sahib Isma'il ibn 'Abbad (Lubdb, iij
16-18). ,
Abu" Zayd Muhammad ibn 'All al-Ghada'iri of Ray w,as a con-
temporary of 'Unsuri and his circle, and died, according to the Majma i
u'll Fusahd, in A.H. 426 (A.D. 1034-5). His nisba, Ghada'iri, is explained 1
as meaning "potter," " tile-maker," ghaddir being the plural of gfiaddra,
a* kind of sticky, greenish clay used for making pottery. The form
Ghada'iri (not Ghadarf, as the Majma'rfl-Fusahd has it) is provpd cor-
^See the Ansdb of as-Sam'ani (Gibb Series, vol. xx), f. 4O9 b .
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