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