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NOTE XIV. POETS AND WRITERS IN ANECDOTE XIJ '
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rect by verses of the poet himself and ,of his contemporary 'Unsuri
(see Persian notes, p> 153). Minuchihri, it is true, uses the-form Qhaclari,
bilt apparently only from the requirements of his metre. '
Bundar of Ray, chiefly notable for .his Fahlawiyydt, or verses In
dialect 1
, was a contemporary of the Sahih Isma'il ibn 'Abbad and of
Majdu'd-Dawla-i-Daylami* dnd, therefore flourished between A.H. 387
and 420 (A.D. 997 and 1029).
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Though all the MSS. have Farrukhi of Gurgan it seems probable
that it should be Fakhri, i.e. Fakhru'd-Din As'ad of Gurgan, author of
the? well-known romantic poem on the lovea of Wis and Ramin. The
only well-known Farrukhi, to whom Anecdote XV is devoted, 'was from
Sistan.
Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Lami'f al-Jurjani ad-
Dihistani was one of the poets of Malikshah the Saljuq and his
celebrated Minister Nizamu'1-Mulk, and was the ,contemporary of
Burhani, the father of Mu'izzf.
"Bdba" Ja'far of Hamadan was a friend of Baba Tahir, and
contemporary with Sultan Tughril the Saljuq. See vol. ii of my Lit.
Hist, of Persia, p. 260.
The only other mention of Dur-Firuz-i- Fakhri at present noticed
occurs in al-Mafarriikhi's " Beauties of Isfahan," composed in the fifth
century of the hijrd (eleventh of the Christian era), where he is described
as contemporary and is given the kunya of Abu'1-Fadl.
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'Abdul-Malik Burhani of Nishapiir, entitled Amirrfsh-Shu'-ard, who
died at Qazwin early in the reign of Malikshah, was the father of the
more celebrated Mu'izzf, whose early struggles are described in
Anecdote XVI and who was accidentally shot by Sultan Sanjar in A.H.
542 (A.D. 1147-8).
The Dih-Khuda Abu'l-Ma'ali of Ray was the panegyrist of
Mas 'lid ibn Muhammad ibn Malikshah the Saljiaq (reigned A.H. 527-
547; A.D. 1133-1152), and died, according to the Majma'u'l-Fusahd,
in A.H. 541 (A.D. 1,146-7). See 'Awfi's Lubdb, ii, 228-236.
The Amir 'Amid Kamdlu'd-Din of Bukhara, known as Kamalf, wa*s
skilled in music afe well as poetry, and was one of the favourites of
Sultan Sanjar. See 'Awfi's Lubdb, i, 86-91.
By Shihabi Shihabu'd-Din Ahmad ibnu'l-Mu'ayyad an-Nasafi as-
Samarqandi appear^ to be meant. The Majma'u'l-Fusahd quotes several
of his qasidas in praise of Ruknu'd-Din Qilij Tamghaj Khan Mas'iid, of
the Khaniyya dynasty, who reigned from A.H. 488-494 (A.D. 1095-1 101)
Abu'l-Qasim Ziyad ibn Muhammad al-Qamari al-Jurjanf was a
contemporary of Shamsu'l-Ma'ali Qabds ibn Washmgir, who was killed
in A.M. 403 ^A.D. 1012-1013). See 'Awfi's Lubdb, ii, 1920.
1 See my edition of Dawlatshah, pp. 42-3 ; Majdlisi? I-MiVminin (Tihran lith. ed.,
A.H. 1268); JWrikh-i-Guztda (Gibb Series, xiv, i), p. 816; and the Mu'jam of
Shams-i-Qays (Gibb Series, x), pp. 145 and 146.
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