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NOTE XXIX.
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THE MA'M^NI KHWARASMSHAHS 161
Note XXIX. The Ma'muni Khwarazmshahs.
(Text, p. 76; Persian notes, pp. 194 and 241-4.)
older dynasty of Khwarazmshahs was originally tributary to
the Samanids, but, during the interval (A.H. 380-407 =A.D. 990-1016)
which separated the decay of these latter rulers from the final ascendency
of the House of Ghazna, it enjoyed a quasi-independence. The following
are those of its rulers whose names occur in history.
i. Mdmiin ibn Muhammad Khwdrazmshdh,
He was originally governor of Gurganj (Jurjaniyya), and in 385/995
captured and killed Abti 'Abdi'llah Khwarazmshah, the lord of Kath,
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and> annexed his realms. He himself died in . 387/997 He was succeeded'
by his son
2\ 'Ali ibn Mdmun ibn Muhammad Khwdrazmshdh,
who succeeded his father in the year last mentioned and married
the sister of Sultan fytahmiid of Ghazna Avicenna came to Khwarazm
during his reign, and met with much honour at his hands 2 . The date of
his death is not exactly kftown. Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad
as-Suhaylf, a great patron of learning, to whom Avicenna dedicated at
least two of his works 3 was Minister to him and afterwards , to his
brother and successor
1 2
Ibnu'l-Athir, vol. ix, pp. 76 and 93.
Al-Qiftf, p. 417.
3 See p. vtt of the Persian notes. He fled from Khwarazm to Baghdad in
404/1013-4 and died in 418/1027 at Surra-man-ra'a.