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