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162 NOTES ON THE FOURTH DISCOURSE
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3. Abu'l- Abbds Ma'mun ibn Ma'miin ibn Muhammad Khwdrazms'ndh,
the her (o of Anecdote XXXVI, who was likewise a generous friend to
men of learning, and, like his brother, was married to one of Sultas,
Mahmiid's sisters. He continued for some time on friendly terms with
this ambitious potentate, who/ however, finally ordered him to recognize
him as his ov^r-lord and insert his name *ri the khutba, -
This
Abu
'l-'Afclfis Ma'miin consented to do, but after the departure of the envoy
to Ghazna his nobles rose and murdered him in 407/1016-7 when he
was only thirty-two years of age.
4. AbuU-Hdrith Muhammad ibn lAH ibn Mdmitn ibn Muhammad*-
1 Khwdrazmshdh.
He succeeded to the throne on the murder of his uncle, but no long
while had elapsed when Sultan Mahmtid, on the pretext of avenging his
murdered brother-in-law, invaded and annexed Khwarazm and carried
off as hostages or captives the survivor^ of the family. This happened
in 408/1017-8, ahd the event was celebrated by 'Unsurf in a 'qasida of
which the opening lines are quoted by the editor 1 . The historian Abu
2
'1-Fadl-i-Bayhaqi in his Ta'rfM-t-Mas'tidf gives an account of theie
events based on a lost work of Abil Rayhan al-Biritni's on the "Notables
of Khwarazm" (Mashdhir-i-Khwdrazni). From this it appears that
al-Biriini spent seven years (A.H. 400-407 =A.D. 1010-1017) at the
Court of Abu'l- 'Abbas, where he held various offices, and was conversant
with all the circumstances which led up to his death.
In conclusion Mirza Muhammad observes that the Qadi Ahmad-i-
Ghaffari, probably misled by the Trfrikh-i-Guzida (p. 389 of the Gibb
facsimile), in his NusakJ'-i-Jahdn-drd confuses the dynasty discusseo. in
this note with the Farighiini family who acted as viceroys first for the
Samanids and then for the Ghaznawis in Juzjan.
Note XXX. Shahinshah 'Ala'u'd-Dawla.
i (Text, p. 82; Persian notes, p. 251.)
The Amir 'Ala'u'd-Dawla Husamu'd-Din Abti Ja'far Muhammad ibn
Dushmanziyar ruled over Isfahan and the adjacent districts from
398/1007-8 to 433/1041-2, in which latter year he died. His father
Dushmanziyar was the maternal uncle of Sayyida,