Abu Ali Bal'ami
AMĪRAK BALʿAMĪ, name given to ABŪ ʿALĪ MUḤAMMAD Abu Ali Muhammad (Persian: ابو علی محمد)(also called Baḷʿamī-e Kūček “the lesser, younger"), son of Abu’l-Fażl Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd Allāh Baḷʿamī Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ubaydallah (Persian: ابو علی محمد ابن عبیدالله)(also called Baḷʿamī-e Buzurg “the greater, elder”); both served as viziers of the Samanids . Mostly known as Bal'ami (Persian: بلعمی), was a Persian historian, writer, and vizier to the Samanids. He was born in Lashjerd in the district of Marv, a city in modern Afghanistan. His most famous work is Tarikh-e Bal'ami, which is a translation of Tabari's History of the Prophets and Kings. It contains supplementary material, some of which is found nowhere else. Having been written in 963, it is the oldest New Persian prose work after the preface of the Shah-nama by Abu Mansur[1]
References
- ^ Khaleghi-Motlagh, Dj. "AMĪRAK BALʿAMĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2011-October-01.
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