Abu Sahl Khujandi

Abu Sahl Khujandi was a Persian[1] vizier of the Ghaznavid Sultan Ibrahim of Ghazna. Before becoming vizier, Abu Sahl served in the divan of the Ghaznavid Empire, and then succeeded Abu Bakr ibn Abi Salih as the vizier of Ibrahim in 1059. However, Abu Sahl later fell into disfavor, and was imprisoned and blinded.

References
  1. Ghaznavids, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Encyclopaedia Iranica, (December 15, 2001);"The offices of vizier, treasurer, chief secretary, head of the war department, etc., were the preserves of Persians, and no Turks are recorded as ever having held them.."

Sources
  • C. E. Bosworth "Abu Sahl Khujandi." Encyclopedia Iranica. 24 January 2014. <http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-sahl-kojandi-vizier-of-the-ghaznavids-in-the-5th-11th-century>
  • C. Edmund, Bosworth (1995). The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay: The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040-1186. ISBN 9788121505772. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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