Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami
Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, also known as Bal'ami the Elder (died November 14, 940), was a
from 922 to 938.Biography
Bal'ami is first mentioned as serving under the Samanid ruler
.In 929, Nasr had his commander
Amriak Bal'ami, who later also served as vizier of the Samanid Empire.[2]
Legacy
Iranica says the following about him:
Bal'ami was clearly, together with Jayhani, the driving force during what seems to have been the reign of a weak and impressionable ruler. He is further praised, e.g., by Al-Samani, as a encourager of poets and scholars, including of the poet Rudaki, and public buildings erected by him at Marv and Bukhara are mentioned. Not surprisingly, Nizam al-Mulk praises the family of Bal'ami as the viziers par excellence of the Samanids.
References
- ^ BALʿAMĪ, ABU’L-FAŻL MOḤAMMAD, C. E. Bosworth, Encyclopaedia Iranica
- ^ The Samanids, R.N. Frye, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4, ed. R.N.Frye, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 152.
Sources
- C. E. Bosworth "Bal'ami, Abu'l-Fazl Mohammad." Encyclopedia Iranica. 23 January 2014. <http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/balami-abul-fazl-mohammad-b>
- Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.