He was a foremost authority on Arabic, the author of several works, and a man of genuine religion and piety.
175 – ʿAḍud al-Dawla Fanākhusraw ibn Ḥasan ibn Būyah al-Daylamī *
He was the Sultan, ʿAḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujāʿ Fanākhusraw, lord of Iraq and Fars, the son of the Sultan Rukn al-Dawla Ḥasan ibn Būyah al-Daylamī. He gained control of Fars after his uncle ʿImād al-Dawla, whereupon his territories multiplied and his dominions expanded. Al-Mutanabbī travelled to him, praised him, and received generous gifts.
ʿAḍud al-Dawla then marched on Iraq, met his cousin ʿIzz al-Dawla, killed him, and took possession of the realm; nations submitted to him. He was a valiant, courageous, awe-inspiring warrior; a grammarian, man of letters, and scholar—yet imperious, harsh, and heavy-handed in rule.
For his sake Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī composed the two books al-Īḍāḥ (The Clarification) and al-Takmila (The Supplement).
The leading poets extolled him, and Abū al-Ḥasan al-Salāmī (1) said of him—most eloquently: