of medium stature, slight of build, and dark-complexioned; he lived for seventy-six years and produced more than two hundred works—until the narrator went on to say:
“He died in 413 AH, and eighty thousand people escorted his funeral bier.
It is also said that his writings reached two hundred (1); I have not come across any of them—praise be to Allah. His kunya was Abū ʿAbd Allah.”
214 – Sultan al-Dawla Abū Shujāʿ Fanākhusraw ibn Khurra Firūz al-Daylamī *
He was the ruler of Iraq and Fars. Sultan al-Dawla Abū Shujāʿ Fanākhusraw, son of King Bahāʾ al-Dawla (2) Khurra Firūz, grandson of King ʿAḍud al-Dawla (3) Abū Shujāʿ, great-grandson of Rukn al-Dawla (4) Ḥasan ibn Būya al-Daylamī.
He acceded to power after his father in 403 AH and reigned for twelve years. His vizier was Fakhr al-Mulk (5) Abū Ghālib. The investiture decree for Sultan al-Dawla was proclaimed on behalf of the caliph al-Qādir Billāh (6).
His honorifics were: ʿImād al-Dīn (Pillar of the Faith), Musharraf al-Dawla (Noble of the State), Muʾayyid al-Milla (Supporter of the Religious Community), Mughīth al-Umma (Helper of the Nation), and Ṣafiyy Amīr al-Muʾminīn (Chosen of the Commander of the Faithful).
Then the robes of honour were brought—seven in number, as was the custom—along with a black turban, a jewelled crown, a sword, two bracelets, and a collar,