Nāṣir al-Dawlah Subuktakin the Turk, lord of Khurāsān, India, and other territories.

His father, Abū Manṣūr (1), had come to Bukhārā in the days of Nūḥ ibn Manṣūr, accompanying Ibn al-Sukīn (2), who had been appointed governor of Ghazna. Abū Manṣūr soon earned a reputation for courage, bold initiative, and lofty ambition. When Ibn al-Sukīn set out to assume the governorship of Ghazna, Abū Manṣūr entered his service. Ibn al-Sukīn had barely settled in before he died; the people then found themselves in need of an amir, and they chose Abū Manṣūr. He consolidated his authority, grew powerful, began raiding the borders of India, seized a number of strongholds, fought pitched battles against the Indians, and captured the district of Bust.

Abū al-Fath al-Bustī, the scribe (3), entered his service, became one of his intimates, and he was a Karrāmī (4).

Jaʿfar al-Mustaghfirī (5) recounts: Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Naḍrī, qadi of Marw and Nasaf, was uncompromising in his legal school. When the ruler of Ghazna, Subuktakin, arrived in Balkh he called for a debate with the Karrāmiyya. At that time al-Naḍrī was qadi in Balkh. Subuktakin asked, “What is your verdict regarding these ascetic saints?” Al-Naḍrī replied, “In our view they are unbelievers.” He then asked, “And what is your verdict regarding me?” Al-Naḍrī said, “If you hold their doctrine, then our verdict concerning you is the same.” Subuktakin thereupon leapt up and began beating them with his mace until