Hilal al-Sabi' | |
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| Born | Abūʾl-Ḥusayn Hilāl b. Muḥassin b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābīʾ 969 CE |
| Died | 1056 CE Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Bureaucrat, Writer |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Buyid era |
| Notable works | Rusum dar al-khilafa, Kitab al-wuzara, Tarikh Hilal al-Sabi |
Abūʾl-Ḥusayn Hilāl b. Muḥassin b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābīʾ (Arabic: ابو الحسين هلال بن محسن بن ابراهيم الصابئ) (born: 358 A.H./c. 969 A.D., died: 447-448 A.H./1056 A.D.) (aged 90 lunar) was a historian, bureaucrat, and writer of Arabic. Born into a family of Sabian bureaucrats, al-Ṣābi converted to Islam in 402-403 A.H/1012 AD.[1] First working under the Buyid amir Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, he later became the Director of the Chancery[1] under Baha' al-Daula's vizier Fakhr al-Mulk.