Ahmad Maymandi | |
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| Vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire | |
| In office 1013–1024 | |
| Monarch | Mahmud of Ghazni |
| Preceded by | Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini |
| Succeeded by | Hasanak Mikali |
| Vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire | |
| In office 1031–1032 | |
| Monarch | Mas'ud I |
| Preceded by | Abu Sahl Hamdawi |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Shirazi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 970s Maymand, Zabulistan |
| Died | 31 December 1032 Herat, Khorasan |
| Children | Abd al-Razzaq Maymandi Sa'id Maymandi |
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Abuʾl-Ḥasan al-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn Ḥasan Maymandī[note 1] (died 31 December 1032) was a Persian[1] vizier of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni[2] and the latter's son Mas'ud I of Ghazni.[3]
The son of the governor of Bust, Maymandi was raised as the foster brother of the Ghaznavid prince Mahmud, and would first start his administrative career as the head of the department of correspondences of Khorasan. He would thereafter rapidly rise to higher offices, finally becoming the vizier of the Ghaznavid dynasty in 1013, which would last until 1024, when he was arrested due to the great amount of wealth that he had gained, which the suspicious Mahmud disliked.
However, after a brief civil war, which ended in 1030, Maymandi was freed by Mahmud's son Mas'ud I, who offered him the chance of becoming vizier again. He first rejected the offer but later accepted it in 1031. Maymandi's second vizierate would only last one year when he died at Herat. He was succeeded by Ahmad Shirazi.
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