Sahib ibn Abbad | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Buyid emirate of Ray | |
| In office 976–995 | |
| Monarchs | Mu'ayyad al-Dawla Fakhr al-Dawla |
| Preceded by | Abu'l-Fath Ali ibn Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Unknown |
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| Born | 14 September 938 Talaqancha, near Isfahan |
| Died | 30 March 995 |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Creed | Mu'tazila |
Abu’l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād ibn al-ʿAbbās (Persian: ابوالقاسم اسماعیل بن عباد بن عباس; born 938 - died 30 March 995), better known as Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād (صاحب بن عباد), also known as al-Ṣāḥib (الصاحب), was a Persian scholar and statesman, who served as the grand vizier of the Buyid rulers of Ray from 976 to 995.[1][2]
A native of the suburbs of Isfahan, he was greatly interested in Arab culture, and wrote on dogmatic theology, history, grammar, lexicography, scholarly criticism and wrote poetry and belles-lettres.[3]
- ^ Donohue 2003, p. 140.
- ^ Cook, Michael (2001). Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought. Cambridge University Press. p. 201. ISBN 9781139431606.
- ^ Donzel, E. J. van (1 January 1994). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. p. 142. ISBN 978-90-04-09738-4.
Ibn Abbad*, Abu l-Qasim* (al-Sahib): vizier and man of letters of the Buyid period; 938995. Of Persian origin, he was an arabophile and wrote on dogmatic theology, history, grammar, lexicography, literary criticism and composed poetry and belles-lettres.