Al-Sallami

AbÃÂ« ÃÂ¿AlÃÂ« al-Ã¡Â¸Â¤usayn ibn AÃ¡Â¸Â¥mad al-BayhaqÃÂ« al-SallÃÂmÃÂ« was a historian of the SÃÂmÃÂnid Empire who lived in the mid-10th century.

Ibn Funduq records that al-SallÃÂmÃÂ« studied under IbrahÃÂ«m ibn MuÃ¡Â¸Â¥ammad al-BayhaqÃÂ«. According to al-ThaÃÂ¿ÃÂlibÃÂ«, he served the MuÃ¡Â¸Â¥tÃÂjid emirs AbÃÂ« Bakr MuÃ¡Â¸Â¥ammad (d. 939) and AbÃÂ« ÃÂ¿AlÃÂ« ÃÂaghÃÂnÃÂ« ().

Al-SallÃÂmÃÂ« wrote an Arabic history of the , KitÃÂb wulÃÂt KhurÃÂsÃÂn, which is now lost. It is known only from citations in the works of others, primarily GardÃÂ«zÃÂ« and Ibn al-AthÃÂ«r, both of whom cite him for the death of AbÃÂ« ÃÂ¿AlÃÂ« ÃÂaghÃÂnÃÂ« and nothing later than that. In some cases, GardÃÂ«zÃÂ« quotes him outright. He appears to have shaped a narrative favourable to the MuÃ¡Â¸Â¥tÃÂjids. The KitÃÂb wulÃÂt KhurÃÂsÃÂn is also cited in YÃÂqÃÂ«t's IrshÃÂd, Ibn MÃÂkÃÂ«lÃÂ's KitÃÂb al-IkmÃÂl and Ibn KhallikÃÂn. JuwaynÃÂ« in the 13th century is the latest author to cite it.

According to YÃÂqÃÂ«t, al-SallÃÂmÃÂ« also wrote a KitÃÂb al-wuzarÃÂ ('Book of the Viziers').

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