Abu al-Fath al-Busti
10th and 11th-century Ghaznavid poet
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Abu'l-Fath Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hussain ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Busti (Arabic: أبو الفتح علي بن محمد بن الحسين بن يوسف بن محمد بن عَبْد العَزِيز البستي, Persian: ابوالفتح علی بن محمد بن حسین بن یوسف بن محمد بن عبدالعزیز بُستی), more commonly known as Abu'l-Fath al-Busti (Arabic: أبو الفتح البُستي, Persian: ابوالفتح بُستی) was a Persian[1] secretary and poet who wrote in Arabic and Persian.[2] Born in the ancient city Bost (today Lashkargah, Afghanistan) in Sistan, he served in the chancery of the Ghaznavid Amirs Sebuktigin and his son and successor Mahmud.[3]
Abu'l-Fath al-Busti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 942 |
| Died | 1010 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Poet, secretary |
Abu al-Fath was, amongst others, a student of the well known Islamic scholar Ibn Hibban who derives from the same city and from whom he learned the Islamic sciences of Hadith and Fiqh.
Works
Qasidah an-Nuniyyah (“Poem in Nun”)
The poem is also known under the title of "Unwan al-Hikam" ("The Title for Wisdoms") and "Ziyadat ul-Mar’i fi-Dunyahi Nuqsan" ("To Rise in One's World Is to Decline"). It is a Qasida which relates to moral aphorisms and akhlaq (good character).