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The Tarikh-i Bayhaqi serves as both a historical record and a literary masterpiece, influencing subsequent Persian historians and solidifying Bayhaqi’s reputation as a pioneer in historiography. His ability to blend personal observation with broader historical analysis set a new standard for Persian historical narratives.
Bayhaqi stated the Tarik-i Bayhaq was written using an earlier history of Bayhaq and the Târîkh `Ulamâ' Ahl Naysabûr by Al-Hakim Nishapuri. [1] Bayhaq makes note of Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi 's work, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi , stating it consisted of 30 volumes and that he had seen partial sets in Sarakhs and Nishapur, but never complete sets.
Bayhaqi was born in Sabzevar, in northeastern Iran, the main city of the Bayhaq district, where his father’s estates were located. [1]In 1114, Bahyaqi along with his father visited Omar Khayyam, the famous Persian mathematician and astronomer, in Nishapur and while there Bayhaqi began his education in literature and science.
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Bayhaqi was born in the village of Harethabad in Bayhaq in the Khorasan Province to a Persian family. [1] In his youth Bayhaqi studied in the major cultural center of Nishapur, and later in 1020/1 joined the secretariat (dīvān-e resālat) of Mahmud, where he worked as an assistant and pupil under the chief secretary Abu Nasr Mushkan for 19 years.
Al-Bayhaqi is thus positioned among the Asha'ris of the third generation. [21] Al-Bayhaqi was a traditionalist theologian and staunch Ash'ari who textually supported the Ash'ari doctrine as can be seen in his two classical works of creed called Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat and Al-'Itiqad wa al-Hidaya ila Sabil
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