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Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Khalaf , better known by his honorific title of Fakhr al-Mulk ( Arabic : فخر الملك ) was an official and vizier of the Buyid dynasty . Fakhr al-Mulk was born on 27 April 965 at Wasit , as the son of a moneychanger. He entered government service under the Buyid dynasty that ruled Iraq and much of the Middle East at the time, and in 999/1000 was appointed by Baha al-Dawla deputy to the vizier al-Muwaffaq at Shiraz . He was raised to the vizierate himself in autumn 1002, succeeding Hasan ibn Ustadh-Hurmuz , who was sent to Baghdad as governor and vizier of Iraq. At Shiraz, Fakhr al-Mulk led a campaign against the rebels Ibn Wasil and Hilal ibn Badr , and was imprisoned briefly in 1002. After Hasan ibn Ustadh-Hurmuz died in 1011, Fakhr al-Mulk succeeded him as vizier at Baghdad, until he was executed by Sultan al-Dawla on 3 or 6 September 1016. During his tenure in Baghdad, Fakhr al-Mulk distinguished himself as a patron of culture and for restoring peace to the troubled city. Several of the poets he had patronized composed eulogies in his name, while the mathematician al-Karaji dedicated two of his works to him. His son, Abu Shuja Muhammad al-Ashraf , was briefly vizier of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah in 1064/5.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk ( ) was an Islamic nobleman of the 11 and 12 century. His court included the algebra scholar Abu Bakr Karkhi Following the 1015 death of poet and ruler Sayyid Radi , Mulk was tasked with bringing his brother Sayyid Murtada back home.
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Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk ( ) was an Islamic nobleman of the 11th and 12th century. His court included the algebra scholar Abu Bakr Karaji Following the 1015 death of poet and ruler Sayyid Radi , Mulk was tasked with bringing his brother Sayyid Murtada back home. He was the recipient of at least five letters from the Sufi scholar al-Ghazali .
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Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk ( ) was an Islamic nobleman of the 11th and 12th century. His court included the algebra scholar Abu Bakr Karaji . Following the 1015 death of poet and ruler Sayyid Radi , Mulk was tasked with bringing his brother Sayyid Murtada back home. He was the recipient of at least five letters from the Sufi scholar al-Ghazali .
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islamic nobleman of the 11 and 12 century
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official and vizier of the buyid dynasty
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