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Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr
Zeyārid ruler
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history of Iran
- In Iran: The Buyids
The Ziyārid Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr (reigned 978–1012) built himself a tomb tower, the Gonbad-e Qābūs (1006–07), which remains one of Iran’s finest monuments. Also still extant is a work of his descendant ʿUnṣur al-Maʿālī Keykāʾūs (reigned 1049–90), the Qābūs-nāmeh, a prose “Mirror for Princes,” which is a…
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patronage of al-Bīrūnī
- In al-Bīrūnī: Life
…prince of another local dynasty, Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr, was also dethroned and sought help from the Sāmānids to regain his throne. Help was apparently given, for the next record of al-Bīrūnī is when he was in the company of Qābūs in the city of Gurgān near the Caspian Sea. At…
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