Abu'l-Fath Yusuf

Abu'l-Fath Yusuf ibn Ya'qub (Persian: ابوالفتح یوسف بن یعقوب), was a Persian^[1] vizier of the Ghaznavid Sultan Arslan-Shah. Not much is known about the early life of Abu'l-Fath, except that he may have been the brother of Ghaznavid statesman Abu'l-Ala ibn Ya'qub Nakuk. In 1116, Abu'l-Fath was appointed by Arslan-Shah as his vizier, where Abu'l-Fath became highly influential and gained much power. However, this was short-lived; one year later, Arslan-Shah's brother Bahram-Shah, with the aid of the Seljuq Sultan Ahmad Sanjar, defeated and killed Arslan-Shah, and Bahram-Shah then took control over the Ghaznavid Empire. Abu'l-Fath fell from favor after Arslan-Shah's death, and probably shared the same fate as the latter.

References

^ Ghaznavids, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Encyclopaedia Iranica, (December 15, 2001);"The offices of vizier, treasurer, chief secretary, head of the war department, etc., were the preserves of Persians, and no Turks are recorded as ever having held them.."[1]

Sources

C. E. Bosworth "Abu'l-Fath Yusuf." Encyclopedia Iranica. 24 May 2014. <http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abul-fath-yusof-b>
C. Edmund, Bosworth (1995). The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay: The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040-1186. ISBN 9788121505772. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

Unknown	Vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire 1116 – 1117	Unknown

[1] Ghaznavids, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Encyclopaedia Iranica, (December 15, 2001);"The offices of vizier, treasurer, chief secretary, head of the war department, etc., were the preserves of Persians, and no Turks are recorded as ever having held them.."[1]

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