“History of bayhaqi” as a source of the ghaznavid period

This article is about Abulfazl Bayhaqi's “History of Bayhaqi” which describes the history of the Ghaznavid dynasty that ruled in Eastern Iran, Khorasan, Afghanistan and Northern India between 352/963 and 582/1186.It gives information about the author of the work, the date of writing, the content, copies and translations. The death of his teacher Abu Nasr and the fact that Bayhaqi was not old enough prevented him from reaching higher levels. He worked in the same position with Abu Sahli Zuzani. As mentioned above, Bayhaqi'swork consists of thirty volumes and only parts of the work that date back to the reign of Sultan Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Ghaznavi (421/1030-432/1040–1041) have survived, which are the end of Volume V, Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX and X. This work is important from the point of view of the fact that it is one of the primary sources; the information contained in it includes the events witnessed by the author of the work.