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Ahmad ibn Hasan Maymandi
Ahmad ibn Hasan Maymandi was a Persian administrator who served as vizier to the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni from about 1013 to 1024. He promoted Persian instead of Arabic as the language of the chancery. Dismissed and imprisoned, he was restored to office by Mas'ud I in 1030 and served as vizier until his death in 1032.
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