At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier · Patron
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Mansur Ibn Qanna, vizier of the Buyid 'Imad al-Dawla Abu Kalijar; a virtuous man, among whose monuments: he endowed a library for students of knowledge gathering nineteen thousand volumes — none in it but an ascribed original — including four thousand sheets in the hand of the Banu Muqla. 1
Connections
- Allied with
- al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla
People and things also explored
Abu Kalijar Enters Baghdad and the Kettledrums Are Beaten for Him· The restoration of the khutba to Jalal al-Dawla in Baghdad· The ghilman's expulsion of Jalal al-Dawla from Baghdad, 423· Death of Abu Kalijar and investiture of al-Malik al-Rahim· al-Malik al-Rahim Abu Nasr Khusraw Firuz· Dhu'l-Sa'adatayn Ibn Fasatanjas· سلطان الدولة أبو شجاع بن بهاء الدولة· al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.406
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Mansur ibn Qanna”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-mansur-ibn-qanna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.