At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri, the first vizier of the Seljuk state, according to Ibn al-Imad in "Shadharat al-Dhahab". 1
His zeal
Ibn al-Imad relates that he was extremely zealous against the Shafi'is. The sultan Alp Arslan permitted him to curse the Rafidis on the pulpits of Khurasan, and he ordered them cursed and added the Ash'aris to them, so that some imams of them, among them al-Qushayri and the Imam al-Haramayn, left Khurasan. 1
Then Alp Arslan sent him to the Khwarazm-shah to ask for his daughter in marriage for him. His opponents spread the word that he had asked for her for himself, so he shaved his beard. Ibn al-Imad mentions a report that the sultan had him castrated. 1
The sultan dismissed him and moved him to Merv al-Rudh and imprisoned him. When he felt that he was to be killed, he brought out his shroud, bade farewell to his family and washed. 1
The source of these reports is one, and the dates of the events are not recorded in the data, and need an additional source.
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir· طغرل بك· Baghdad· Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri· أبو القاسم علي بن المسلمة· إمام الحرمين الجويني· مهارش بن المجلي العقيلي· Enforced cursing of the Rafida and the Ash'aris from the pulpits of Khurasan
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 310-311
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-kunduri-amid-al-mulk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.