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Gardizi: Zain ul-akhbaar (1050) (history) Persian historian
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Taken from : Iranica.com
Full Name: Abuu Saed Abd-al-Hayy b. Z'ahahaak b. Mahamud Gardeze.
also called Gardeze: Zayn al-akobar
He talks in glowing terms about the Samanid vizier of Jurasan Abu Abd-Allah in his narrative of Samanid history, most about his skills of learning, stating that he allegedly send for information on administrative practices in all parts of the world
He send emissaries to all customary countries to request a report of all the courts and all the ministries in Byzantium, (the Greek Empire), Turkestan, China, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, the country of the Zenj, the one of Zabul and Kabul ...... Studied scrupulously all the material to retain those customs that he considered best for Bujara.
Note : Bokhara (in modern Uzbekistan) (it got concurred by Persia by the end of the 11th century)