Title: Matn dar ghiyāb-i istiʻārah
Subjects: History, Aesthetics, Persian prose literature, History and criticism, Ghaznevids
Places: Afghanistan, Iran
People: Abū al-Faz̤l Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī (996 (ca.)-1077)
Time periods: 747-1500, 640-1256