al-Din I Abu'l-Fadl Nasr as the vassal ruler of Sistan, marking the start of the Nasrid dynasty. Farrukhi also served as the panegyrist of Mahmud's son and second successor Mas'ud I (), as well as numerous viziers and princes. He died in Ghazni in . According to the Encyclopedia Iranica, "he was one of the most successful court poets in the history of Persian literature." He was present in the Ghaznavid court during the apex of the empire under Mahmud. His poems celebrate various court events, such as the Iranian festivals of Mihragan, Nowruz, and Sadeh, and the Islamic Eid al-Fitr, as well as Mahmud's famous raid on the temple of Somnath (Sūmnāt) in Gujarat in 1026. Works Farrukhi's surviving works consist mainly of his divan (collection of poems), which number about 9,000 couplets. A document in the Bankipore Library refers to Farrukhi as the author of an epic poem, the Shahriyarnameh: this is yet to be confirmed. References Sources Further reading 11th-century Persian-language poets 1000s births 1040 deaths Ghaznavid-period poets 11th-century Iranian people People from Sistan Ancient Persian literature