His administrative duties and his rank at the court of the Buwayhid amīrs allowed Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾ to write works which, while often adhering faithfully to the genre of adab , constitute, because of the documents of which their author has made use and the evidence reproduced in them, valuable sources of information.
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Unknown titlelāl is said to have received from him 30,000
dīnārs
which he was allowed to keep under Muʾayyid al-Dawla, and it was on this capital that he lived until his death in 448/1056.
<span>His administrative duties and his rank at the court of the Buwayhid
amīrs
allowed Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾ to write works which, while often adhering faithfully to the genre of
adab
, constitute, because of the documents of which their author has made use and the evidence reproduced in them, valuable sources of information. Hilāl is known particularly for his
Kitāb al-Wuzarāʾ
which he wrote in the time of the vizier Ibu Māfinā, i.e., during the latter part of Summary
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