In this excerpt from his history, the ninth/fifteenth-century Persian historian Mīrkhwānd reports that the Sāmānid prince Ismāʿīl b. Aḥmad was renowned for rendering justice personally. In her analysis of Islamic mirrors-for-princes literature on judging in Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, Louise Marlow uses this source to argue that in addition to their dedication to religious knowledge, the Sāmānid amīrs were well known for their commitment to the redress of grievances (maẓālim).
This source is part of the Online Companion to the book Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, ed. Intisar A. Rabb and Abigail Krasner Balbale(ILSP/HUP 2017)—a collection of primary sources and other material used in and related to the book.