title: Abu Tahir Shirazi
text: # Abu Tahir Shirazi
  
  Abu Tahir Shirazi (Persian: ابوطاهر شیرازی) was a Persian official, who served as the secretary (dabir) of the Samanid slave-general Tash. Abu Tahir belonged to a family native to Shiraz, hence his nisba “Shirazi”. He had a son named Ahmad Shirazi, who would later serve as the vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Bosworth, C. E. (1984). "AḤMAD ŠĪRĀZĪ". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 6. pp. 660–661.
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