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) Bu Nasr Mushkan related to Abu'l-Fazl Bayhaqi, that Bu Sahl Zuzani had put it in the Sultan's head that Altuntash was not a faithful man and he must be seized inShubruqan because when he went to Khwsrazm he was rather disappointed and when men like 'Alt Qureyb, Aryaruq, and G,ha.
But Bu Sahl remarked that it was very easy, provided the Sultan kept it a secret, and proposed to write a confidential letter in his own hand to Manjuq, the commandant of the royal forces in Khwarazm and a bloodthirsty foe of Altuntash, to have him captured and murdered, because the royal forces numbered nearly 3,000 and it was evident that Altuntash and his detachment could do nothing in face of such a large army.
11, when the letter was despatched, Mas'fid confided the secret to 'Abdus, a deadly enemy of Bu Sahl's, who, in a drinking party, betrayed it to ·Bu'l-~Fath Hatimi held by him in high confidence, and lamented that Bu Sahl would ruin the great Ohaznawid Empire.
When Ahmad Hasan and Bu Nasr went back, Mas'Iid sent for Bu Sahl, the Paymaster-General; rebuked him, put him to shame for his false advice and threatened him with instant death if he ever again interfered in anything except accounts and payments.
office of'Paymaster-General ; and· that he (Ahmad) would ask Mas'adi on his own account to write an enigmatical letter stating that Bu Sahl had been seeking an opportunity and when the Sultan was drunk he brought a draft prepared by him, .