Abu Nasr Mushkan

Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Mushkan (Persian: ابو نصر منصور بن موسیخان‎‎), better simply known as Abu Nasr Mushkan (موسیخان ابو نصر), was a Persian statesman who served as the head of the Ghaznavid chancery from 1011/2 till his death in 1039/40. His nephew, Tahir ibn Ali ibn Mishkan, known by his title of Thiqat al-Mulk, served as the vizier of Sultan Mas'ud III (r. 1099-1115).

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