The Nāṣirī Generations 83: IV. THE ATA-BAK, ABU-BIKR, SON OF MUHAMMAD.

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The Ata-bak, Abu-Bikr, was a great monarch; and the territory of ’Irak, and the Jibal [the mountain tracts of ’Irak] came into his possession. He ruled his subjects justly and beneficently, and cleared the frontiers of his territory of enemies. He founded colleges and masjids in ’Irak, Arran, and Azarbaijan, and a very large college at Maraghah; and was the patron of ecclesiastics and learned men. He had numerous slaves, both of his father’s and of his own, each of whom was Malik [ruler] in one of the cities of ’Irak. He was the elder brother of the Ata-bak, Yuz-bak, and he reigned for a considerable time, and died, leaving no children behind him.