ABULFAZLI BAYHAQI Muhammad ibni Khusayn (tavallud taqriban 996, Horisobodi Bayhaq – vafot oktyabri 1077), tarikhnigor va navisandai davroni Gaznaviyon. Dar borai zindagii u ittilooti kofi mavjud nest. Abulfazli Bayhaqi tahsiloti khube doshta, dar hunari adab va zarofati insho maruf budaast. Abulfazli Bayhaqi dar zamoni hukumati sulton Mahmudi Gaznavi ba muddati daroz kotibi “Devoni risolat» bud va dar ahdi sulton Abdurrashid (1049 – 52) rayosati hamin devonro bar uhda dosht.
Tibqi akhbor Abulfazli Bayhaqi muddate zindoni bud. Dar ahdi sulton Farrukhzodi Gaznavi (1052 – 59) Abulfazli Bayhaqi ba talifi maruftarin kitobi tarikhii khesh «Tarikhi Bayhaqi» (30 jild) mashgul shud, ki on ba unvoni «Tarikhi Masudi» niz maruf ast. Barkhe risolahoi «Zinat-ul-kitob» va «Maqomoti Abunasri Mishkon»- ro moli u donistaand. Risolai «Zinat-ul-kitob» dasturi bisyor mufid baroi kotibon va korguzoroni devonhoi davlati budaast. In risola to zamoni mo narasidaast, ammo iktiboshoe az on dar kitobi «Tarikhi Bayhaqi»-i Abulhasani Bayhaqi omadaand. Risolai digari Abulfazli Bayhaqi «Maqomoti Abunasri Mishkon» niz bahsest dar mavzui tarikhi vuzaro.
In kitob niz to zamoni mo narasida, vale bakhshhoi on dar kitobi marufi «Osor ul-vuzaro»-i Sayfuddini Uqayli iqtibos shudaand.
L. Boymatov.