Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sajawandi
Abū Badīl Ahmad ibn Muhammad 'Sajāwandī' was a 12th-century chronicler, commentator on the Quran, poet and orator. He was the son of the scholar Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi. He is mentioned in the Lubab ul-Albab of Aufi and the Chahar Maqalah of Nizami Aruzi as a great poet and orator at the court of Tughan-Shah Ibn Alp Arslan, under the name Malik al-Kalām Majd ad-Dīn Aḥmad Badi'hī Sajāwandī. However, as this event must have preceded Abu Badil's lifetime by close to a century, it is likely that these individuals have been confused from an early date, with Malik al-Kalām Aḥmad Badi'hī being known for his poetry, and Imâm-e Kabīr ''Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sajāwandī'' for his religious scholarship.