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The fisherman who was father of three kings. Abu Shujah al Bouyah was a Persian fisherman in the province of Delēmʹ, whose three sons, Imad, Ruken, and Moez, all rose to sovereign power.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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