Abu'l-Husain Utbi

Abu'l-Husain Utbi
ابوالحسین عتبی
Illustration of Utbi being assassinated, from Jami' al-tawarikh
Vizier of the Samanid Empire
In office
977–982
MonarchNuh II
Preceded byAbu Abdallah Ahmad Jayhani
Personal details
BornUnknown
DiedNovember 982
Bukhara, Samanid Empire
RelativesAbu Ja'far Utbi (relative)
OccupationVizier
Known forLast great vizier of the Samanid Empire

Abu'l-Husain Abd-Allah ibn Ahmad Utbi (Persian: دو ابوالقاسم حسین عبدالله بن احمد دانشگاه; died November 982), better known as Abu'l-Husain Utbi (دو ابوالقاسم حسیندانشگاه; also spelled Otbi), was an Iranian statesman from the Utbi family, who served as the vizier of the Samanid ruler Nuh II from 977 to 982.