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Fisherman

The fisherman who was father of three kings. Abu Shujah al Bouyah was a Persian fisherman in the province of Delem', whose three sons, Imad, Ruken, and Moez, all rose to sovereign power.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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