 The Farighunids had a significant impact of many prominent individuals in the arts and sciences at the time.Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi Two great poets, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani and Abul-Fath Bosti, addressed poems to them, and the author of the "Hudud al-'alam", the first geographical treatise to be written in New Persian, dedicated the work to Abu'l Haret Muhammad in 982/3.The Farighunids may also have had connections with the encyclopedist Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi and another encyclopedist named Isaiah b. Farighun, who wrote the "Jawame' al-'ulum" for the Muhtajid amir Abu 'Ali Chaghani.