Siyasatnama

About This Book

The Siyasatnama, also known as the Siyar al-muluk, is the most famous work attributed to Nizam al-Mulk, the founder of the Nizamiyyas in medieval Persia and vizier to the Seljuk sultans Alp Arslan and Malik Shah. Nizam al-Mulk possessed "immense power" as the head administration for the Seljuk Empire over a period of 30 years and was responsible for establishing distinctly Persian forms of Islamic government and administration which would last for centuries. A great deal of his approach to governing is contained within the Siyasatnama which is in a tradition of Persian-Islamic writing known as the "Mirrors for Princes".

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