Great Works of the Muslim world | 'Nizam al-Mulk' Siyasat-nameh: The Book of Government

Good leaders listen and take to heart the advice of scholars. Described as a book that will open the path to right conduct and good government, the Siyasat-nameh or ‘Book of Government’ was written by Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali Tusi (1018-1092 CE), wise scholar and competent vizier of the Great Saljuq Empire better known by his honorific title ‘Nizam al-Mulk (Order of the Realm).’

[@spaetzlemonster5686]

Greetings from a fellow Al-Mull enjoyer from Germany 👍👍

[@Alborzhakimi7010]

2:55 "What we know today as Iran" would imply that at the time of his birth, the land was not known as Iran, which obviously, is an incorrect statement that could only be believed by someone who did not read his works, or read the works of any other important Iranian Islamic figure. He was born in Iran, and all current scholars who talked about him confirm that. By the way, Nizam-ol-Mulk did not "start from the bottom". He came from a Dehghan family, which were a land-owning class originating from the Sassanid era.

[@javadnazari8428]

Ninety percent of scientists and great people of history, They were Iranian and Persian. But when they want to introduce them, they introduce them as Muslim or Islamic, why don't you say that Nizam al-Mulk was Persian, even the siassat nameh book is an old book in Persian language??

[@tigerdelta]

@javadnazari8428 We are First Muslim, then after that comes our ethnicity....By the way, nazariz used to hate Nizam ul Mulk

[@Alborzhakimi7010]

@@tigerdelta who is "we"? You certainly do not speak for any historical or contemporary Iranian, whether they be Muslim or of any other creed. Iranian Muslims do not agree with the concept of putting religion before all, including one's own identity; and for good reason, usually the Muslims who support this type of thinking are from countries whose histories only go back to the colonial era, when the British decided to draw their borders on a map before pulling out of the Middle East. Most Middle Eastern / Muslim countries are like that, but Iran, which was formed 2500 years ago, is not like that. Pan Islamism as a concept has no supporters in Iran, and it never did.
If you were to go and tell Nizam-ol-Mulk that you have a right to speak for him simply because you are also Muslim, he would most certainly laugh at you. Nizam ol Mulk was first an Iranian, and if you read his book you would know that he paid great attention to his nations Pre-Islamic history, which was very esteemed for him and his contemporaries. In his Siyasat-Nameh, he used Persian Pre-Islamic Kings of the Sassanid Empire as role models for the newly converted Muslim Seljuq Sultans. Islamically, these kings are Jahil and would have no wisdom to offer, but Nizam ol Mulk did not think that way, nor did any Muslim Iranian.