Nizam al-Mulk

Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ali Tusi, better known by his honorific title of Nizam ul-Mulk was a Persian scholar, jurist, political philosopher and Vizier of the Seljuk Empire. Rising from a low position within the empire, he became the de facto ruler of the empire for 20 years after the assassination of Sultan Alp Arslan in 1072, serving as the archetypal "good vizier". Viewed by many historians as "the most important statesman in Islamic history", the policies implemented by Nizam ul-Mulk would go on to remain as the basic foundation for administrative state structures in the Muslim world up until the 20th century.

10 April 1018

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