Nizam al-Mulk: Book of Government; or, Rules for Kings

Further Reading

Articles

• Bosworth, C. E. “The Heritage of Rulership in Early Islamic Iran and the Search for Dynastic Connections with the Past.” Iran 11 (1973): 51–62.
• Lambton, Ann K. S. “Justice in the Medieval Persian Theory of Kingship.” Studia Islamica 17 (1962): 91–119.
• ———. “Quis custodiet custodes: Some Reflections on the Persian Theory of Government.” Studia Islamica 5 (1955): 125–148; 6 (1956): 125–146.

Books

• Engineer, Asgharali. Theory and Practise of the Islamic State. Lahore, Pakistan: Vanguard Books, 1985.
• Lambton, Ann K. S. State and Government in Medieval Islam. London: Oxford University Press, 1981.
• ———. Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic, and Social History, 11th–14th Century. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.

Web Sites

• “Nizam al-Mulk.” The Encyclopedia of Islam. Islamic Philosophy Web site. http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei2/nizam.htm.