چکیده:
Tughrul's victory in Dandanaqan in 431 AH marks the beginning of the Seljuk period in Iran. An era whose peak was formed by the ten-year reign of Alp Arslan (455-65 AH) and the twenty-year reign of his son, Malikshah (465-85 AH). Of course, this thirty-year period of unity should also be called the era of the minister Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk. He was a wise advisor to the Seljuk sultans, encouraging his Turkish benefactors to act according to Iranian traditions such as absolute kingship, and in his book, the Siyasatnama, he not only theorized about the method of governance but also hoped to provide a precise plan and model according to which the eastern empire would be built. The present article aims to examine the issue of gender, like many human and social phenomena, within the cultural system of a society. In this historical research, the book Siyasatnama, a text from the late 5th century AH, has been selected as representing the cultural system of Iranian society during the period under discussion. After introducing the society and that era, by describing the content of the text and categorizing the arguments presented by the author, we will analyze the phenomenon of gender and power in the thought of Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk. Through this research, we find that the ideas of the great Seljuk minister about women are more influenced by ancient Iranian traditions than the spirit and laws of Islam.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Gender and Power in Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk's Siyasatnama Fatemeh Pira∗ Tughrul's victory in Dandanaqan in 431 AH marks the beginning of the Seljuk period in Iran.
ir Article Received: 2008/06/14 Acceptance Date: 2008/09/20 The integration of thought and action in Nizam al-Mulk's intellectual order leads to an examination of the position of women in the thought of this statesman of the Seljuk period.
He was a wise advisor to the Seljuk sultans, who encouraged his Turkish benefactors to act according to the Iranian tradition, like absolute kingship, and in his book, the Siyasatnama, he not only theorized about the method of governance (Lindsay 2, 2005: 21-20) but also hoped to provide a precise plan and model according to which to build the Eastern Empire.
After describing the historical context of the Iranian order that was considered the ideal situation for governance in Khwaja’s thought, we will now look at how personal experience and the political thought of Nizam al-Mulk influenced the position and rank he assigned to women.
The Necessity of Preserving Governmental Authority with the Motivation of Creating a Powerful Great State In general, Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk, according to Iranian traditions, believed in establishing a large and absolute kingdom, and therefore the model of governance of powerful kings such as Mahmud of Ghazna has been proposed in the Siyasatnama.
In this patriarchal system, preserving the authority of men has been of special importance, to the point that Nizam al-Mulk explicitly praised powerful men like Alexander who subdued women.
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