Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba
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Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba is a political-administrative treatise by the 8th-century Persian thinker Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, offering advice on governance and the conduct of officials in the early Abbasid period.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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political-administrative treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve efficiency of state administration
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promote just governance ⓘ strengthen caliphal authority ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbasid political centralization
ⓘ
formation of early Abbasid bureaucracy ⓘ |
| author | Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | Abbasid elite circles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Persian-Arabic intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 8th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic governance
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administrative theory ⓘ political thought ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bureaucratic organization
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control and supervision of provincial governors ⓘ fiscal responsibility ⓘ justice in administration ⓘ loyalty of officials to the caliph ⓘ relationship between ruler and officials ⓘ selection of competent administrators ⓘ |
| genre |
advice literature
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mirrors for princes ⓘ |
| hasForm | epistolary treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Abbasid administrative ideology
ⓘ
later Islamic mirrors-for-princes literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Persianate view of Abbasid governance ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Abbasid period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic political thought
ⓘ
Persian advice literature ⓘ Sasanian administrative traditions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Abbasid caliphal court
NERFINISHED
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Abbasid political elites ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
administrative reform
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conduct of officials ⓘ governance ⓘ political ethics ⓘ |
| proposes |
criteria for appointing officials
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guidelines for consultation (shūrā) ⓘ measures against corruption ⓘ methods for monitoring officials ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Treatise on the Companions (Officials) of the Caliph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | 8th-century Persian thinker ⓘ |
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