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Nizam al-Mulk appointed vizier of the Seljuk Empire
After Malik-Shah I acceded in 1072, the famous statesman Nizam al-Mulk (Hasan ibn Ali al-Tusi) continued as imperial vizier, his vizierate having beg…
Timeline
- 1072Isfahan · IranAfter acceding, Malik-Shah continued to employ Nizam al-Mulk as chief vizier of the empire (he had been appointed by Alp Arslan around 1064), granting him full administrative authority until his assassination in 1092.
- 1072–1075Isfahan · IranNizam al-Mulk reorganized the central and local bureaucracies, regularized the iqta (fief) system, reformed fiscal and military administration, and began planning the construction of Nizamiyya religious colleges across the empire.
Sources
- Siyasatnama (The Book of Government) — Nizam al-Mulk (1091)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Nizam al-Mulk — H. Bowen (1993) https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/