High Middle Ages · Central Asia · Politics
1063
Nizam al-Mulk becomes Seljuk vizier
1063
The Persian statesman began his three-decade career running the Seljuk empire for Alp Arslan and then Malik Shah. His Siyasatnama, a book of statecraft studded with historical anecdotes, would become the classic Persian manual of government. He founded madrasas from Baghdad to Merv to train loyal Sunni officials. His administrative genius held together an empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the borders of India.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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