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Nizam al-Mulk

Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Tusi Nizam al-Mulk (نظام الملك، ابو علي الحسن الطوسي in Arabic; 1018 - 14 October 1092) was the celebrated vizier of the Seljuk Turks. He was born in the town of Tus in Persia and initially he was serving the Ghaznavid sultans. By 1059 he was the chief administrator of the entire Khorasan province. Later, from 1063, he served the Seljuks as vizier and remained in that position throughout the reigns of Alp Arslan (1029-1072) and Malik Shah I (1072-1092).

Aside from his extraordinary influence as as vizier with full authority, he is also well-known for his voluminous treaties on kingship, titled Siyasatnama (The Book of Government) and also for founding systematically a number of schools of higher education in several cities, the famous Nizamiyyah schools, which were named after him. He was assassinated in 1092 near Nahavand, Persia.

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