The Journal of Gumushane University Faculty of Divinity

Abstract

Regarding Islamic Political Thought, it is widely known that politicsbooks are the most fundamental works that can be seen. Intellectuals have put forward their investigations, determinations and suggestions on issues such as the state, the ruler, politics and society through the politicsbooks they wrote. Thus, these people had the opportunity to participate in Islamic Political Thought. In this direction, even intellectuals whose field of expertise is not political science have the desire to write works on politics. One of these people is Seâlibî, who is considered to be an expert in the Arabic language and literature. He has become a part of the tradition of politicsbooks with his work named Âdâbü'l-Mülûk. Seâlibî wrote his work by quoting to support his ideas instead of directly expressing his ideas about the structure of politics. While making these quotations, he was not limited to the fundamental sources of Islam and important Islamic elders. The variety of references from the verses of the Qur'an and the hadiths of the Prophet to the words of Greek philosophers, Byzantine and Sassanid rulers also reveals Sealibi's idea of the political tradition. The conclusion reached as a result of the study is that Sealibi bases his thought on religious, political and philosophical authorities and deals with the sources of Islamic Political Thought broadly by referring to different political traditions in the pre-Islamic period.