The great Seljuk administrator Nizam al-Mulk (1018-1092) wrote a book giving guidelines for kings, the Siyasatnama. Among the counsels he gives is: Certainly a king should know that on the Day of Judgement he will be asked to answer for all those of Gods creatures who are under his command...so it behoves the king not to leave this important matter to anyone else, and not to disregard the state of Gods creatures.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:54:00 +0000