Iranian-Islamic City through Economic views and urban activities of Nizam al-Mulk

Current cities have faced many problems due to the complexity of urban living. Issues that can't be solved only by relying on contemporary and Western ideas, therefore, producing theoretical literature based on Islamic and Iranian ideas is very important. An analysis of the activities and attitudes of Muslim thinkers is one of the most important sources that could help researchers to investigate Iranian-Islamic thought. Nizam al-Mulk was one of the most influential political elites and Seljuk Minister. His thoughts in the Siyāsatnāmeh are the solution to issues in various aspects of urban life. The purpose of this article is to study the ideas of Nizam al-Mulk for the interpretation of the Iranian-Islamic city. Therefore, using content and text analysis and exploratory-descriptive method by utilization of documents and resources, his views are interpreted in various physical, political-managerial, economic and socio-cultural aspects. The findings show that the Iranian-Islamic city, according to Nizam al-Mulk views, is a developed, safe, just, powerful, productive and knowledge city.