The Bases of Political Geography from Islam point of view with emphasizing on Nahj-al-balaghe

Following the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet (P. B. U. H.) political method، Nahj-al-balaghe is the foundation of political philosophy، which has provided an insightful strategies in the governance and policy. Imam Ali (P. B. U. H.) in many sermons and letters of this book، in addition to clarifying the type of epistemology، ontology and philosophical approach to the world، Points to the policy and manages the society and also the country from various points. Since every political system in the world has an ideological framework، therefore ideologies have an important role in the way of organizing political space as the most important task of political geography. The present study was conducted using descriptive analytical method، seeking to identify the origins of political geography in Nahj-al-balaghe and defining the framework of geopolitics from Imam Ali (PBUH) point of view. The results show that the philosophical approach of Imam Ali’s (P. B. U. H.) is a realistic one، and dominant explanations of him are causal and also conclusive، and the type of governance structure from Islam and Imam''s point of view is a decentralized comprehensive one.