Ibn Ri∙wān MālaÎi (d. 784 A.H) and His Political Thought

The book Al-Shuhub al-Lāmi`a fī al-Siyāsat al-Nafia is about the manner of governance, and the ways of ruling, written by Abdollah Ibn Yousef Ibn Ridwan Malaki that was the secretary and the scriber in the Marinid court. The book was required by the Sultan Abu salim Ibrahim Ibn Hassan Al-Marini. The thought of Ibn Ridwan is a political domination that is based on social justice by Sultan. The book has been written in four chapters: Introduction, introducing the book Al-Shuhub al-Lāmi`a fī al-Siyāsat al-Nafia,The Political Thought of Ibn Ri∙wānand its Originality. This is a survey of his thoughts about the Sultan and domination, its sources and originality. This paper shows that Ibn Ridwan's ideas were not originally structured and his book is based on the works of ýTurtushi and Mawardi as well as other thinkers.