HamidReza Saremi; Azadeh Jalali
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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 ...
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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.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
mohammad taghavi zavareh; Hamidreza Saremi
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Today, given the development of complex urban problems, the necessity of paying attention to solutions related to Iranian-Islamic cities, in accordance with the cultural, social, political and physical context, seems evident. Meanwhile, studying Muslim thinkers' thoughts can be of importance in finding ...
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Today, given the development of complex urban problems, the necessity of paying attention to solutions related to Iranian-Islamic cities, in accordance with the cultural, social, political and physical context, seems evident. Meanwhile, studying Muslim thinkers' thoughts can be of importance in finding solution to the complexities of the cities. Abu Ali Sina, as a great Muslim scholar, has contributed to the development of urban thoughts considerably. In particular, his concept of Medina of Adela (the city of justice) is innovatory in the realm of theories of urban planning and urban development. The present paper aims to explore Abu Ali Sina's views on urbanization, identifying the characteristics of a desirable city, unfolding dimensions of social life in the urban environment, as well as explaining socio-economic, political, and physical relations in an urban society. The research method in this study is a combination of content analysis, deductive-descriptive methods, as well as causal analysis and meta-analysis. Our findings show that the existence of a healthy urban community requires attention to all aspects of social, economic, political and physical relations, so that these subsystems can be related to each other as a whole and each part affect the other ones systematically.
