University Of Tehran Press Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers 2538-5240 12 1 2022 03 21 Iranian-Islamic City through Economic views and urban activities of Nizam al-Mulk Iranian-Islamic City through Economic views and urban activities of Nizam al-Mulk 31 48 87253 10.22059/jstmt.2022.294453.1320 FA HamidReza Saremi Associaate Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Azadeh Jalali PhD Student of Urban planning and Design, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 03 24 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. 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. https://jstmt.ut.ac.ir/article_87253_712effab06761e8d09b68a9af524ee54.pdf