The position of governor and government in Rozat al-anwar Abbasi and its influence from Farabis thought

ABSTRACT:"Rozat al-anwar Abbasi" is one of the most outstanding ethical works that has been written about practical politics and in continuing the customs of Persian policy writing in Shah Abbas II period.Owner of this work is "Mulla Mohammad Bagher Sabzawari", Imam Jomeh and the great Sheikh al-Islam in Safavid era, who compiled his work in continuing historical series of created works in the field of practical philosophy."Urban policy" as a part of practical philosophy and of course in conformity with Islamic law constitutes the main part of Rozat al-anwar. The main goal of the present study is explaining the status of "governor" as the main character in political system of Rozat al-anwar and investigating that to what extent the researcher Sabzawari has influenced from Farabiʹs thought in this field. Evaluating the amount of the researcherʹs influence from Farabiʹs in associating with governorʹs characteristics, assists us to prove this problem that whether the researcher Sabzawari, followed his predecessors especially Farabi, has intended to drawa utopia or not?