The administrative system of the Buyids and the Seljuks A comparative study

Research in administrative systems is one of the most important issues in the life of societies, the establishment of governments and their consolidation, as some researchers have dealt with this issue, but not in detail, but implicitly.Therefore, the present study on the administrative system of the Buyids and the Seljuks is considered as a comparative study. To this end, we have focused the discussion on explaining the administrative system of the Buyids and Seljuks, government positions and duties, administrative bureaucracy, the degree of Conformity of the administrative system of the two governments and explaining the similarities and differences between them. The present study has used the historical-analytical method to reveal the results in administrative systems and to know how to use them. And the most important findings of the present article in the field of similarities and differences are: The two governments have had a common goal since the early days of government; Reaching the center of the Abbasid Caliphate and controlling it. The Buyids and the Seljuks shared in naming the caliphs in sermons and minting coins and beating drums (informing) and pursuing marriage (with the caliphs) as a political goal, which included approaching the Abbasid caliphate to dominate and legitimize them. To their government and on the other hand to have a share of the caliphate through lineage (daughters( But the views of the Buyids and the Seljuks on the Abbasid rule were different; The Buyid dynasty considered the Abbasids to be the usurpers of the caliphate and considered it the right of the Alawites, unlike the Seljuks who considered the Abbasid caliph to be the owner of a great religious government and spiritual source, and they themselves were the religion of the caliphs. The Seljuks created many administrative posts and government jobs, including Atabek, which did not exist among the Buyids. In the ministry. The dominant system was that of a minister for Amir al-Buwayh and a scribe for the caliph who assisted him in managing affairs. But the Seljuk system was different, with one minister for the caliph and one minister for the King. Regarding the judiciary, it should be said that in the time of Al-Buwayh, it was independent of the government and the government did not interfere in it. But in the Seljuk era, it was considered the heritage of the Abbasid caliphs. Another difference is that the Scholars did not organize the Buyids because they were Shiites, but in the Seljuk era, the Scholars approached them because they were Sunnis.The most important suggestions of the present study: Focus on paving the way for more historical studies that deal with the administrative system in the Buwayhid, Seljuk and other Islamic periods. To encourage future generations to study the management system in pre-Islamic periods and compare it with the era of systems in the current era of development. Of course, it is not based on creating a unified and successful vision, but on building societies and governments, because successful governance is the basis for progress and the establishment and end of corrupt ways of governing.