Nâsır-Lidînillâh Dönemi Abbâsî Vezirleri (575-622/1180-1225).

al-Nāsır-Lidīn Allāh (575-622/1180-1225), who remained on the throne for the longest time among Abbāsīd caliphs, pursued a policy aiming to recognize the Abbāsīds as the sovereign state by whole Muslims in his forty-five years lasted reign. To achieve this goal, he removed Iraqī Seljuks' dominance (511-590/1118-1194) and adopted a balancing behavior towards Khwārazmshāhs (490-628/1097-1231). He also tried to converge different political and confessional groups within the Abbāsīd community. As a part of the politics followed by al-Nāsır, knowing the relations of the viziers with the caliph and other high-level statesmen and their activities will provide a better understanding of the goals that al-Nāsır wanted to achieve. Sixteen appointments were repeatedly made to the vizierate during this period. However, only Ibn Yūnus, Ibn Hadīda, Ibn al-Qassāb and Ibn Mahdī were appointed as a vizier, while other eight people were appointed by proxy (nāib al-wazīr). Therefore, it is thought that it would be more appropriate to investigate these four principal viziers who are assumed to be more influential in the state administration than others. That is why this study scrutinizes the training of viziers, the roles they undertook at the state administration, their appointment and dismissal processes, their relations with the caliph and other officials by chronological order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]