Ibn Muqla and his administrative and political role in the Abbasid era

Abstract

      Ibn Muqla was considered one of the administrative, political and even literary figures in the Abbasid era, as he was a brilliant calligrapher and a distinguished writer, which qualified him to innovate in administrative and political matters, which made him ready to take administrative positions later, such as the bureaus and the ministry, and since he was in contact with the ruling authority and knows what it is, he was nominated for the position of the ministry in  Rabi’ al-Akhir in the year 315 AH, when the ministry was drawn up to him, then he collided with a group of rivals for him, which led to the first ministry stripping him of everything despite his political and administrative role that he was playing.  Eventually burning his house and removing him from his position.  Until he was later able to take over the ministry for the second and third time, and in both of the three ministries, and the three ministries permeated a political role through which he was able to write his name among the ministers who held positions in the Abbasid Caliphate, which ended after that he was removed from his position and stripped of everything until he died and his wife asked for his body to bury him in his hom   This is due to the weakness of the Abbasid state at the time.