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PART TWO
XL. On shewing mercy to the creatures of God and restoring all the affairs and customs of the state to proper order. On the subject of titles
XLI. On not giving two appointments to one man on giving posts to unemployed and not leaving them destitute on giving appointment to men of orthodox faith and sufficient merit and not employing men of perverse sects and evil doctrines keeping the latter at a distance
XLII. On the subject of those who wear the veil. Concerning underlings
XLIII. Exposing the facts about heretics who are enemies of state and of Islam
XLIV. On the revolt of Mazdak, the doctrines of his sect, and the circumstances of his death at he hands of Nushirwan The Just
XLV. On the revolt of Sinbad the Magian and the rising of the Khurramdins
XLVI. On the rising of the Qarmatis (Carmathians) and Batinis in Kuhistan, Iraq, and Khurasan
In Khurasan and Transoxiana, in Syria and the West, in Heart and Ghur, in Khurasan and Transoxiana, in Khuzistan and Basra, in Bahrain and al-Ahsa.
XLVII. On the rising of the Khurramdins in Isfahan and Adharbaygan. On the revolt of Babak.
XLVIII. Concerning treasuries and the procedures and arrangements for looking after them
XLIX. On dealing with complainants giving answers and dispensing justice
L. On keeping account the revenue of the provinces and the method of doing it.

First of all Nizam al-Mulk composed this book ex tempore in thirty nine chapters and delivered it to Sultan Malikshah. Then he revised it, and because of the anxiety that was in his mind on account of this dynasty he added another eleven chapters, and in each chapter he set forth what was relevant to it. At the time of his departure he gave the book to me. Then after the calamity that happened to him on the road to Baghdad, when the Batinis revolted and people suffered harm, I did not dare to publish the book until the present time, when justice and Islam have gained strength from the everlasting reign of The Master of the World (may God almighty preserve this dynasty in perpetuity until the resurrection-through His grace and favour.