The Methodology and Resources of Ibn al-Sayrafi al-Misri in the Book of Indication to Those Who Attained the Ministry

Abstract

This study dealt with the historical methodology of Ibn al-Sayrafi al-Misri (d. 550 AH) in his book (Al-Isharah ila Man Nal al-Wizara) through a biography of him and showing the description of the book and the series that he followed in writing this book when he was in charge of the Diwan al-Insha in the Fatimid state and shedding light on On the most important ministers who were his contemporaries during the period of his holding that position, as well as the caliphs who assumed political power during that period of time since the establishment of the Fatimid state in Egypt, and the historical events that accompanied each of them, and the names of the ministers during the reign of each of the caliphs, and he indicated the year of the minister’s assumption of the position and the year of his abdication of the position and the reasons for that abdication from the matter.