In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The Book of Statecraft

Now then, may God grant well-being to the Commander of the Faithful, and may He support him over the community of those who seek Him, and may He preserve him in the care of the affairs of the Muslims. I am, in compliance with his order and adhering to the boundaries he set for the research of the Book of Statecraft in the management of the kingdom, known as the Sirr al-Asrar Secret of Secrets, which was composed by the excellent philosopher Aristotle, son of Nicomachus the Wise, for the enthronement of Alexander the King great, son of Philip the Macedonian, known as Dhu al-Qarnayn The Two-Horned One, when he was year