Reformist Approach in the Political Thought of Ibn al-Moqaffa.

Ibn al-Moqaffa, an Iranian thinker and reformer lived in the era when people suffered from tyranny. He had well realized the root of people's problem which he attributed to the political regime. He was the one who believed that the progress of common men depends on the progress of nobles and their progress is not possible without their leader's progress. The society in those days was in desperate need of a reformer who could remove the diversion and discover a right and healthy way of life. He taking into account his own personality based on Iranian and Islamic culture, followed a realist approach in which he noted people's problems and through criticism turned the attention of rulers so that they could bring justice and good to the people. Ibn Moqaffa, in his political writings, relied on critique and saw it as a means for reformation. His main goal was the social welfare but that made the ruling class furious. Although, Moqaffa failed to improve the rulers, his reform process gradually succeeded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]