Ravendi?s Râhatü?s-Sudûr and Ayetü?s-Sürûr as a Siyasetname

Rahatü?s-Sudûr and Âyetü?s-Sürûr written by Ravendi is one of the basic resources about the history of the Great Seljuq and Irak Seljuq State. Due to the author of it lived both at the last of period of Irak Seljuqs and also served high duties to the Seljuq Emperors, the work is precious especially for the events in the period of weakening and declining of Irak Seljuqs. The work is not only a book in which historical events are told but also, because of the managerial, social and moral information given under several topics and between the lines, has a rich content. In this view, if the content of the work is checked it is possible to see clearly that it is not only a history book. Moreover, the verses, proverbs and stories presented the ones who are busy with management and politics give the work richness and the character of a certificate of politics.Ravendi, takes such a wide range of topics such as the qualities of the leaders and the statesmen, entertainment councils and the art of calligraphy and poetry, the temporariness of wordly life and the reality of the life after death. Consequently, such wideness gives us the chance to evaluate the book on differ-ent aspects. When we focus of the topics of the book, we can see that it can be named a ?Siyasetname ? Book of Politics?. On this thesis, we focused on politi-cal side of it and tried to show the qualities which made us think so. While de-fining the content of our thesis, we have not just included the topics the author defined, except from them, we have collected the author?s opinions about an issue and and have combined them to under a new title. Therefore, we also re-vealed the content of richness of the book.Key words: Ravendi, Siyasetname, Seljuq Empire, Ruler.