Analysis of the development of diplomacy in the early Islamic civilization

Diplomacy is the conduct of international relations through dialogue and peace. While diplomacy differed in terms of practice in various parts of the world in the Early Ages, its purposes were usually conveying the news, fulfilling the marriage contract, signing treaties or collecting the dead in war. One of the diplomacy applied in the form of ad hoc in the First Age was Hz. Muhammad's diplomacy. It is Islamic diplomacy that forms the basis of 14 centuries of Islamic culture practiced by Muhammad and his friends. This diplomacy was formed with the letters and envoys sent by Muhammad during the period of Mecca and Medina. A different diplomacy was created by synthesizing Arab usage and some diplomatic practices that the Arabs had in the pre-Islamic period with Islamic diplomacy. After Muhammad, Islamic diplomacy did not change much during the period of the four caliphs. The foundations of Islamic diplomacy that was initiated with the Prophet Muhammad was continued successfully in this process via treaties and mutual dialogue. In our thesis entitled "Analysis of the Development of Diplomacy in Early Islamic Civilization", which we briefly mentioned above, Islamic diplomacy, which was founded with Muhammad, will be evaluated through diplomatic correspondence, treaties/agrements and mutual envoys, including the four caliphs period. This Islamic diplomacy will be compared and analyzed with the diplomacy practiced in other parts of the world as of the same period. Keywords: Islamic Diplomacy, Islam, Diplomacy, Early Islamic Civilization, Islamic Civilization, Ancient Diplomacy