At-Turtushi
Abu Bakr al-Turtushi
11th and 12th-century Andalusian Muslim jurist and political theorist
'Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi (Arabic: ابو بكر محمد بن الوليد الطرطوشي) (1059 – 1126 CE; 451 AH – 520 AH ), better known as At-Turtushi was one of the most prominent Andalusian political philosophers of the twelfth century. His book Kitāb Sirāj al-Mulūk (The Lamp of Kings) was one of the most important works of political theory to be produced in the medieval Islamic world. At-Turtushi was also an accomplished jurist in the Maliki school.