L’art de gouverner sous les Omeyyades : Présentation et traduction de l’épître de ʿAbd al‑Ḥamīd pour conseiller le prince héritier (Risāla fī naṣīḥat waliyy al‑ʿahd)

This article is a presentation and a partial translation of one of the earliest epistles dealing with the art of governing in Islam. This epistle was written by ʿAbd al‑Ḥamīd b. Yaḥyā al‑Kātib, “the secretary”, at the request of the last Umayyad caliph, Marwān b. Muḥammad (126‑132/744‑750) for the p