List of Letters of Nahj al-balagha

The Index of the Letters of Nahj al-Balagha refers to the entire collection of letters written by Imam Ali (a), which he generally addressed to government officials, military commanders, and tax collectors. These letters primarily address matters of governance and how government agents should interact with the people.

This section of Nahj al-Balagha consists of seventy-nine parts, including twelve testaments, recommendations, and circular letters, two decrees, one supplication, one covenant, and sixty-three written letters.

The letter to Imam al-Hasan (a), the letter containing the instructions to Malik al-Ashtar, and the letter to 'Uthman ibn Hunayf are among the most famous letters of Nahj al-Balagha.

• The list of letters is as follows:

1. To people of Kufa upon going out of Medina toward Basra
2. To the people of Kufa after the victory of Basra
3. To Shurayh, his judge
4. To one of the officers of his army
5. To al-Ash'ath b. Qays
6. To Mu'awiya
7. To Mu'awiya
8. To Jarir b. 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, upon sending him to Mu'awiya
9. To Mu'awiya
10. To Mu'awiya
11. Given to the army sent to confront the enemy.
12. To Ma'qil b. Qays
13. To two of the officers in his army
14. To his soldiers before confronting the enemy in the Battle of Siffin
15. When he faced an enemy
16. Upon the commencement of the battle
17. In reply to a letter from Mu'awiya
18. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
19. To one of his agents
20. To Ziyad, governor of Basra
21. To Ziyad
22. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
23. His advice a little before his martyrdom
24. His will about his property
25. To one of his officers whom he sent for the collection of zakat
26. To one of his officers of collecting zakat
27. To Muhammad b. Abi Bakr
28. To Mu'awiya
29. To the People of Basra
30. To Mu'awiya
31. To his son, Imam al-Hasan (a)
32. To Mu'awiya
33. To Qutham b. al-'Abbas
34. To Muhammad b. Abi Bakr
35. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
36. To 'Aqil b. Abi Talib
37. To Muawiyah
38. To the people of Egypt
39. To 'Amr b. al-'As
40. To one of his agents
41. To one of his agents
42. To 'Umar b. Abu Salama al-Makhzumi
43. To Masqala b. Hubayra
44. To Ziyad, informing him of Mu'awiya's plot
45. To 'Uthman b. Hunayf
46. To one of his governors
47. Will to his children
48. To Mu'awiya
49. To Mu'awiya
50. To commanders of his army
51. To his collectors of tax
52. To the governors of cities
53. To Malik al-Ashtar
54. To Talha and al-Zubayr
55. To Mu'awiya
56. To Shurayh b. Hani
57. To the people of Kufa
58. To the people of various cities about the battle of Siffin
59. To Aswad b. Qutayba
60. To the officers through whose jurisdiction the army passed
61. To Kumayl b. Ziyad
62. To the people of Egypt on the appointment of Malik al-Ashtar
63. To Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
64. To Mu'awiya
65. To Mu'awiya
66. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
67. To Qutham b. al-'Abbas
68. To Salman al-Farsi
69. To al-Harith al-Hamdani
70. To Sahl b. Hunayf
71. To Mundhir b. Jarud
72. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
73. To Mu'awiya
74. A treaty between Rabi'a tribe and Yemen
75. To Mu'awiya
76. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
77. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
78. To Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
79. To commanders of the army

References

• The material for this article is mainly taken from فهرست نامه‌های نهج البلاغه in Farsi Wikishia.