Scientific description of the manuscripts of the treatise "Risala fi-s Siyasа" of Abu Nasr al-Farabi

The article provides a scientific description of the manuscripts treatise Second Teacher AbuNasr al-Farabi (260 AH/870 – 339 AH/950) "Risala fi-s Siyasa" (السیاسة في رسالة/ (Treatise on politics/. Italso information about discovery preserved under differentnames in libraries and archives world their collection, publication research anddates copying.The first edition was published two issues (No. 14, 15, 1901) journal"Al-Mashriq" (Al-MACHRIQ "المشرق ,("which started to be at beginning twentiethcentury. manuscript edited by then editor-in-chief journal, scholarLuis Scheiкo (1859-1927).During writing article, were used materials from "Eastern Library" (Beirut), BibliotecaApostolica Vaticana (Vatican), Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, Ayasofya, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi(Turkey), sources rare funds Egyptian National Library (Dar al-Kutub al- Misriya)and Institute Arabic Manuscripts. In based cardinal changes thedomastic Farabi studies recent years (to form new directions study al-Farabi's heritage, todetermine scientist's works, collect found translate themfrom original republish, define terms, draw conclusions etc.) methodswere such as historical-comparative, historical-typological, chronological, hermeneutic, sourcestudy textological.Key words: heritage Al-Farabi, manuscript, description, archive, source study.