bstract: This study aims to analyze an ancient historical political document presenting a high standard ruling state with an advanced administrative system in the early Islamic history, dating back to the third century AH (the period of the Imam al-Salt bin Malik’s rule in 237 AH/851 AD). The covenant was written by the Imam al Salt bin Malik who was elected by Ahlu al Hall wa al A’qd (the members of the Parliament). The reader can understand and be able to relate to some of the contents of this document, particularly the part concerned with the issue of governments’ likely corruption. The scope of the paper is focused on the preventive commandments included in the covenant and are meant to protect the government and the public employees from committing administrative corruption. The study relied on both the historical approach, and the critical one. It is divided into two sections: the first section introduces the era of the Imam al- Salt bin Malik, and the second section analyses the preventive commandments included in the covenant in order to protect the Islamic government from administrative corruption. One of the most crucial findings of this study is that it reflects an advanced level of political maturity in the administrative and political practices of the early Islamic State
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