Measurement and Ranking of National Power of Muslim Countries

National power consists of tangible and intangible capabilities that exist within the realm of a geographical unit called state. The measurement of national power for the purpose of ranking of the sates in international geopolitical system and its comparison with other countries has always been a concern of political geographers, political scientists and scholars of international relations. Hence several multivariable and single-variable methods have been invented to measure the power of countries. Attempts have been made in the present paper to review the existing measures and also measure the national power of Muslim states on the basis of nine economic, political, military, special, extraterritorial, territorial, scientific, technological, social and cultural elements. Also after ranking the Muslim states on the basis of their political, social, economic power, the rank of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been compared with those of the Muslim states. Finally, a three-tier power model has been depicted to identify the status of Muslim states.