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'''Ibn Bibi''' is author of the primary source for the history of the [[Seljuk Sultanate of |
'''Ibn Bibi''' is author of the primary source for the history of the [[Seljuk Sultanate of Rum|Seljuq Sultanate of Rum]] during the 13th century.<ref>Bartusis, Mark C., ''The late Byzantine army: arms and society, 1204-1453'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992), 263.</ref> He served as head of the chancellery of the Sultanate in [[Konya]] and reported on contemporary events. |
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Ibn Bibi’s father, a native of [[Gorgan]], lived for a time at the court of the [[Mingburnu|Jalal al-Din Kwarezmshah]] and later worked at the Seljuq chancellery. His mother was a famous astrologer from [[Nishapur]] invited to Konya by [[Kayqubad I]]. The family was part of an exodus of Persian intellectuals from [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]]-dominated [[Iran]]. |
Ibn Bibi’s father, a native of [[Gorgan]], lived for a time at the court of the [[Mingburnu|Jalal al-Din Kwarezmshah]] and later worked at the Seljuq chancellery. His mother was a famous astrologer from [[Nishapur]] invited to Konya by [[Kayqubad I]]. The family was part of an exodus of Persian intellectuals from [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]]-dominated [[Iran]]. |
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*Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz, “Ibn Bībī” ''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'' (Oxford University Press 1991), v. 2, p. 973. |
*Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz, “Ibn Bībī” ''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'' (Oxford University Press 1991), v. 2, p. 973. |
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Revision as of 08:55, 13 July 2011
Ibn Bibi is author of the primary source for the history of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum during the 13th century.[1] He served as head of the chancellery of the Sultanate in Konya and reported on contemporary events.
Ibn Bibi’s father, a native of Gorgan, lived for a time at the court of the Jalal al-Din Kwarezmshah and later worked at the Seljuq chancellery. His mother was a famous astrologer from Nishapur invited to Konya by Kayqubad I. The family was part of an exodus of Persian intellectuals from Mongol-dominated Iran.
Ibn Bibi’s memoir is written in Persian and covers the period between 1192 and 1280.[2] A single manuscript, produced for Kaykhusraw III, survives in Istanbul (Aya Sofya 2985). An abridged Persian version called Mukhtaṣar was produced during the author's lifetime in 1284-85. An Ottoman Turkish adaptation, sometimes called the Seljukname, is included in the Oğuzname of the early 15th century court historian Yazicioğlu Ali. Several manuscripts of the latter survive in Ankara, Berlin, Istanbul, Leiden, St Petersburg, Moscow, and Paris.
H.W. Duda supplies the definitive text with a German translation in his Die Seltschukengeschichte des Ibn Bībī (Copenhagen 1959). A facsimile of Aya Sofya 2985 with an introduction by A.S. Erzi is published as El-Evāmirü'l-'Alā'iyye fī'l-Umuri'l-'Ala'iyye, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınlarından I. Seri, no. 4a (Ankara, 1957).
References
Sources
- H.W. Duda, “Ibn Bībī” Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. by P. Bearman, et al. (Brill 2007).
- Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz, “Ibn Bībī” Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford University Press 1991), v. 2, p. 973.