Summary View

Country

France

City

Paris

Institution

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Collection

Manuscrits Persans

Shelfmark

Supplément Persan 1553

Contents

Tārīkh-i Āl-i Saljūq (Anonymous historian of Konya)

Author

Anonymous historian of Konya

Show other names

Anonymous historian of Konya, fl. 14th century (authorised)

(variant)

Biographical notes

It is believed that the original author of the anonymous history of the Seljuqs might have been active in Konya (Turkey) around the year 1290 [1290 CE]. The information provided in his work suggests that he was connected to or member of one of the Anatolian urban fraternities (akhīs) which gave him good access to the chronology of events in the city of Konya (Turkey). Later additions were made in note form during the 14th century [1300-1399 CE].

Title

Tārīkh-i Āl-i Saljūq

تاريخ آل سلجوق

Notes

A history of the Saljuqs of Rūm from the origin of the dynasty until the end of the reign of ‘Alá al-Dīn Kaykubād II, Sultan of the Seljuks, r. 1249–1257

The last folio includes some references to event that occurred in Konya (Turkey) and Syria until 741 AH [1341-1342 CE].

This is the only known manuscript of this work and has a praise for Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn, Sulṭān of Egypt and Syria, 1285-1341 reflecting a new political alignment of the Chronicle towards the Mamluks after the collapse of the Ilkhanate in 1335 [1335 CE].

Composed in Konya (Turkey) in not after 763 [-1361 CE]

Dedicated to ‘Alá al-Dīn Kaykubād II, Sultan of the Seljuks, r. 1249–1257

Main language of text

Persian

Bibliography

Editions

Anonymous, and Nādirah Jalālī. Tārīkh-i Āl-i Saljūq dar Ānāṭūlī. Tehran: Daftar-i Nashr-i Mīrās̲-i Maktūb, Āyinah-ʼi Mīrās̲, 1999.

Anonymous, . Tārīkh-i Āl-i Saljūq dar Anāṭulī. Edited by Jalālī, Nadira. Tehran: 1999.

Anonymous, Muḥammad Jawād. Aḵhbār-i Saljūqī-yi Rūm. Edited by Mashkur, . Tehran: 1971.

Translations

Anonymous, . Anonim Selçukname. Translated by Coşkuner, Fahrettin and H. İbrahim Gök. Istanbul: 2014.

Anonymous, . Histoire des Seldjoukides d'Asie Mineure par un anonyme: Depuis l'origine de la dynastie jusqu'à la fin du règne de Sultan Alâ-ed-Din Keikoubad IV(?) fils de Soleimanshah 765/1364. Edited by Nâfiz Uzluk, Feridun. Ankara: Anadolu Selçukluları Devleti Tarihi, 1952. (facsimile and Turkish translation)

Studies

Melville, Charles. "The Early Persian Historiography of Anatolia." In History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East: Studies in Honor of John E. Woods. Pfeiffer, Judith, ed. Wiesbaden: 2006, 135-66.-135-66..

Catalogue

Blochet, Edgar. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1905-34, 440.

Physical Description

Number of folios

47 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 16cm, height 23cm

History

Place

Anatolia

Date of copy

Second half of the 14th century