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Ibn Bibi was aPersian^[1] historiographer and the author of the primary source for the history of theSeljuq Sultanate of Rum during the 13th century.^[2] He served as head of the chancellery of the Sultanate inKonya and reported on contemporary events. His best known book isSelçukname.

Ibn Bibi’s father, a native ofGorgan, lived for a time at the court of theJalal al-Din Kwarezmshah and later worked at the Seljuq chancellery.^{[citation needed]} His mother,Bi Bi Monajemeh Nishaburi, was a famous astrologer fromNishapur invited to Konya byKayqubad I.^{[citation needed]} The family was part of an exodus of Persian intellectuals fromMongol-dominatedIran.^{[citation needed]}

Ibn Bibi’s memoir is written inPersian and covers the period between 1192 and 1280.^[3] A single manuscript, produced forKaykhusraw III, survives inIstanbul (Aya Sofya 2985). An abridged Persian version calledMukhtaṣar was produced during the author's lifetime in 1284-85. AnOttoman Turkish adaptation, sometimes called theSeljukname, is included in theOğuzname of the early 15th century court historianYazicioğlu Ali. Several manuscripts of the latter survive inAnkara,Berlin,Istanbul,Leiden,St Petersburg,Moscow, andParis.^{[citation needed]}

H.W. Duda supplies the definitive text with a German translation in hisDie Seltschukengeschichte des Ibn Bībī (Copenhagen 1959).A facsimile of Aya Sofya 2985 with an introduction by A.S. Erzi is published asEl-Evāmirü'l-'Alā'iyye fī'l-Umuri'l-'Ala'iyye, Türk Tarih Kurumu Publications I, Serial No: 4a (Ankara, 1957).^{[citation needed]}

• 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.

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