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9-475: The site was formerly only known from the descriptions of the contemporary historian Ibn Bibi , who wrote that toward the end of his reign, Kayqubad himself drew up plans for the palace and assigned responsibility for its completion to his vizier Sa'd al-Din Köpek . The palace remains were discovered in 1949 and subsequently excavated, first in the 1960s by German archaeologist Katharina Otto-Dorn and more recently by

18-538: A team from Ankara University led by Rüçhan Arık. The complex comprises sixteen buildings, including two palaces, the larger of which is known as the Great Palace and measures fifty by thirty-five metres. Among its features are a game park and a small wooden dockyard that replicates the Tersane at Alanya . The Great Palace is an asymmetrical structure incorporating a courtyard, guest rooms, a harem and eyvan . It

27-509: Is published as El-Evāmirü'l-'Alā'iyye fī'l-Umuri'l-'Ala'iyye , Türk Tarih Kurumu Publications I, Serial No: 4a (Ankara, 1957). This article about an Iranian writer or poet is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . el-Ev%C3%A2mir%C3%BC%27l-Al%C3%A2iyye fi%27l-um%C3%BBri%27l-Al%C3%A2iyye Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

36-419: Is remarkable for its ornate figural tiles, and its innovative layout, modeled on the caravansarai , reflects a break with the traditional pavilion structure that characterised earlier palaces. Kubadabad Palace is unusual for a Seljuq palace in that its location is so far from a fortified town, in contrast to palaces at Konya and Kayseri . Protection seems to have been provided by a fortress complex located on

45-477: The Roman theater at Aspendos , which Kayqubad had converted into a palace. The subjects of the tiles include humans, and animals both real and fantastic. Of particular interest are two tiles thought to show a portrait of the sultan and another showing a double-headed eagle inscribed "al-sultān." The same symbols appear on other works sponsored by Kayqubad, such as the city walls of Konya. Ibn Bibi Ibn Bibi

54-622: The Seljuq chancellery. His mother, Bi Bi Monajemeh Nishaburi , 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. A single manuscript, produced for Kaykhusraw III , survives in Istanbul (Aya Sofya 2985). An abridged Persian version called Mukhtaṣar

63-493: The nearby island of Kız Kalesi. Other ruins in the area include the important Hittite site of Eflatunpınar . Excavations at Kubadabad Palace uncovered a magnificent series of polychrome ceramic tiles now held in Konya's Karatay Museum . Painted with an underglaze of blue, purple, turquoise and green, the series consists of white, star-shaped figural panels alternating with turquoise crosses. Similar tiling has also been found on

72-697: Was a Persian historiographer and the author of the primary source for the history of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum during the 13th century. He served as head of the chancellery of the Sultanate in Konya and reported on contemporary events. His best known book is Selçukname . 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

81-699: 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

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