A source written in period of Anatolid Seljukids: Qadi Ahmad of Niğde's al-Walad al-Shafiq wa al-Hafid al-Khaliq

We have a few local historical sources concerning the process of the conquest and then occupation of Anatolia by Anatolid Seljukids. With the exception of definite knowledges in Enîsü?l-Kulûb, written in verse by Kadı Burhaneddin Anevî in 608/1211, and in the concise work Tarih-i Âl-i Selçuk der Anatoli written by an anonymous author approximately in 765/1364, what is left related to Anatolid Seljukids is two native detailed historical sources: firstly, el-Evâmirü?l-Alâiyye fi?l-Umûri?l-Alâiyye (Selçuk-nâme) written by Nasıruddin Hüseyin b. Muhammed, wellknown as İbn Bibi, in 680/1282, and secondly, Kerimüddin Aksarayî?s Müsâmeretü?l-Ahbâr ve Müsâyeretü?l-Ahyâr (Tezkire-i Aksarâyî) written in 723/1323. Also among too few historical sources in question is the work as a concise history of Islam el-Veledü?ş-Şefîk ve?l-Hâfidü?l-Halîk written by Niğdeli Kadı Ahmed in 733/1333, and ?informations given about religious and social history? in the work, as put by the late M. F. Köprülü, differentiates it from the othersWith and by way of our thesis, the text which is single copy of the work at the moment, registered in the Library of Süleymaniye, Fatih Section No: 4518, has been corrected and edited and presented for the benefit of mass. Inspired from informations in Persian text, we have tried to make some partial evaluations and interpretations about the work, its author and its period.In this context, in Introduction, it is dealt with the history of the period and the tradition of Persian historiography in that we easily know the time and the ground in which it was written down, and also evaluations and interpretations made till now about the work are stressed. First Chapter tells Kadı Ahmet?s life and work by following the trails of knowledges given in the work. In the Second Chapter, we have translated certain parts of the work which are regarded as important by us into Turkish. Beside, the original Persian text in its edited versiyon is submitted as the second volume.