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The Saljuq-nama was written by Ẓāhir al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī and finished by the accession of Sultan Toghrul III. According to the Persian historian Najm al-Din Muhammad ibn Ali Rawandi, who used it to write the Rahat al-sudur, it was written around 1175. Later Abu l-Qasim Qashani made alterations and additions to the original text. It has been acknowledged as the primary source for Saljuq material for Persian works dating from 13th century to 15th century, which include; Rahat al-sudur, Jami al-tawarikh, Tarik-i Guzida, Zubdat al-tawarikh and Rawdat al-safa.

The Saljuq-nama is weak concerning the history of the sultans prior to Toghrul III since, as noted by Claude Cahen, that Nishapuri had, "..relatively poor sources at his disposal for the Seljuqs before his own lifetime...". Being of a complicated textual history, it first appears as the historical part of a compendium known as Rahat al-sudur. A later version appears in the 14th century compendium of histories known as Jami al-tawarikh, which was compiled by Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah, vizier of the Ilkhanids of Iran.