Fatimah Khatun

Fatima Khatun (Arabic: فاطمة خاتون; Persian: فاطمه خاتون; died September 1147) was a Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Muhammad I Tapar, sister of sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud and principal wife of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtafi.

Fatima Khatun
Died	September 1147 Baghdad
Spouse	al-Muqtafi
Dynasty	Seljuk
Father	Muhammad I Tapar
Mother	Nistandar Jahan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Fatima's mother was Nistandar Jahan also known ad Sarjahan Khatun. Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud was her full-brother.^[1] After Muhammad's death in 1118, Mengubars, the governor of Iraq, married her mother.^[2][3]

Fatima married caliph al-Muqtafi^[4] in March–April 1137. Her dowry was one hundred thousand dinars. The caliph's vizier, Ali ibn Tirad al-Zaynabi, acted as the representative for the acceptance of the marriage contract, while Kamal al-Din al-Darkazini served as the sultan's agent.^[5] In 1140, her brother married the caliph's daughter Sayyida Zubayda.^[6] According to Ibn-al Jawzi, Fatima could read and write.^[7]

She died in September 1147.^[8]

References

1. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı (2008). Türk dünyası araştırmaları - Issue 173. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. p. 123.
2. Ege Üniversitesi. Edebiyat Fakültesi; Ege Üniversitesi. Tarih Bölümü (2013). Tarih incelemeleri dergisi - Volume 28. Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. p. 197.
3. Lugal, N.; Iqbal, M. (1943). Ahbâr üd-devlet is-Selçukiyye. Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 74.
4. Hanne, Eric J. (2007). Putting the Caliph in His Place: Power, Authority, and the Late Abbasid Caliphate. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-8386-4113-2.
5. Richards, D.S. (2010). The Chronicle of Ibn Al-Athir for the Crusading Period from Al-Kamil Fi'L-Ta'Rikh.: The Years 491-541/1097-1146 the Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response. Crusade texts in translation. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6950-0.
6. Güney, Alime Okumuş (2020-12-29). "Orta Asya Türk-İslâm devletlerinde evlilikler ve evlilik gelenekleri". Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
7. Nashat, G.; Beck, L. (2003). Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800. University of Illinois Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-252-07121-8.
8. al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn Ibn; Richards, Donaod Sidney (2006). The Chronicle of Ibn Al-Athīr for the Crusading Period from Al-Kāmil Fīʼl-taʼrīkh: The years 541-589. Crusade texts in translation. Ashgate. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7546-4078-3.