Khadija Arslan Khatun

Khadija Arslan Khatun (Persian: خدیجه ارسلان خاتون) was a Seljuk princess, sister of sultan Alp Arslan (r.1063–1072) and Aunt of sultan Malik-Shah I (r. 1072–1092). She was a royal consort of Abbasid caliph Al-Qaim (r. 1031–1075), and then a consort of Kakuyid ruler Ali ibn Faramurz (r. 1070–1095).

Khadija Arslan Khatun خدیجه ارسلان خاتون
Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Tenure	1056 – 2 April 1075
Died	Yazd, Iran
Burial	Yazd
Spouse	Al-Qa'im (from 1056 until his death in 1075) Ali ibn Faramurz (from 1075/76 until her death)
Names Khadija Arslan Khatun Dawud Chaghri Beg Era name and dates Later Abbasid era: 11th century
Dynasty	Seljuk
Father	Dawud Chaghri Beg
Religion	Sunni Islam

She was the daughter of Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of Seljuk dynasty, and sister of Alp Arslan.^[1][2]

She married the Abbasid Caliph Al-Qaim^[1] in 1056 AD^[3] and their marriage contract was read by an officiant named Rais al-Rusa.^[4]

Her uncle, Tughril, requested her husband to give his daughter, Sayidah, in marriage to him but her uncle died before her husband could make a decision.^[5][4] According to some scholars, her husband declined the proposal of her uncle upon which her uncle requested her husband to send Khatun back and she was sent back to her father's house.^[1][6] She complained about the complete abandonment of her husband to her uncle upon which he took her on a trip from Baghdad to the uplands (most probably Baneh) in order to cheer her up.^[7]

Upon the death of her husband in 1075, she married Ali ibn Faramurz, ruler of the Kakuyids dynasty.^[8][9] As the queen of the Kakuyids dynasty, she used to conduct two communal meals every day, one for nobility and another for the general public,^[10] undertook many charitable and pious works and commissioned the construction of a mosque and minaret at Durda in Yazd.^[11]

See also

• Sifri Khatun