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Doquz Khatun was a granddaughter of the Keraite khan Toghrul, through his son Uyku or Abaqu. [2] She was given to Tolui at first following the demise of her grandfather. After his death in 1232, she was wed to Hulagu, his step-son in levirate marriage. She was known to accompany Hulagu on campaigns. At the Siege of Baghdad (1258), the Mongols ...
Dec 15, 1995 · DOKUZ ḴĀTŪN. DOKUZ (DOQUZ) ḴĀTŪN (d. 29 Šaʿbān 663/16 June 1265), chief wife of the Il-khan Hülegü (Hūlāgū; 654-63/1256-65) and granddaughter of Wang (Ong) Khan, leader of the Nestorian Christian Kereyit (Karāyet) tribe domiciled near present-day Ulan Bator. After Wang Khan’s defeat by the future Čengīz Khan in 1203 she was ...
19 For Hülegü's wife, Doquz Khatun, and her successful interference on behalf of several figures at the Ilkhanid court, see Lambton, p. 290; Melville, Charles, “ Dokuz (Doquz) Kātūn,” Elr, vol. 7 (1996), pp. 475 – 476 Google Scholar; Shai Shir, “‘The Chief Wife’ at the Courts of the Mongol Khans during the Mongol World Empire ...
- Yoni Brack
- 2011
May 20, 2022 · About Yesuncin Khatun, Khereid princess. Doquz Khatun (also spelled Dokuz Khatun) (d. 1265) was a Turkic Kereit princess of the 13th century, who was married to the Mongol ruler Hulagu. Their son Abaqa succeeded Hulagu upon his death. She was known to accompany Hulagu on campaigns.
- Tuluy-Khan, Khan Hulagu Borjigin Dynasty
- 1229
- "Doquz-Todogach Khatun-Kutui Khatun"
- 1265 (35-36)
- The Fall of Bagdad
- The Many Versions of The Caliph’s Death
- The Destruction of Baghdad
- The Destruction of Intellectual Wealth
- References
Hulegu sent messages to his commanders informing them to muster their forces and move on Baghdad. Baiju moved his forces from Rum via Mosul to cover the western side. Ked-Buka advanced from Luristan, a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains. Contingents from the Golden Horde under the command of Batu’s three nephews approached from Kurdis...
Four days later, Al-Musta’sim, soon to be the last Caliph of Baghdad, surrendered. There are various accounts of his surrender. Kirakos of Gandzak account: Al-Musta’sim emerged with his two sons, with all the grandees and much gold, silver, and precious stones as fitting gifts to Hulegu and his nobles. At first (Hulegu) honored him, reproaching him...
Kirakos of Gandzak account: Hulegu then ordered the troops guarding the walls to descend and kill the inhabitants of the city, great and small. (The Mongols) organized as though harvesting a field and cut down countless, numberless multitudes of men, women, and children. For forty days they did not stop. Then they grew weary and stopped killing. Th...
The destruction of Baghdad was one of greatest disasters in human history. While one can elaborate on the great amount of wealth lost, one must not overlook the great amount of intellectual wealth lost, such as art, philosophy and science, all put to torch, along with the library, the learning centers, the hospitals and so forth. But even more prec...
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Nov 4, 2022 · Sorghaghtani’s niece, Lady (Khatun) Doquz stands out for the protections she afforded the Christians in Persia. Her husband Hulagu and son of Sorghaghtani, swept through Western Asia and Persia in a “scorched earth” campaign, ridding Baghdad of people and their cultural heritage.
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fact that Doquz, the most influential khātūn of Iran, had passed away a few months earlier leaving no sons of her own, might have mitigated the further involvement of women in this succession. Abaqa Khan was born of Yesünjin Khatun (d. 1272), who had not accompanied Hülegü to the west, but arrived later on with other khātūns
