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Doquz Khatun (also spelled Dokuz Khatun) (d. 1265) was a 13th-century princess of the Keraites who was married to Hulagu Khan, founder of the Ilkhanate. [1]
Dec 15, 1995 · 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.
- Lady(Khatun)Doquz: One of Manypowerful Christianmongolian Queens
- Lady (Khatun) Doquz Saves The Christians of Persia
- Queens Who Ruled After Their Husband’S Death
- Missionary Queens
Though most of us have heard of Genghis Khan sweeping over Asia, eventually conquering the land from China to Hungary, we have probably never heard that the queens of this conquering family were Christians. Despite these women being little known today, they held great power and respect since the beginning of the Mongol empire!1Explorers, church emi...
These queens took their faith and their position seriously. 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. Historian ...
This pattern of Mongol queens leading, protecting, and saving the minority Christian population continued into the next generation. Lady (Khatun) Qutui immediately followed Lady (Khatun) Doquz, both in leadership and Eastern Christian faith. She married Lady (Khatun)Doquz’s son, Abaqa Khan, and after he died, she largely ruled the kingdom due to he...
The Western church recognized in these women the same potential as the early European Christian queens who used their relationships and influence in royal courts to spread Christianity throughout Europe.12Just as Pope Gregory the Great honored Queen Bertha’s request that missionaries be sent to Kent, resulting in the baptism of her pagan husband an...
Specific interventions by Doquz Khatun into political affairs are recorded in two Arabic sources. They mention that an Ayyubid prince went to Hülegü’s court to present his father’s submission to the Mongols. Doquz Khatun offered the prince the chance to stay with her and become
This study examines in detail the biographical entry of an Ilkhanid (the Mongol state centred in Iran) princess, El Qutlugh Khatun daughter of Abagha Ilkhan (r. 1265–82), in the biographical dictionaries of the Mamluk author Khalīl ibn Aybeg al-Ṣafadī (d. 1363).
- Yoni Brack
- 2011
Sep 27, 2019 · 10. Maria was betrothed to Hulegu, but when she arrived in Tabriz, the Ilkhan had already died so she married Abaqa, his son and successor. Maria succeeded Doquz Khatun as the spiritual leader of the Ilkhanid Mongols and was known as Despina Khatun.
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