Seljuki Khatun Explained

Seljuki Khatun
سلجوقي خاتون
Succession:Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Reign:1186 – 1188
Reign-Type:Tenure
Birth Place:Konya, Sultanate of Rum, (now part of Turkey)
Death Date:1188 (584 AH)
Death Place:Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial Place:Baghdad
Full Name:Seljuki Khatun bint Kilij Arslan
Era Name:Later Abbasid era
Era Dates:12th century
Spouse:Al-Nasir
Issue-Type:Children
Dynasty:Rumi Seljuk[1]
Father:Kilij Arslan II
Religion:Sunni Islam

Seljuki Khatun (Arabic: سلجوقي خاتون) or Saljuqi Khatun was a Seljuk[2] Turkish princess of Rum, daughter of sultan Kilij Arslan II and wife of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir.

Biography

Seljuki Khatun was a daughter of sultan of Rum, Kilij Arslan II. She had eleven brothers,including future sultan Kaykhusraw I, and two older sisters. She spent her childhood at her father's court in Konya.

She married caliph al-Nasir in 1186. Right after her betrothal to him, he sent an escort to bring her to Baghdad, consummated the marriage, and gave her priceless jewels and gifts.

Seljuki died two years later in 1188. Caliph al-Nasir was so grief-stricken at her passing that he could not eat or drink for days. For many years her house was left just as it was, with all of its draperies and furnishings intact; it was never opened, nor was anything ever taken from it.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Neiberg. Michael S.. Michael S. Neiberg. Warfare in World History. 2002. Routledge. 9781134583423. 19–20.
  2. Book: Harris. Jonathan. Byzantium and the Crusades. 2014. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781780937366. 39–45.