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Qutlugh Khatun

قطلغ خاتون

Qutlugh Khatun, widow of Qutb al-Din Muhammad of the Qutlugh khans; she ruled Kirman from 655 to 681 under Ilkhanid suzerainty — her son Hajjaj the nominal ruler between 660 and 700 — among the most famous women to hold sovereign rule in the Mongol age.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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Qutlugh Khatun, widow of Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Khanat Qutlugh. She ruled Kirman from 655 to 681 AH, in obedience to the Ilkhanids, and her son Hajjaj was the official ruler between 660 and 700 AH. Hasan Ibrahim Hasan counts her among the most famous queens who ruled independently in the Mongol era. 1 See the Qutlughkhanids of Kirman.

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Qutlugh-Khanids of Kirman

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Baraq Hajib Qutlugh Khan· Qutlugh-Khanids of Kirman

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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Baraq Hajib Qutlugh Khan

Baraq Hajib Qutlugh Khan; a Qara-Khitai commander in Khwarazmshah Muhammad's service who took Kirman in 619, serving as Jalal al-Din Mingburnu's lieutenant until he sought independence in 623 by calling the Mongols against him — when Jalal al-Din marched, Baraq shut himself in a castle and wrote 'I am the purchased slave; when I heard of your coming I emptied the land for you' — and his Qutlugh-Khanid line held Kirman to about 703.