Absh Khatun
Absh Khatun (ابش خاتون) was a Queen of Persia from 1263 to 1287. Her mother was Bibi Khatun.
She married Manku Timur and resided in Urdu, capital of the Ilkhanate. Her father-in-law, Khan Hulägu, sent Absh to Shiraz to reign in 1263.
When Absh returned to Shiraz there was great celebration and coins were struck in her name.[1] She was the last sovereign of the Atabek dynasty.[2]
References
- ↑ Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality. "Absh Khatun". Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer (1999). Women rulers throughout the ages: an illustrated guide. Santa Barbara, California: ABL-CIO. ISBN 1-57607-091-3.
Further reading
- Mernissi, Fatima. The Forgotten Queens of Islam. Mary Jo Lakeland. Minneapolis:University of Minnesota Press, 1993. p. 104.
- Uçok Un, Badriye. Al-nisa’ al-hakimat fi tarikh. Trans. I. Daquqi. Baghdad:Matba’a al-Sa’dun, 1973. pp. 101ff.
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