At a glance
- Roles
- royal
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Arslan Khatun, daughter of the caliph al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah — one of the most famous political marriages of the age. In 454 Sultan Tughril Beg sought her hand; the matter was long drawn out until she reached the caliphal palace on 8 Jumada al-Ula with 'Amid al-Mulk Abu Nasr and the qadi of Rayy, the dower and trousseau in their train; the caliph delayed the surrender until 'Amid al-Mulk pressed it to the contract witnessed by himself and the qadi. She was escorted to the Sultan on Monday night 15 Safar 455 with a pavilion pitched from the Tigris to the palace; the Sultan entered, kissed the ground and left without intimacy — she neither rose for him nor lifted her veil nor saw him — and he sent her two splendid necklaces and a red ruby; he was seventy when he married her. 2
Before the marriage
In 451, when al-Basasiri held the caliph's harem captive, she sent with 'Amid al-Mulk to her exiled father twelve large pearls, asking that he take them as prayer beads. 3
Connections
- Child of
- al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir
- Spouse of
- طغرل بك
People and things also explored
The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad· Marriage of the caliph's daughter to Tughrul Beg· The return of al-Qa'im from Haditha to Baghdad· The marriage of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah to Tughril Beg's sister· Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad· Investiture of Tughril as King of the East and West by Caliph al-Qa'im· The death of al-Qadir and the accession of al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah, 422· The diwan manifesto impugning the Ubaydid genealogy
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.549,560-562
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.560-562; shadharat-dhahab p.302-303
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.549
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Arslan Khatun, daughter of al-Qa'im”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/arslan-khatun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.