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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- Ruler
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
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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Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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islam.museum contributors. “Qutlugh Khatun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qutlugh-khatun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.