Doquz Khatun

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Doquz Khatun
Hulagu Khan, founder of the Ilkhanate.[1]

Life

Doquz Khatun was a granddaughter of the Keraite khan

Siege of Baghdad (1258), the Mongols massacred tens of thousands of inhabitants, but through the influence of Doquz, the Christians were spared.[3]

Doquz Khatun was an Assyrian Christian in the Church of the East, and is often mentioned as a great benefactor of the Christian faith. When Mongol envoys were sent to Europe, they also tried to use Doquz's Christianity to their advantage, by claiming that Mongol princesses such as Doquz and her aunt Sorghaghtani Beki were daughters of the legendary Prester John.[4]

Doquz Khatun was a supporter of her step-son

Stepanos Orbelian later claimed that she was poisoned by Shams al-Din Juvayni.[5]

Hulagu and Doquz Khatun in a Syriac Bible

See also

References

  1. ^ Runciman 1987, p. 299.
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  3. ^ Runciman 1987, p. 303.
  4. ^ Jackson 2014, p. 175.
  5. ^ a b "DOKUZ ḴĀTŪN – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  6. ^ Mazzola, Marianna (2018-06-25). "Bar 'Ebroyo's Ecclesiastical History : writing Church History in the 13th century Middle East": 413. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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