Baghdad Khatun was the empress consort of the Ilkhanate as the wife of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan.
10 Facts About Baghdad Khatun
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Baghdad Khatun was the daughter of Emir Chupan, who was the leading Mongol amir of the Ilkhanid period.
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Baghdad Khatun had four full brothers Hasan, Demasq Kaja, Timurtash and Shaikh Mahmoud.
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In 1323, Baghdad Khatun married Amir Shaikh Hasan Buzurg, the son of Amir Husayn Kurkan, the son of Amir Aq Buqa Jalayir.
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In 1325 Abu Sa'id, aged twenty, fell in love with Baghdad Khatun and wanted to marry her, although she was married to Shaikh Hasan.
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Baghdad Khatun requested her hand from her father Chupan through intermediaries.
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Baghdad Khatun sent his daughter and son-in-law to Qarabagh and Abu Sa'id to Baghdad for the winter.
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Baghdad Khatun became very effective in political matters with vizier Giyath al-Din Mahmud Rashidi.
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Baghdad Khatun had managed to gain respectful treatment of her stepmother Sati Beg Khatun and Sati's son Surgan.
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Baghdad Khatun lost her power and authority to a great extent.