1. Safwat al-Din Khatun, otherwise known as Padishah Khatun, was the ruler of Kirman from 1292 until 1295 as a member of the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty in Persia and a poet in Persian language.
13 Facts About Padishah Khatun
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Padishah Khatun was granted the household of Abaqa's late mother Yesunjin.
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Padishah Khatun was instrumental in strengthening the rule of her mother Kutlugh Turkan and was her supporter against her siblings Muzaffar al-Din Hajjaj and Suyurghatmish.
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Padishah Khatun did not leave for Kerman after Abaqa's death in 1282, choosing to stay in court and live with her mother until her death in 1283.
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Padishah Khatun obtained to co-rule Kirman due to her influence on Arghun in 1284.
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Padishah Khatun demanded to be given the rule of Kirman as her personal fief, which her spouse agreed to.
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Padishah Khatun was granted the rule of Yazd and Shabankara.
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Padishah Khatun even meddled in Ormus politics, replacing Rukn al-Din Masud with Sayf al-Din Ayaz as the prince.
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Padishah Khatun was immediately imprisoned on orders of Kurdujin Khatun and Shah Alam - Suyurghatmish's widow and daughter.
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Padishah Khatun was buried in Gubba-i Sabz Mausoleum as her mother during reign of Muzaffar al-Din Mohammad.
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Padishah Khatun earned mention in the travel diary of Venetian traveler, Marco Polo, a contemporary of Padishah Khatun.
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Padishah Khatun left handful amount of Persian poetry under the pseudonym Lala Khatun and Hasanshah.
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Padishah Khatun described herself as "the child of a mighty Sultan and the fruit of the garden that is the heart of the Turks" in of her poems.