Khutulun

Khutulun
Full name
Aigiarne
Native nameAiyurug
BornKhotol Tsagaan
1260 (1260)
Died1306 (aged 45–46)
FamilyOgedai Dynasty
Spouse(s)Kublai Khan
FatherKaidu Khan
OccupationMongolian princess and daughter of Kaidu
Tamgha of Kaidu, House of Ögedei.

Khutulun (c. 1260c. 1306), also known as Aigiarne,[1] Aiyurug, Khotol Tsagaan or Ay Yaruq[2] (lit.'Moonlight')[1] was a Mongol noblewoman, the most famous daughter of Kaidu, a cousin of Kublai Khan. Both Marco Polo[1] and Rashid al-Din Hamadani wrote accounts of their encounters with her.

  1. ^ a b c Polo, Marco (1982). "De la Grande Turchia" . Il Milione. L'Unità – Editori Riuniti.
  2. ^ Bernardini, Michele; Guida, Donatella (2012). I Mongoli. Espansione, Imperi, Eredità. Turin: Einaudi. p. 184. ISBN 978-88-06-20596-6.