Padishah Khatun

Padishah Khatun
a 1956 drawing of Padishah Khatun
Ruler of Kirman
Reign1292 – 1295
PredecessorSuyurghatmish
SuccessorKurdujin Khatun
Born1256
Kerman
DiedJune 1295 (aged 38–39)
Kushk Sar, Ilkhanate
Burial
Gubba-i Sabz Mausoleum, Kerman
SpouseAbaqa Khan
Gaykhatu
Names
Safwat al-Din Padishah Khatun
FatherQutb al-Din Mohammad
MotherKutlugh Turkan

Safwat al-Din Khatun (1256–1295 ,Persian: صفوت الدنیا خاتون), otherwise known as Padishah Khatun (Persian: پادشاه خاتون), 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.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Women and Islam". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-23. No woman held religious titles in Islam, but many women held political power, some jointly with their husbands, others independently. The best-known women rulers in the premodern era include ... six Mongol queens, including Kutlugh Khatun (thirteenth century) and her daughter Padishah Khatun of the Kutlugh-Khanid dynasty;
  2. ^ Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer (1999). Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide. ABC-CLIO. p. 319. ISBN 9781576070918. Retrieved 2012-06-23. Padishah Khatun.
  3. ^ Ann K. S. Lambton (1988). Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic, and Social History, 11th-14th Century. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780887061332. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  4. ^ "Padishah Khatun (Safwat al-Din Khatun): 13th Century". Women in World History. Retrieved 2012-06-23.