Seljuki Khatun () or Saljuqi Khatun was a

Seljuk Seljuk (, ''Selcuk'') or Saljuq (, ''Saljūq'') may refer to: * Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia * Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities * S ...

Turkish princess of Rum, daughter of sultan Kilij Arslan II and wife of

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caliph al-Nasir.

Biography

Seljuki Khatun was a daughter of sultan of Rum, Kilij Arslan II. She had eleven brothers,including future sultan

Kaykhusraw I Kaykhusraw I ( or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn Kilij Arslān; ), the eleventh and youngest son of Kilij Arslan II, was Seljuk Sultan of Rûm. He succeeded his father in 1192, but had to fight his brothers for control of the Sultanate, losing t ...

, and two older sisters. She spent her childhood at her father's court in

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. She married caliph al-Nasir () in 1186. Right after her betrothal to him, he sent an escort to bring her to

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, consummated the marriage, and gave her priceless jewels and gifts. Seljuki died two years later in 1188. Caliph al-Nasir was so grief-stricken at her passing that he could not eat or drink for days. For many years her house was left just as it was, with all of its draperies and furnishings intact; it was never opened, nor was anything ever taken from it.

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