Khadija Arslan Khatun ( fa, ) was a Seljuk princess, sister of sultan Alp Arslan (r.1063–1072) and Aunt of sultan Malik Shah (r. 1072–1092). She was a royal consort of Abbasid caliph Al-Qaim ( r. 1031–1075), and then a consort of

Kakuyid The Kakuyids (also called Kakwayhids, Kakuwayhids or Kakuyah) ( fa, آل کاکویه) were a Shia Muslim dynasty of Daylamite origin that held power in western Persia, Jibal and Kurdistan (c. 1008–c. 1051). They later became ''atabegs'' (g ...

ruler

Ali ibn Faramurz ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

(r. 1070–1095). She was the daughter of

Chaghri Beg Abu Suleiman Dawud Chaghri Beg ibn Mikail, widely known simply as Chaghri Beg (989–1060), ''Da'ud b. Mika'il b. Saljuq'', also spelled Chaghri, was the co-ruler of the early Seljuk Empire. The name ''Chaghri'' is Turkic (Çağrı in modern Turk ...

, co-ruler of

Seljuk dynasty The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

, and sister of Alp Arslan. She married the Abbasid Caliph Al-Qaim in 1056 AD and their marriage contract was read by an officiant named Rais al-Rusa. She soon became the mother of the Caliph's son, Muhammad Dhakirat. Her uncle,

Tughril Abu Talib Muhammad Tughril ibn Mika'il ( fa, ابوطالب محمد تغریل بن میکائیل), better known as Tughril (; also spelled Toghril), was a Turkmen"The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

, requested her husband to give his daughter, Sayidah, in marriage to him but her uncle died before her husband could make a decision. According to some scholars, her husband declined the proposal of her uncle upon which her uncle requested her husband to send Khatun back and she was sent back to her father's house. She complained about the complete abandonment of her husband to her uncle upon which he took her on a trip from Baghdad to the uplands (most probably

Baneh Baneh ( fa, بانه, Bāneh, ku, بانە, translit=Bane) is a city and capital of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, in Iran's western border. Baneh is bordered by Saqqez to the east, Marivan to the south, Sardasht to the west, and is approxim ...

) in order to cheer her up. Upon the death of her husband in 1075, she married

, ruler of the Kakuyids dynasty. As the queen of the Kakuyids dynasty, she used to conduct two communal meals every day, one for nobility and another for the general public, undertook many charitable and pious works and commissioned the construction of a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

and minaret at Durda in

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...

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