Mongolia/China: Chabi, wife of Khubilai ( Shizu) (right) and Taji, wife of Darmabala ( Shunzong, the father of Qaishan and Ayurbarvada) (left). Paint and ink on silk album portraits by Araniko (1244-1306), 14th century. Khatun (Persian; Turkish: Hatun) is a female title of nobility and equivalent to male 'khan' prominently used in the First Turkish Empire and in the subsequent Mongol Empire. It is equivalent to queen or empress.

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