Mongolia/China: An unnamed wife of Gegeen Khan (r. 1320-1323), 9th Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the 5th Yuan Emperor Yingzong. Paint and ink on silk album portrait, 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.


Size: 3687px × 4779px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
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