What is Absh Khatun?
'''Absh Khatun''' was a Queen of [[Persia]] from 1263 to 1287. Her mother was Bibi Khatun. She married Manku Timur and lived in [[Urdu]], capital of the [[Ilkhanate]]. Her father-in-law, [[Hulagu Khan|Khan Hulägu]], sent Absh to [[Shiraz]] to rule in 1263. When Absh returned to Shiraz the people were happy. Coins were made in her name.<ref>{{cite web|author=Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality|title=Absh Khatun|url=http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/absh_khatun/|access-date=6 May 2011|archive-date=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810040347/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/absh_khatun/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the last ruler of the [[Atabek]] dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|author= Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer|title=Women rulers throughout the ages: an illustrated guide|url= https://archive.org/details/womenrulersthrou0000jack|year=1999|isbn=1-57607-091-3|publisher=ABL-CIO|location=Santa Barbara, California}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==More books== * Mernissi, Fatima. The Forgotten Queens of Islam. Mary Jo Lakeland. Minneapolis:University of Minnesota Press, 1993. p.&nbsp;104. * Uçok Un, Badriye. Al-nisa’ al-hakimat fi tarikh. Trans. I. Daquqi. Baghdad:Matba’a al-Sa’dun, 1973. pp.&nbsp;101ff. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Absh Khatun}} [[Category:13th-century births]] [[Category:1280s deaths]] [[Category:Iranian royalty]]