Turkan Khatun (Arabic: تركان خاتون) is a Mamluk tomb in Jerusalem.
Location
editTurkan Khatun is located on Tariq Bab al−al-Silsila.[1]
History
editThe inscription at the front reads: "In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate ... ‘Every soul tastes death.’ This tomb was built for the deceased (lit. the martyr) Turkan Khatun, daughter of the Amir Tuqtay b. Saljutay al-Uzbaki, in the year seven hundred and fifty-three [1352-3]."[1] Who Turkan Khatun was, is not certain, but Max van Berchem speculated that she might have been a relative of Muhammad Uzbak, khan of the Golden Horde, whose predecessor (and uncle) was Toqta, which appears to be the same name as that of Turkan's father (under the very variable spelling used).[2]
References
editBibliography
edit- Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pp. 272−276)
- Berchem, van, M. (1920). MIFAO 45.2 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.3 Fasc. 2 Jérusalem Index général. Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pl. LXVIII)
- Bourgoin, J. [in French] (1873). Les Arts arabes. (pl. 2)
- Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. ISBN 090503533X. (pp. 321−324)
- Ünal, Zeynep Gül; Gülhan Kılınç (2009). Turba of Turkan Khātūn. Istanbul. ISBN 978-92-9063-190-3.
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