Khatun ( Persian خاتون - Kh ātūn , Tur . Hatun , Tat. Khatyn , Mong. Hatan ) - women's title, similar to the men's title " khan ", widely used in the Turkic Kaganate , the Mongol Empire and the Ottoman Empire . Approximately corresponds to Western titles “ empress ”, “ queen ”, “ queen ”.
Like many other titles that have become widespread in the Turkic-Mongolian world, the title "Khatun" comes from another (Indo-European) language group, and has a Sogdian origin [1] [2] [3] .
Before the penetration of Islam into Central Asia, the title "Khatun" was worn by the Queen of Bukhara . According to the Encyclopedia of Islam: [2]
 | Khatun is a title of Sogdian origin worn by the wives and relatives of the [khans] of Ashin and subsequent Turkic rulers. |  |
After the creation in the Ottoman Empire of the title valid (mother of the Sultan) so-called concubines.
See also
- Khan
- Hanum
Notes
- ↑ Carter Vaughn Findley, Turks in World History, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 45: “... In the Turkic state structure, many elements of non-Turkic origin were used [...] as, for example, in the case of“ Khatun ”[...] or“ Bek ”[...] titles, both terms are of Sogdian origin and are still widely used in Turkish language ... "
- ↑ 1 2 Fatima Mernissi , “The Forgotten Queens of Islam”, University of Minnesota Press, 1993. pg 21: “...“ Khatun “is a title of Sogdian origin, worn by wives and relatives ... of subsequent Turkic rulers ...”
- ↑ Leslie P. Peirce, “The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire,” Oxford University Press, 1993. pg 312: “... For the Khatun title see: Boyle. "Khatun", 1933., according to it, the title is of Sogdian origin worn by wives and relatives of various Turkic rulers ... "
Literature
- Abdülkadir Özcan. Hatun // Islam Ansiklopedisi. - İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 1997. - Vol. 16. - P. 499-500.