An unnamed wife of Gegeen Khan,9th Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the 5th Yuan Emperor Yingzong. Paint and ink on silk.
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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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Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group