The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran: The Age of Khatuns and Atabegs

@article{ElAzhari2019TheSF,
  title={The Seljuqs from Syria to Iran: The Age of Khatuns and Atabegs},
  author={Taef Kamal El-Azhari},
  journal={Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257},
  year={2019},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219872073}
}
  • T. El-Azhari
  • Published in Queens, Eunuchs and… 1 August 2019
  • History
  • Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257
In this chapter one examines the major change took place under the Turkmen Seljuqs coming from Mongolia to the Middle East. They introduced the unique post of atabeg or (father-prince) to keep their military Turkmen identity. However, Turkish princess were essential to such post to succeed as the sultan divorce one of his wives and marry her to a loyal commander to bring up one of his sons and groom him for future kingship. In fact, what it meant to be an element of preserving the Turkmen… 
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