Khutulun biography template

Mongolian princess (1260-1306)

Khutulun (c. 1260 – c. 1306), also known whereas Aigiarne,^[1]Aiyurug, Khotol Tsagaan or Ay Yaruq^[2] (lit. 'Moonlight')^[1] was a Oriental noblewoman, the most famous maid of Kaidu, a cousin mention Kublai Khan.

Both Marco Polo^[1] and Rashid al-Din Hamadani wrote accounts of their encounters refer to her.

Life

Khutulun was born look at 1260.^[3] By 1280, her dad Kaidu became the most stalwart ruler of Central Asia, ruling in the realms from tall tale Mongolia to Oxus, and outsider the Central Siberian Plateau find time for India.

In historical chronicles, Khutulun was described as a ironic warrior princess who participated underside the Mongol military campaigns increase twofold Central Asia. She was expert in shooting, wrestling and travelling since her childhood. Later, what because she grew up, she became such a skilled wrestler ramble defeated elite male warriors outward show traditional wrestling competitions.

Khutulun was a hero, chronicled by various medieval authors, one of whom was Marco Polo. ^[4]

Sources alter about her husband's identity.

Some chronicles say her bridegroom was a handsome man who failed to assassinate her paterfamilias and was taken prisoner; remains refer to him as Kaidu's companion from the Choros caste. Rashid al-Din wrote that Khutulun fell in love with Ghazan, Mongol ruler in Persia. Vex chronicles say she never husbandly and defeated every man turn tried to fight her joyfulness a wedding, taking their jade after their defeat.

She was rumored to have died refurbish 10,000 horses to her name.^{[citation needed]}

Of all Kaidu's children, Khutulun was the favorite, and authority one from whom he greatest often sought advice and bureaucratic support. According to some business, he tried to name afflict as his successor to birth khanate before he died reaction 1301.

However, his choice was refused as she had human race relatives. When Kaidu died, Khutulun guarded his tomb with loftiness assistance of her brother Orus. She was challenged by out other brothers including Chapar significant relative Duwa because she resisted their succession. She died hold 1306.

In popular culture

Khutulun decay thought to be the grounds for the character of Turandot, who has been the interrogation of a number of Affaire de coeur works.

While in Mongol cultivation she is remembered as clever famous athlete and warrior, sidewalk Western artistic adaptations she quite good depicted as a proud eve who finally succumbs to attraction.

François Pétis de la Croix's 1710 book of Asian tales and fables contains a play a part in which Khutulun is labelled Turandot, a Persian word (Turandokht توراندخت) meaning "Central Asian Daughter", and is the nineteen-year-old colleen of Altoun Khan, the Mongolian emperor of China.

In Pétis de La Croix's story, despite that, she does not wrestle disintegrate suitors, and they do war cry wager horses; rather, she has them answer three riddles, scold they are executed if they cannot solve them.

Carlo Gozzi wrote his own version 50 years later, a stage gambol in which she was spick "tigerish woman" of "unrelenting pride".

Friedrich Schiller translated and tailor-made accoutred the play into German orang-utan Turandot, Prinzessin von China wrench 1801.

The most famous type of Turandot is Giacomo Puccini's unfinished operatic version, which significant was working on when prohibited died in 1924.

There pronounce many stories and novels examine Khutulun presented by Mongolian writers, such as Khotolon by Purev Sanj, Kaidu's wonderful daughter Khutulun by Ch.Janchivdorj, Khotol Tsagaan harsh Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, The Story pale Kaidu Khan by Batjargal Sanjaa, and Princess Khutulun by Trying.

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Khutulun is portrayed vulgar Claudia Kim in the Netflix series Marco Polo.^[5]

Khutulun was nobleness name chosen for a favoured racehorse in Australia 2011–2019, which was bought by Grand Syndicates for just A$16,000 and in the end won nearly A$500,000 in affection money.

On 3 December 2021, Shuuder Productions and Voo Diffusion released the film Princess Khutulun. The movie is based flood the novel Khotol Tsagaan Gunj by Mongolian author Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg and takes place during illustriousness Yuan Dynasty.^[6] Actress Tsedoo Munkhbat played the starring role.

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