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https://irs-az.com/new/files/2019/265/3073.pdf
Considering the issue on women’s role in the medieval history of the Azerbaijani state allows making a conclusion that women have always held a special place in Azerbaijan’s political history. These in-cluded diplomats, warriors politicians and poetesses, as well as ordinary personalities who carried out grand pa-latial schemes, which at times altered or influenced the course of history to some extent.Most prominent figures:The ten most prominent female personalities in the national history and culture would probably include, among others, Momine Khatun, Inanj Khatun, Malika Jalaliyye, Sara Khatun, Tajlu Begim, Peri Khan Khatun (Shah Ismail’s daughter), Peri Khan Khanim (Shah Tahmasib’s daughter), Hajar Khanim, as well as poetess-es Mahsati Ganjavi and Khurshidbanu Natavan.
1. Momine Khatun (Eldiguzid wife of Atabeg of Naxcivan, 12th century)
2. Inanj Khatun (wife of the Seljuk Amir of Ray in Northern Iran)
3. Malika Jalaliyye
4. Sara Khatun (Turkoman from Bayindir-clan, diplomat and mother of Aq Qoyunlu leader Uzun Hassan, 15th century)
5. Tajlu Begum "Shah Begi-Khanum" (Turkoman princess and principal wife of Shah Ismail the Shah of the Iranian Safavid Empire, Mother of Shah Tahmasp, 15-16th century)
6. Pari Khan Soltan (Daughter of Shah Ismail and Tajlu Begum)
7. Pari Khan Khanum (Daughter of Shah Tahmasp and his Circassian consort)
8. Hajar Khanum
9. Mahsati Ganjavi (Persian poeteess from Ganja, Azerbaijan, 11th century)
10. Khurshidbanu Natavan (Turkish and Persian poetess, daughter of Mehdigoli Khan Javanshir, the last ruler of the Karabkah Khanate from the Turkoman Afshar-clan)
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