Döndü Hatun

Tandu Khatun or Tindu Khatun was a Jalayirid princess and sovereign of the Jalairid Sultanate in Iraq in 1411–1419.

Background Her parentage is uncertain. According to Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi, she was the daughter of Shaikh Awais Jalayir of the Jalairid Sultanate in Iraq. Another author, Shabankara'i, presented her as the daughter of Hasan Bozorg and Dilshad Khatun. While most of the Medieval authors such as Al-Maqrizi and Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, as well as modern authors like Eduard von Zambaur (1866-1947), Mehmet Zihni (1845-1913) and Bahriye Üçok believed her to be the daughter of Shaikh Hussain Jalayir.

Marriages

Barquq According to Shabankara'i, she was first married to Sayf ad-Din Barquq of the Egyptian Mamluk sultanate in 1393. The marriage was arranged by his uncle Ahmad Jalayir as an alliance between Iraq and Egypt against Timur. The marriage was arranged during a journey she made with her uncle to Cairo, when Barquq was allegedly astonished by her beauty and asked for her hand, and when her uncle returned to Iraq, she remained, while Egypt sent support of the Egyptian armies to assist Iraq against Timur. However, he was killed on his wedding night. According Tarikh al-Ghiyathi, it was Tandu who ordered the murder. ) and Uvais II (r. 1415–1421