Sifri Khatun

Sifri Khatun was a Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Alp Arslan (r. 1063–1072), sister of Malik-Shah I (r. 1072–1092) and the first wife of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadi (r. 1075–1094).

Biography One of Alp Arslan's wives in the Seljuk harem was Safariyya Khatun. She had a daughter, Sifri Khatun. Her mother, Safariyya died in Isfahan in 1073–4. This second marriage also proved beneficial to al-Muqtadi's political power as it made al-Muqtadi both the brother-in-law and son-in-law of Malik-Shah.

Even though Sifri Khatun remained as the first wife of al-Muqtadi, she didn't remain influential, as her niece Mah-i-Mulk Khatun was the daughter of the ruling Seljuk sultan.