Terken Khatun (wife of Malik-Shah I)

Terken Khatun
Chief consort of the Seljuk Sultan
Tenure15 December 1072 – 19 November 1092
Regent of the Seljuk Empire
Tenure19 November 1092 – 1094
Bornc. 1053
Kara-Khanid Khanate
DiedSeptember–October 1094 (aged 3839)
Isfahan, Seljuk Empire
SpouseMalik-Shah I
Issue
HouseKarakhanid (by birth)
Seljuk (by marriage)
FatherTamghach Khan Ibrahim
ReligionSunni Islam

Terken Khatun (Persian: ترکان خاتون; also Turkan Khatun or Tarkhan Khatun; c. 1053 – September–October 1094) was the first wife and chief consort of Malik Shah I, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072, until his death in 1092. She was born as a Karakhanid princess, the daughter of Tamghach Khan Ibrahim. She was the mother of Mahmud I, the next ruler of the Seljuk Empire, and regent during his minority in 1092–1094.