Sara Khatun

Sara Khatun, also Saray Khatun, was an influential woman of the Aq Qoyunlu state, as the political adviser of her son, Uzun Hasan. She was a successful and well-respected diplomatic mediator.During Uzun Hasan’s wars with foreign powers, Sara Khatun served as his envoy. It seems that much of her life was devoted to diplomacy and efforts to establish peace, and she maintained relations with other governments through political correspondence.There is no precise record of Sara Khatun’s birth and death dates, but she is recognized as one of the influential women of the 9th century AH.