Career
Altun January Khatun was a Turkish woman, possibly from Khwarezm. Before becoming Tughril Beg"s wife she had been married to the Khwarezm Shah. When Tughril Beg went to Hamadan in 1058 to deal with the revolt of Ibrahim Inal, he sent Altun January, Anoushiravan and al-Kunduri to Baghdad.
First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Kunduri appears on this occasion to have considered replacing Tughril Bey by Anoushiravan.
Anoushiravan rebelled but was captured. He was imprisoned in Rey and was killed after Tughril"s death.
She died of edema in 1059 in Zanjan. Tughril grieved for her greatly, and her bier was carried to Rey, where she was buried.
She held estates in Iran.
Just before her death she bequeathed her states, assignments and pensions to the Caliph"s daughter. Tughril assigned these to the latter when the marriage contract between him and the caliph"s daughter was finally concluded in 1062. According to some sources it was her who requested Tughril to marry the caliph"s daughter at her deathbed.
