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Turkan Khatun (تركان خاتون)  is a Mamluk tomb in Jerusalem.

Location
Turkan Khatun is located on Tariq Bab al−al-Silsila.

History
The inscription at the front reads: "In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate ... ‘Every soul tastes death.’ This tomb was built for the deceased (lit. the martyr) Turkan Khatun, daughter of the Amir Tuqtay b. Saljutay al-Uzbaki, in the year seven hundred and fifty-three [1352-3]." Who Turkan Khatun was, is not certain, but Max van Berchem speculated that she might have been a relative of Muhammad Uzbak, khan of the Golden Horde, whose predecessor (and uncle) was Toqta, which appears to be the same name as that of Turkan's father (under the  very variable spelling used).