Delsad Katun

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Delsad Katun, also Delshad Khatun (دلشاد خاتون), was a member of the Chobanid family during the mid-fourteenth century. She was the daughter of Demasq Kaja and a granddaughter of Coban.

Delsad Katun was introduced to the Ilkhan Abu Sa’id’s harem by her aunt Bagdad Katun; according to contemporary reports, Bagdad Katun grew jealous of her popularity with the Ilkhan, and organized his murder. Before his death, Abu Sa'id impregnated Delsad. During the upheaval that followe Abu Sa'id's death, Delsad fled to the governor of Baghdad, ‘Ali Padshah, who used this as a pretext for rebelling against and defeating the Ilkhan Arpa Ke'un. After the Jalayirid Hasan Buzurg defeated 'Ali Padshah, he married Delsad, who had recently given birth to Abu Sa'id's child, a daughter. She thereafter gave birth to Shaikh Uways, who eventually succeeded Hasan Buzurg as Jalayirid ruler.

The word Delsad comes from the word Delshad which means good heart in in Persian language.