The role of Mongol court women in transferring of power to Toluie clan

After Chanquiz's death in 624 AH/1227AD, his successors remained loyal to their father's will and under Oqtai's subordination preserved their unity, but after Oqtai's death in 638 lunar year (1240 AD), this political unity was ended. Gradually the temptation of achieving power provoked Chanquiz's successors to enter the arena of competition. Afterwards the political events proceeded in a way that little by little power was evicted from Oquai Qan s clan and Manqu Qan , Toloie's son, achieved the position of thaneship. Investigating the role of women and the rate of their impression in this power removal is the main question of this paper. This research, using a descriptive and analytical sources, examines the role of women and their impact on the transition of power, which is the main question of this article. The findings of this study is the representative of this fact that women 's capacity and potentiality in utilizing intellectual diplomatic layout of Siurqoqtini, Toloie's wife and the recent Monqu Qan's mother , bore an important hand in the transmission of power.