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Fatima Khatun (Arabic: فاطمة خاتون; Persian: فاطمه خاتون; died September 1147) was a Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Muhammad I Tapar, sister of sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud and principal wife of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtafi.
Fatima's mother was Nistandar Jahan also known ad Sarjahan Khatun. Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud was her full-brother. After Muhammad's death in 1118, Mengubars, the governor of Iraq, married her mother.
Fatima married caliph al-Muqtafi in March–April 1137. Her dowry was one hundred thousand dinars. The caliph's vizier, Ali ibn Tirad al-Zaynabi, acted as the representative for the acceptance of the marriage contract, while Kamal al-Din al-Darkazini served as the sultan's agent. In 1140, her brother married the caliph's daughter Sayyida Zubayda. According to Ibn-al Jawzi, Fatima could read and write.
She died in September 1147.