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The Resume

    ( -1265)
    Sometimes known as Turakina.
    Came from Naiman tribe
    Originally married a Merkit noble
    Second wife of Ögedei Khan
    Commissioned the reprinting of Daozang, a Taoist holy book
    Regent of Mongol Empire (1242-1246)

Why she might be annoying:

    The identity of her first husband is disputed. While some say it was Qudu, the Persian historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani said that it was Dair Usun.
    She attempted to replace some of her husband’s officials with those of her own choosing.
    She put foreigners in high positions of government, often in places they didn’t live in.
    One of them, a Persian or Tajik named Fatima, enjoyed complete and unrestricted access to her superior’s tent.
    She made her incompetent son Güyük her successor through cunning.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and her ministers, who were mostly women, ruled at a time when male domination was prevalent throughout the world, including the Mongol Empire.
    She helped her husband run the Mongol Empire.
    She married Ögedei because his first wife couldn’t give birth.
    She was visited by many foreign dignitaries, including Alexander Nevsky’s father, Grand Prince Yaroslav II of Vladimir.
    Her relations with her husband’s military commanders were excellent.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 33 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 63.64% Annoying