According to the Persian historian and Mongol official Ata-Malik Juvayni, who was a contemporary of hers, Fatima was "a procuress at the market"[4] who eventually became a member of Töregene's ordu.
However, in the spring of 1242, Töregene Khatun, assumed complete power as regent with the support of her sons and Chagatai.
[1] For example, through Fatima's influence Abd-ur-Rahman, a Muslim tax farmer, was put in charge of general administration in North China.
[2] Although having a woman in a ministerial post was unusual for the 13th century, Fatima attained a very powerful position at the Mongol court.
[3] Fatima appears as a minor character in the film Marco Polo (1962) and in the Chinese television series The Legend of Kublai Khan (2013).