Melike Mama Hatun was the daughter of Saltuk II and the sister of Nasiruddin Muhammed.
During her reign she had a caravanserai, a mosque, a bridge, and a hammam built in the town of Tercan, located midway between Erzincan and Erzurum, which are still standing and are named after her.
[2] In 1200, she wrote to the Ayyubid ruler and asked for a husband from the Mamluk nobility in order to secure support for her position against her nephews.
Her tomb, built by masters from Ahlat, is also in Tercan,[3] although the attribution to Mama Hatun is only the result of a strong oral tradition.
During her reign she built mosques, a medrese, several mekteps, shadirvans, caravanserais, and other types of Islamic architecture.