In the mid-13th century, the powerful Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan it was beginning to crack. After the death of Möngke Khan in 1259 a civil war began for the succession and, although officially the title would be inherited by Kublai Khan (the Great Khan), the empire would end up fragmented into four khanates :the Golden Horde , the Ilkhanate of Persia , the Chagatai Khanate and, after the complete conquest of China by Kublai Khan (founder of the Yuan dynasty), the Empire of the Great Khan . Although in theory they acted independently, in practice there was a certain vassalage of the Ilknanate with respect to the Great Khan and an irreconcilable hatred between the brothers, Kaidu , lord of the Chagatai Khanate, and Kublai Khan. In fact, they were at war for 30 years.
In the different confrontations and battles that were fought during these years between the different khanates , next to Kaidu was always her best warrior... Khutulun , her only daughter and the youngest of 15 siblings. Although the role of women was essential in a nomadic people like the Mongols, since the time of Genghis Khan it was common for women to train with the bow and be consummate Amazons, but Khutulun went further. The fact of growing up with 14 brothers forced him to grow as one of them, to the point that there came a time when none of her brothers could beat her in the bökh (traditional Mongolian wrestling), besides becoming a master with the bow and an excellent horseman-she is said that in battle she was the first to reach the enemy ranks-. Thanks to her intelligence, her skill, her courage and her daring, he became her father's right hand during battles and her best adviser when it came to ruling. 
Khutulun (still from the TV series "Marco Polo")
Still, she was still a woman…and she should marry. Reluctantly, and at the request of her father, she agreed to it but she put a condition:she would marry whoever managed to defeat her in a bökh match. To prevent it from becoming a circus, the suitors had to "post" a deposit of 100 horses, the most precious asset among the Mongols, which would go to Khutulun if they lost. There were many suitors, as many as Khutulun took over 10,000 horses. Khutulun's reluctance to marry and the close relationship between father and daughter were taken advantage of by those who could not bear a woman having a predominant role and rumors began to circulate about an incestuous relationship between father and daughter. To silence that string of lies, Khutulun decided to marry... with someone whose name she did not even transcend.
Khutulun
Throughout their lives father and daughter resisted Kublai Khan's efforts to enlarge his territory and subdue the tribes of the Chagatai khanate, allowing independence from the Yuan dynasty. Still alive, and knowing that he was the most prepared of all her children, Kaidu tried to appoint her as her successor, but her brothers opposed. So, after the death of her father in 1301, disputes over the succession began. Khutulun never had a lust for power, she was just a warrior in the service of her khanate. Still, she was forced to take sides with one of her brothers, Orus . , in exchange for her being the one to lead her troops. They maintained the alliance for just five years... in 1306 Khutulun died in strange circumstances at the age of 45.
Mongolian culture remembers her as a fighter who was never defeated. Today, during Naadam , the most important cultural festival in Mongolia in which for three days the contestants participate in “the three men's games ” (archery, horse racing and the Bökh ), tribute is still paid to the great fighter. The fighters wear the zodog , a kind of jacket with long sleeves and the front completely open to show her opponent that she is a man. At the end, the winner dances the victory dance showing her torso again and attesting that she is not a woman... and that Khutulun has not come back from the dead to kick their men's asses.
Sources:Khutulun, the wrestler princess, Khutulun