In the harem of the Khan, wisdom is beauty.
 
The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent.
 
Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put all her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan—a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axle upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn...
 
(Source: Yen Press)
 
Notes: 
- Ranked 1st in the Women's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook. 
- Ranked 5th in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023. 
- Ranked 5th in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024. 
- Winner of the Overseas Work Award at the 2024 Bucheon International Comics Festival. 
- Nominated for the Best New Manga category at the 2025 American Manga Awards. 
- Winner of the Grand Prize in the Comic Division at the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2026.

After losing her mother and her homeland, Sitara’s despair transforms into determination with the power of knowledge. New possibilities unfold when a family of scholars takes her in, deepening her education. Meanwhile, Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire conquers nation after nation, nearing Sitara’s new home. After the Fourth Prince of the empire takes her captive, a flame of revenge is ignited. 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

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