Search results
1236–1240), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi.
Jul 31, 2018 · Razia Sultana was the fifth Mamluk Sultan and the only female ever to rule as the Sultan of Delhi. She was the daughter of the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, and granddaughter of the first Sultan of Delhi, Qutb ud din Aibak.
Iltutmish nominated his daughter Razia Sultana for the crown of Delhi after overthrowing his son Ruknuddin Firoz. Razia Sultana was born in the year 1205 and reigned from 1236 until 1240. She was the first Muslim woman to ascend to Delhi's crown.
Sep 21, 2017 · The fifth Mamluk dynasty ruler, history deems Razia Sultan as one of the very few female rulers in the history of Islamic civilizations across the world. During her reign, she ordered coins be minted with her title as “Pillar of Women, Queen of the Times, Sultan Razia, daughter of Shamsuddin Iltumish.”
Razia Sultan was the Sultan of Delhi in India from 1236 to 1240; she the first Muslim female ruler. Her ascent to the throne is of much historical significance not only because she was a woman, but also becaue her ancestors were originally slaves, not nobility.
Feb 7, 2023 · Razia Sultana made history as the first female Sultan of Delhi, a significant achievement in a male-dominated society. She ascended to the throne after the death of her father, Sultan Iltutmish, in 1236 and faced numerous challenges in establishing herself as the ruler of the Sultanate.
Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India, and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240. The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne,...
Razia, a consummate politician, went public and in the Jamia Masjid of Delhi, appealed to the general populace for justice. The common folk displayed their intrinsic love of fair play. Ruknuddin was arrested for the murder of his own brother, tried before a Shariah court and executed.
Aug 23, 2020 · Razia was the first and only female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate. It’s easy to see parallels between the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Hatshepsut, and the Indian Sultan. Though their lives were separated by centuries, their struggle against a patriarchal society was very similar.
Oct 4, 2020 · Raziya al-Din, also known as Razia, was the first and only woman to achieve the position of sultana in the Delhi Sultanate, ruling between the years 1236-1240. Razia was the daughter of the Delhi sultan, Shamsuddin Iltutmish, who had been a Turkish Mamluk slave to his predecessor, Sultan Qutb al-Din Aibak.
