Razia Sultana
5th monarch of the Delhi Sultanate
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Updated 2026-06-08
She ran the Delhi Sultanate in the 1230s — the first woman to hold supreme power over a Muslim state in India, and still the only one to rule Delhi itself. The nobles who helped her take the throne expected a puppet; she gave them four years of actual decisions before they turned on her.
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Razia was a daughter of Mamluk Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish, and administered Delhi from 1231 to 1232 while her father campaigned in Gwalior — a stint that, according to legend, led him to name her heir. When Iltutmish died, her half-brother Ruknuddin Firuz took the throne instead, and his mother Shah Turkan moved to have Razia killed. During the rebellion that erupted against Ruknuddin, Razia rallied the public against Shah Turkan and seized power in 1236. She faced immediate resistance from a bloc of nobles, some of whom she won over, the rest she put down. The Turkic faction that had backed…
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