Razia Sultana

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Indian ruler Muslim ruler Sultan of Delhi female ruler historical figure monarch

Razia Sultana was the 13th-century ruler of the Delhi Sultanate and one of the first and most prominent female Muslim monarchs in South Asian history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Razia Sultan 2
Razia Sultan (first female Muslim ruler of Delhi) 1
Razia al-Din 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian ruler ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
female ruler ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Razia Sultana ⓘ
surface form: Razia Sultan

Razia Sultana ⓘ
surface form: Raziya Sultan
appointedHeirBy Iltutmish ⓘ
surface form: Shamsuddin Iltutmish
associatedWith Budaun ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Kaithal ⓘ
birthPlace Budaun ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
burialPlace Delhi ⓘ
surface form: Delhi (disputed)

Kaithal ⓘ
capital Delhi ⓘ
causeOfDownfall rebellions by provincial governors and nobles ⓘ
centuryOfRule 13th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn Indian historical literature ⓘ
films ⓘ
television series ⓘ
countryRuled Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
deathDate 1240 ⓘ
deathPlace near Kaithal ⓘ
present-day Haryana, India ⓘ
dynasty Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
father Iltutmish ⓘ
surface form: Shamsuddin Iltutmish
fullName Razia Sultana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Razia al-Din
gender female ⓘ
historicalPeriod medieval India ⓘ
surface form: Medieval India
historicalSignificance symbol of early female political leadership in the Islamic world ⓘ
knownFor appearing unveiled in public and leading armies ⓘ
attempts to reduce the power of Turkish nobles ⓘ
patronage of learning and culture ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
militaryRole commander of forces of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first female Muslim monarchs in South Asia ⓘ
being the only woman to sit on the throne of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
opposedBy Turkic nobility of Delhi ⓘ
predecessor Iltutmish ⓘ
surface form: Shamsuddin Iltutmish
regionOfInfluence northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India
reignEnd 1240 ⓘ
reignStart 1236 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Muiz ud-Din Bahram ⓘ
title Malika-i-Jahan ⓘ
Sultan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Razia Sultana → alsoKnownAs → Razia Sultana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razia Sultan
Razia Sultana → alsoKnownAs → Razia Sultana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raziya Sultan
Iltutmish → child → Razia Sultana ⓘ
Razia Sultana → fullName → Razia Sultana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razia al-Din
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi → notableFigure → Razia Sultana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razia Sultan (first female Muslim ruler of Delhi)
Delhi Sultanate → notableRuler → Razia Sultana ⓘ
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi → notableRuler → Razia Sultana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Razia Sultan