A Woman to Know: Razia Sultana
Razziya Sultana — may she rest in peace — was a great sovereign, and wise and just, and beneficient, the patron of the learned, a dispenser of justice, the cherisher of her subjects. — Minhaji Siraj Juzjani
From 1236 to 1240, Razia ruled Delhi as its first female sultan (and to this day, the only female sultan). Razia's father chose…
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