Historical Figure

Razia Sultana

Sultan of Delhi from 1236 to 1240

About Razia Sultana

Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din, popularly known as Razia Sultan, was the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from 1236 until her deposition in 1240. She was the first and only female ruler of the Indian Subcontinent during the Islamic Period.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Empire1206 CE – 1526 CE

Delhi Sultanate

Five successive Islamic dynasties ruled northern India from Delhi for 320 years, building monuments like the Qutb Minar, introducing Persian court culture, and — crucially — repelling multiple Mongol invasions that devastated Central Asia and the Middle East.