Sultan Raziyya: Delhi's First and Only Female Sultan

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Sultan Raziyya: Delhi's First and Only Female Sultan

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In 1236, the Delhi Sultanate faced a crisis: Sultan Iltutmish's chosen heir was a woman. Raziyya bint Iltutmish, trained in administration and military command, ruled for just under four years before being overthrown and killed. This episode explores her accession, her unprecedented public appearances without the veil, her campaigns against rebel governors, her relationship with the Abyssinian slave Yaqut, and the final rebellion that led to her death. We draw on Minhaj-i-Siraj's Tabaqat-i-Nasiri and Ibn Battuta's later account to separate legend from fact. Why did the chroniclers judge her so harshly? And what does her brief reign reveal about gender, power, and the limits of authority in a slave-soldier state? #RaziyyaSultan #DelhiSultanate #Iltutmish #Minhaj-i-Siraj #Tabaqat-i-Nasiri #IbnBattuta #FemaleRuler #MedievalIndia #GenderAndPower #Yaqut #Chalisa #SlaveSoldier #IndianHistory #SouthAsia #History #FexingoHistory #Delhi #1236 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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