Razia sultana

On the eve of October 1240, two armies faced one another ready for battle. This was a last-ditch effort by Sultan Razia to recapture her throne which had been usurped by her brother. Razia was the first and only female monarch of the Forging the Future Female Sultan Razia was the only daughter born to the third and greatest Delhi sultan, Iltutmish, and his favorite wife, Terken Khatun. Iltutmish celebrated her birth with great pomp and ceremony, going so far as to hold grand festivals. Women of the era were taught to be submissive to men. A contemporary 13 th century Persian historian, Minhaj-i-Siraj, sums up the atmosphere when he said: “A queen’s rule went against the ideal social order created by God, in which women were supposed to be subordinate to men”. From childhood, Razia was trained in the art of warfare, horsemanship, diplomacy and administration. Her training was supervised by her father Iltutmish and Malik Yaqut, an Abyssinian Razia’s training was supervised by her father Sultan Iltutmish. (Avani Kamal / Google Arts & Culture ) In 1229, Iltutmish’s eldest son, Nasir-ud-din Mahmud, died while fighting against the The ancient Egyptian Razia’s Ascension to the Throne Razia’s ascension to the throne was not smooth. When Sultan Iltutmish passed away on 29 th April 1236, the nobility were not enamored with the idea of a female ruler. They therefore elevated her brother, Rukn-ud-din Firoz, as the new Sultan, much to Razia’s disappointment. However, Firoz’s reign was ...

This sweeping historical drama charts the rise of a remarkable real-life figure, the first woman to ever rule the Delhi Sultanate. This sweeping historical drama charts the rise of a remarkable real-life figure, the first woman to ever rule the Delhi Sultanate. This sweeping historical drama charts the rise of a remarkable real-life figure, the first woman to ever rule the Delhi Sultanate.

Razia Sultan was the Sultan of Delhi in India from 1236 to 1240; she the first Muslim female ruler. Her ascent to the throne is of much historical significance not only because she was a woman, but also becaue her ancestors were originally slaves, not nobility. Her father Iltutmish had come to Delhi as a slave serving under Qutb-ud-din and had risen to the post of a provincial governor. Upon Qutb-ud-din’s death, Iltutmish gathered the support of the Turkish nobility and became the sultan. As ruler, Iltutmish created history by becoming the first sultan to appoint a woman as his successor when he named his daughter Razia as his heir apparent. Razia was a bold young woman, trained in military warfare and administration. However, her ascent to the throne did not come easily. Her brother had taken over the throne after the death of their father, and she could claim the crown only after her brother died. After becoming the Sultan of Delhi she adopted masculine attire and proved to be an efficient, just, and noble ruler. Completely devoted to her empire, she was well respected and loved by her subjects. The brave sultan met a tragic end when her brother usurped the throne and she got killed in the ensuing conflicts. Razia Sultan was born as Raziya al-Din in 1205 in Budaun, India, to Shams-ud-din Iltutmish as his only daughter. She had three brothers. Her father had come to Delhi as a slave working under Qutb-ud-din. He had impressed the ruler with his hard work and valor so much...

Promotional image Genre Created by Siddarth Kumar Tewary Written by Anshuman Sinha Directed by Mukesh kumar singh Arif Ali Ansari Hasnain Haiderabadwala Manish Singh Kamal Monga Creative directors Amol Soorvey Presented by Starring Country of origin India Original language Hindi No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 170 Production Producers Siddarth Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary Production location Editors Paresh Shah Ayan B Hashmi Camera setup Running time Approx. 22 minutes Production company Release Original network Picture format Original release 2 March ( 2015-03-02) – 23 October 2015 ( 2015-10-23) Plot The show focuses on the life of Shahzaadi Razia plans to give her father, Sultan Altamash (Iltutmish) a reminder of his past as his gift for Eid. She visits the Sultan's old employer, Nizam, where she meets Nizam's slave, Fatima. Nizam dies before he can free Fatima from her slavery, which is why Fatima must be buried with him. Razia saves Fatima and Fatima becomes her new helper. Shah Turkan, Sultan Altamash's courtesan from Lahore, is shown to have come to celebrate Eid with the Sultan with their son, Rukn Uddin Firoz. Shah Turkan is a manipulative lady who wants to see her son as Sultan-e-Hind, heir to the throne, and will stop at nothing to do so. Rukn Uddin is an arrogant brat who likes to humiliate and torture people at will. Razia has a clash with Rukn Uddin in the public market, thereby leading to enmity between them. The celebrations for Eid h...

Razia A descendant of the Moslems of Turkish extraction who invaded India in the eleventh century, Razia (died 1240) was the only woman ever crowned in the Delhi sultanate, which ruled parts of India from 1210 to 1526. Razia reigned for approximately three and a half years (1236-1240), and although she made important reforms in government, she was ultimately unable to reconcile her Muslim nobility to her ruling as a woman. The Delhi Sultanate In 1192 A.D., the Turkish leader, Muhammad of Ghur, defeated the Rajputs at the second battle of Tarain, gaining control of the Kingdom of Delhi. After establishing his reign, Ghur returned to Afghanistan, leaving his conquest in the hands of his trusted slave, Qutb-ud-din Aibak. When Ghur died in 1206 without leaving an heir, Qutb-uddin declared himself Sultan of Delhi. Qutb-ud-din's reign marked the beginning of the Delhi sultanate under the Slave dynasty—so named because many of the sultans of this time were former slaves. Qutb-ud-din is best remembered for his destruction of Hindu and Jain temples and for building mosques. Iltutmish Although Qutb-ud-din's son Aram Baksh inherited the throne in 1210 following the death of his father, he quickly proved himself to be incompetent. Following an abbreviated reign, Qutb-ud-din's son-in-law, Shamsuddin Iltutmish, assumed power. Iltutmish had come to Delhi as a slave. After gaining the confidence of his master, Qutb-ud-din, he rose to become a provincial governor. Upon Qutb-ud-din's death,...

Names and titles Razia's name is also transliterated as Raḍiyya Sultan Jalalat al-Duniya wal-Din or as al-Sultan al-Muazzam Raziyat al-Din bint al-Sultan. The Jallaladina, while near-contemporary historian Sultan Raziyat al-Duniya wa'l Din bint al-Sultan Sultan Raziyat al-Duniya wa'l Din bint al-Sultan. Ascension to the throne Iltutmish had groomed his eldest son mushrif-i mamlakat Tajul Mulk Mahmud Dabir to prepare a decree naming Razia as the However, after Iltutmish's death, the nobles appointed his son Ruknuddin was not an able ruler, and left the control of administration to his mother Nizamul Mulk Junaidi joined the rebels. Tazik (non-Turkic) officers. This led to the murders of several important Tazik officers, including Junaidi's son Ziyaul Mulk and Tajul Mulk Mahmud, who had drawn up the decree declaring Razia as the heir apparent. Razia's ascension to the throne of Delhi was unique not only because she was a woman, but also because the support from the general public was the driving force behind her appointment. According to the 14th century text Futuh-us-Salatin, she had asked the people to depose her if she failed to meet their expectations. Opposition to ascension From the very beginning of her reign, Razia faced stiff opposition from nobles of Nizamul Mulk Muhammad Junaidi, a 'Tazik' (non-Turkic) officer who had held the post of the Malik Izzuddin Muhammad Salari of Malik Izzuddin Kabir Khan Ayaz of Malik Saifuddin Kuchi of Malik Alauddin Jani of Malik Nusrat...

Table of this Article • • • • • • • • • • Who was Razia sultan Razia Sultan was the first female ruler of India, also she was the first Muslim female ruler in the history of Islamic civilization across the world, Her full name was Raziya al-Din, Popularly known as Razia sultana and she was born in 1205 in Badaun. Father of Razia sultan Razia Sultan’s father name was Iltutmish, historians believe that he was the actual founder of the Delhi sultanate, Iltutmish raised his daughter to be a bold young girl, She used to train alongside her three brothers in governance and military welfare. Iltutmish used to consider his daughter equal to his twenty sons that’s why he trained her from childhood by himself in welfare, administration, and statesmanship, even at that time he didn’t decide to appoint Razia as his successor, However, When Iltutmish went to Gwalior for a campaign at that time he left her as Delhi in-charge. Her father Iltutmish had declared her as his successor before his death in 1233, but after his death, 40 Turkish Nobel did not allow her to rule, however, she sat on the throne with the support of local public. Razia Sultan dynasty She belongs to the slave dynasty which is also known as the mamluk dynasty, Razia was the fifth ruler of it, and this dynasty ruled from 1206 to 1290. Razia Sultan history In 1236, She dressed in red and demanded justice, because the red color in the Delhi Sultanate was a symbol of justice. She narrates the atrocities of Shahturkin and R...

Razia Sultana of Delhi (1205-1240) Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhD. Islam liberated men and women from the shackles of slavery and made them masters of the world. The history of the Mamlukes illustrates this observation. In the 9th and 10th centuries, there was a brisk slave trade down the Volga River, near the Caspian Sea. The Vikings raided Europe with unrelenting ferocity in search of booty and slaves. Eastern Europe, fossilized as it was between local fiefdoms, was a particular target of these raids. Men, women and children were captured in northern and eastern Europe, brought down the Volga River and sold to Muslim and Jewish merchants. Ibn Fadlun gives a graphic picture of the deplorable conditions in the Viking slave ships. The root word in Arabic for Mamluke is m-l-k (malaka, to own). The European slaves were in great demand in Muslim courts because the men made excellent soldiers and the women were sought for their fair skin. Young Mamluke men were trained in special camps as bodyguards, taught the precepts of Islam and inducted into the army. The Spanish court of Cordoba as well as the Fatimid court in Cairo employed Mamluke bodyguards. However, it was with the rise of the Turks that the Mamlukes came into their own. The Turks displaced the Arabs and the Persians from the centers of power in Asia during the 9th and 10th centuries and became kingmakers. As the Mamlukes were inducted into the armies and the Turks dominated the armed forces, the slaves ca...