Era of Razia Sultana EP 1

Razia Sultana, was the sultan of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent. He died on October 15, 1240, during his reign of 1236–1241. She was Delhi's sole Muslim female ruler and the first female Muslim ruler of the entire subcontinent. Razia, a Mamluk Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish daughter, was in charge of running Delhi in 1231–1232 while her father was engaged in the Gwalior war. According to a tradition that may or may not be true, after returning to Delhi, Iltutmish named Razia as his heir apparent after being pleased with her performance during this time. Ruknuddin Firuz, a half-brother of Razia whose mother Shah Turkan intended to have her put to death, succeeded Iltutmish as ruler. A group of nobility opposed Razia's ascension; some joined her in the end, while the others were defeated. She defied the expectations of the Turkic nobility who backed her by asserting her power more and more. They became resentful of her as a result of this and the non-Turkic officials she appointed to high positions. A party of nobles overthrew her in April 1240 after less than four years in power. She sought to reclaim the throne by marrying one of the rebels, Ikhtiyaruddin Altunia, but was thwarted by her half-brother and successor Muizuddin Bahram in October of that year. She was assassinated soon after.