![]() Her father is credited with putting the fledgling Muslim rule in India on firm footing and he is rightly considered the founder of Delhi Sultanate that ruled for more than three centuries after which it was replaced by the Mughals.Īs Iltutmish was nearing death after hastily returning from a campaign due to his illness his courtiers urged him to nominate a successor with a view to avoid succession struggle. It was unusual for her father Sultan Iltutmish to nominate her as his successor and it proved quite an anomaly as her rule was bitterly contested and she was subsequently dethroned. ![]() Razia Sultana was the first female head of the state to rule over the subcontinent in an age of complete male domination.
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