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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2672002, member: 84744&quot;]Here are 3 jitals (Delhi and Budaun mints) of Raziya Sultana, who was Sultan of Delhi from 1236 to 1240.&nbsp; Her father Iltutmish was originally a Turkish slave, but had risen to the Sultanate since he was a great favourite of the first Sultan of Delhi, Aibak.&nbsp; Aibak&#039;s daughter was Raziya&#039;s mother.&nbsp; Iltutmish groomed his daughter for the Sultanate and designated her as his heir.&nbsp; The nobility rejected her at first, but their alternate choice was a disaster, and Raziya was permitted to assume the throne.&nbsp; Four years later, however, those same nobles overthrew her in their quest for greater power.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is famous as one of the few women to assume sole rulership in an Islamic regime.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]595201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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