According to some accounts, Razia and Yaqut were lovers, other sources simply identify them as close confidants. At that point, Razia seemed destined to become one of the most powerful rulers of the Delhi Sultanate.īut Razia miscounted the consequences that a relationship with one of her advisers, Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut, an Abyssinian Siddi (Habshi) slave, would have for her reign. Her greatest accomplishment on the political front was to manipulate rebel factions into opposing each other. As Sultan, Razia preferred a man's tunic and headdress and contrary to custom, she would later show her face when she rode an elephant into battle at the head of her army.Ī shrewd politician, Razia managed to keep the nobles in check, while enlisting the support of the army and the populace. Even before she became Sultan, she was reportedly preoccupied with the affairs of state during her father's reign. As a child and adolescent, Razia had little contact with the women of the harem, so she had not learnt the customary behavior of women in the Muslim society that she was born into.
She was an efficient ruler and posessed all the qualities of a Monarch. She dressed like a man and sat in open durbar. With reluctance, the nobility agreed to allow Razia to reign as Sultan of Delhi. On November 9, 1236, both Ruknuddin and his mother Shah Turkaan were assassinated after only six months in power. With Iltutmish's widow Shah Turkaan for all practical purposes running the government, Ruknuddin abandoned himself to the pursuit of personal pleasure and debauchery, to the outrage of the citizenry. (According to one source, Iltumish's eldest son had initially been groomed as his successor, but had died prematurely.) But the Muslim nobility had no intention of acceding to Iltutmish's appointment of a woman as heir, and after the sultan died on April 29, 1236, Razia's brother, Rukn ud din Firuz, was elevated to the throne instead. Razia was the first and last women ruler of Delhi Sultnate. Iltutmish became the first sultan to appoint a woman as his successor when he designated his daughter Razia as his heir apparent. Razia (also called Radiyya or Raziyya) succeeded her father Shams-ud-din Iltutmish to the Sultanate of Delhi in 1236. 3.3 Claim regarding Razia's Grave at Tonk in Rajasthan.3.2 Claim regarding Razia's Grave at Siwan near Kaithal in Haryana.3.1 Claim regarding Razia's Grave at Old Delhi.
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