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Razia Sultana

1205 - 1240

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Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din (Persian: سلطان رضیه الدنیا والدین) (Born 1205 Died 15 October 1240, r. 1236–1240), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi. A daughter of Mamluk Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish, Razia administered Delhi during 1231–1232 when her father was busy in the Gwalior campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Razia Sultana has received more than 3,844,169 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Razia Sultana is the 3,112th most popular politician (down from 2,675th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from India (down from 97th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Indian Politician.

Razia Sultana was a woman who was the ruler of Delhi, India from 1236 to 1240. She is most famous for being the first female ruler of Delhi and for being the first woman to rule in the Muslim world.

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Razia Sultanas by language

Over the past year Razia Sultana has had the most page views in the with 408,444 views, followed by Hindi (91,496), and Arabic (31,691). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Sorani) (134.20%), Uzbek (108.29%), and Sanskrit (94.86%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Razia Sultana ranks 3,112 out of 19,576. Before her are Kilij Arslan II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Blaise Compaoré, Paul Kruger, Haman, and Ranavalona III. After her are Herod II, Antonio José de Sucre, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Hyrcanus II, Cassius Chaerea, and Neriglissar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1205, Razia Sultana ranks 3. Before her are Pope Adrian V, and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. After her are As-Salih Ayyub, Tannhäuser, Emperor Lizong, Elisabeth of Swabia, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Demetrius of Montferrat, and Guy I de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1240, Razia Sultana ranks 3. Before her are Fibonacci, and Ibn Arabi. After her are Raymond Nonnatus, Llywelyn the Great, Jacques de Vitry, Constance of Hungary, Konrad von Thüringen, Chormaqan, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Skule Bårdsson, and Hartmann, Count of Württemberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Razia Sultana ranks 108 out of 1,861. Before her are Basava (1134), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Kim Philby (1912), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), and Ahmed Deedat (1918). After her are Tukaram (1608), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Sushruta (-620), Vātsyāyana (300), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Razia Sultana ranks 32. Before her are Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671). After her are Dhyan Chand (1905), Droupadi Murmu (1958), Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), and Siraj ud-Daulah (1733).

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