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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 3,874,762 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Razia Sultana is the 2,683rd most popular politician (down from 2,629th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from India (down from 81st in 2019) and the 29th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Razia Sultana ranks 2,683 out of 15,577. Before her are Odilo Globočnik, Violant of Hungary, Óscar Arias, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Robert de Craon, and Wilhelm Cuno. After her are Amyntas III of Macedon, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Odo the Great, Philip the Tetrarch, Barbara of Portugal, and Philip II, Duke of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1205, Razia Sultana ranks 2. Before her is Pope Adrian V. After her are Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Tannhäuser, Emperor Lizong, As-Salih Ayyub, 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, Constance of Hungary, Konrad von Thüringen, Jacques de Vitry, Chormaqan, Llywelyn the Great, and Skule Bårdsson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Razia Sultana ranks 98 out of 1,493. Before her are Chandragupta II (400), Vishvamitra (-2000), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Varāhamihira (505), Ramanuja (1017), and Maharana Pratap (1540). After her are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Maudgalyayana (-568), Bindusara (-320), Radha (null), and Syed Ahmad Khan (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Razia Sultana ranks 29. Before her are Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Ajatashatru (-500), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Chandragupta II (400), Vishvamitra (-2000), and Maharana Pratap (1540). After her are Bindusara (-320), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Pervez Musharraf (1943), James Brooke (1803), and Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621).

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