Raziyyah
ruler of Delhi
Also known as: Raziyyat al-Dīn
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history of India
- In India: Consolidation of the sultanate
…rulers, Iltutmish nominated his daughter Raziyyah (Raziyyat al-Dīn) to be his successor. By refusing shelter to the Muslim Jalāl al-Dīn Mingburnu (the last Khwārezm-Shah) against the pagan Genghis Khan, he politely asserted that the sultanate in Delhi, even though a sequel to a Central Asian social and political struggle, was…
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succession of Iltutmish
- In Iltutmish
…excellent education to his daughter Raziyyah (Raziyyat al-Dīn) and desired that she should succeed him. His wishes were offensive to the administrative Council of Forty, Iltutmish’s personal slaves who served as his advisers. Raziyyah did succeed briefly to the throne, but her appointment of an African to an important position…
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