Name: Qutb complex
Address: Qutb complex, South Asia

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Razia Sultana

Razia Sultana (1205 - October 1240), daughter of Sultan Shams ud-Din Iltutmish, was the only woman to rule Delhi as sultan in her own right. Having proved herself governing Delhi in her father's absence on the Gwalior campaign of 1231, she was designated his heir, but on his death in 1236 the nobles installed her brother Ruknuddin Firuz; the people of Delhi helped her depose him, and she reigned as Jalalat al-Duniya wal-Din, striking coins in her own name and beating back the Qarmatian attack on Delhi's Jama Masjid in 1237. A coup deposed her in 1240, and she was killed near Kaithal after her defeat while trying to recover her throne alongside her husband Altunia.

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