Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate: From Slave Kings to the Lodis
In 1206, a slave became a Sultan. Following the victories of Muhammad Ghori, his trusted general Qutb-ud-din Aibak founded a ...
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Razia Sultan: The Turkic Empress Who Dared to Rule Delhi
Razia Sultan (r. 1236–1240) defied the patriarchal conventions of the 13th-century Delhi Sultanate to rule in her own right as ...
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