Razia Sultan: The Turkic Empress Who Dared to Rule Delhi
Razia Sultan (r. 1236 – 1240 CE) was the only female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, a medieval Indo-Islamic kingdom that spanned a large part of the Indian subcontinent. Her reign, though brief, is a remarkable chapter in Indian history. Razia defied societal norms and gender expectations of her time to assume and exercise royal