HISTORIC STORIES : THE STORY OF RAZIA SULTAN.
THE STORY OF RAZIA SULTAN
THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 13 TH CENTURY, MANY ABLE RULERS SAT ON THE THRONE OF DELHI ( EARLY DEHLEEZ WAS THE NAME OF DELHI). AMONG THEM WAS RAZIA THE DAUGHTER OF SULTAN ILLTUTMISH. ILLTUTMISH RAISED RAZIA TO BE BOLD, SHE ASSISTED HIM THE AFFAIRS OF THE STATE AND NEVER HESITATED IN GIVING THE OPINION. ONE DAY RAZIA WAS ARGUING WITH CASE HANDLED BY HER FATHER " FATHER I AGREE WITH YOU BUT YOU SHOULD'NT BE GIVING ALL THE PERMISSIONS ....." LIKE THIS SHE USED TO HELPED HER FATHER WITH COURT CASES. HER FATEHR TOLD HER ONE DAY " FOR ME YOU ARE EQUAL TO TWENTY SONS , AFTER ME YOU WILL SIT ON THE THRONE OF DEHLEEZ." SO, RAZIA ASCENDED THE THRONE IN 1236 CE. SHE TOLD HER COURTIERS " NO ONE SHALL ADDRESS ME AS 'SULTANA', I AM NO WIFE OR PRINCESS I AM THE SULTAN." " I AM RAZIA SULTAN." RAZIA DRESSED LIKE A KING . SHE WENT OUT IN PUBLIC WITHOUT A PURDAH AND OPENLY EXCERISED HER POWER . SHE ALSO HAD COINS STRUCK IN HER NAME. BUT THE NOBLES IN RAZIA'S COURT WERE ANGERED BY THIS , THUS THEY REVOLTED AGAINST HER , RAZIA FOUGHT BRAVELY WITH HER LOVING HUSBAND MALLIK ALTUNIA BUT WERE DEFEATED. SHE ESCAPED AND TRIED TO RECOVER THE THRONE OF DELHI WITH HER HUSBAND BUT THET BOTH WERE KILLED BY THE LOOTERAS.
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DID YOU KNOW ?
RAZIA SULTAN FELL IN LOVE WITH MALLIK ALTUNIA BECAUSE ALTUNIA AND RAZIA WERE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.πππππππππ
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