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Radiyya Begum

Radiyya Begum

Radiyya Begum, Razia Sultan, urspr. Razia al-Din, född 1205, död 1240, var regerande sultaninna av Delhisultanatet 1236–1240. Hon var en av få kvinnliga monarker i det muslimska Indiens historia.

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Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut

Jamal ud-Din Yaqut (also Yakut; died 1240) was an African Siddi slave-turned-nobleman who was a close confidant of Razia Sultan, the first and only female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate in India. Yakut was the puppet of Razia Sultan's stepmother, but eventually he became a trustworthy soldier of the Delhi Sultanate. Razia Sultan's patronage made him an influential member of the court, provoking racial antagonism amongst the nobles and clergy, who were both primarily Turkic and already resentful of the rule of a female monarch.

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