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3 unusual facts about Razia Sultana


Razia Sultana

Second claim is that the tomb of Razia is situated in Siwan near Kaithal city, Haryana state.

Rafiq Zakaria, Razia, Queen of India, Oxford University Press (1966)

They fled Delhi and reached Kaithal the next day, where their remaining forces abandoned them.


Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut

Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut (also Jamaluddin Yakut) was an African Siddi slave-turned-nobleman who was a close confidante of Razia Sultana, the first female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate in India, and who is speculated to have been her lover.


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