Name=Razia sultana

DOB= 1205, Budaun, India

died= October 14, 1240, Delhi, India

A descendant of the Moslems of Turkish extraction who invaded India in the eleventh century, Razia (died 1240) was the only woman ever crowned in the Delhi sultanate, which ruled parts of India from 1210 to 1526. Razia reigned for approximately three and a half years (1236-1240), and although she made important reforms in government, she was ultimately unable to reconcile her Muslim nobility to her ruling as a woman

Her father Shams ud-Din Iltutmish belonged to the Ilbari tribe in the Eurasian steppes of Turkestan and was sold into slavery at an early age. He became a favourite of his master Qutb ud din Aibak. Aibak married his daughter Qutb Jaan to Iltutmish. The couple welcomed their daughter Raziya Begum bint. Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish (Razia) in c. 1205, in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Razia grew up as a brave young girl who took training in military skills and professional warfare like her brothers. Iltutmish would allow his favourite child Razia to be around him while he handled affairs of the state. She also received training on how to administer an empire in absence of a male ruler like some of the princesses of those times. She thrived in impressing her father with her skills and perseverance in carrying out her tasks and duties.