A campaign against Gwalior similarly resulted in a decisive failure. Not only the attack against Ranthambore failed but the Chauhans of Ranthambore annexed all of eastern Rajputana and were able to raid as far as Delhi itself.
Later, by means of political intrigue, Raziya broke up the coalition and eliminated the opposing nobles.Īlthough she consolidated the administration, military ventures during her reign proved to be mostly abortive. Raziya summoned Taisi, one of the greatest generals in the history of Delhi Sultanate, who had campaigned successfully against Malwa and the king of Ijar. Razia had to face an opposing faction led by Junaidi, the former wazir of Iltutmish, and soon a coalition of slave-officers with a huge army marched on Delhi. This was followed by acceptance of Raziya as the new ruler by the Turkish slave-officers and nobility. While Firuz was in Awadh dealing with his rebel brother, Raziya took the initiative in Delhi and delivered a very arousing speech to the masses of Delhi, prompting them to storm the royal palace and put Shah Turkan to death. Her rule caused widespread unrest and soon most of iqtas were in rebellion. Ruknuuddin Firuz, a son of Iltutmish was planted on the Delhi throne but he being incompetent, the affairs of state began to be controlled by his mother Shah Turkan who was a cruel though pious woman.
These former slaves of Iltutmish ousted the various Tajik nobles from the administration mainly through organised massacres and became extremely dominant in the affairs of Sultanate until the reign of Balban. On the death of Iltutmish, the Sultanate of Delhi fell into political chaos accompanied with the rise of the Chihalgani (the brotherhood of forty slave-officers). She had been the first choice of his great father Iltutmish since his eldest son had died unexpectedly. She is hardly remembered by ordinary people of India, Hindu or Muslim, so it is hard to answer your question.Īs to her character, she was indeed an extraordinary woman capable of good rule and initiative in political matters. Razia was not an Indian, but a woman of pure Turkish blood.
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