Question

First empress of Delhi, Razia Sultan was imprisoned in ______ by Muhammad Ikhtiar ud-din-altunia.
A. Lal Qila
B. Qila Mubarak Bathinda
C. Purana Qila
D. Chandragiri Fort

Answer 1

Hint: Raziya al-Din, better known as Razia Sultana, was considered the feminine ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of India before partition. Razia is said to be the Mamluk Sultan, one of the few feminine rulers in the history of Muslim societies around the world. Razia ruled Delhi from as the Sultan - it was a title never given to a female empire, and a position of power never won by a female empire.

Complete answer: Razia's ascension to the throne gains great historical significance not only because she was a female emperor, but also because she does not come from any royalty. Her ancestors were the Turkish slaves of Seljuk and their dynasty was called the Slave Dynasty, making her empire an abolition of existing power structures on many levels. Her father, Iltutmish, had come to Delhi as a slave to the Qutb-ud-din slave trade, and with his courage and skill he obtained a governor. With the death of Qutb-ud-din, Iltutmish gained the support of the Turkish authorities at the time and rose to prominence as a Sultan, the first of the slave dynasties.Razia grew up as a brave little girl. She was trained in martial arts and professional warfare with her brothers and other children of the aristocracy and had a good knowledge of state administration as well. After becoming the Sultan of Delhi she took on a sexually explicit outfit and proved herself to be an effective, capable, courageous ruler. She was highly respected and loved by her superiors and the community but one of his brothers took the throne. During the ensuing confrontation, Razias was brutally murdered.

Therefore, the first Governor of Delhi, Razia Sultan, was arrested in Qila Mubarak Bathinda by Mhamad Ikhtiar ud-din-altunia.

Note: As the ambiguity of those times would have been, Razia Sultan failed as a ruler because she was a woman and failed as a woman because she was a ruler. As a woman she gave her heart to one of her generals, Altunia but because of her position as governor she did not accept her at first and did not see fit.