*🛡️Razia Sultan (1236-40)* ♟️1st and only female Muslim ruler of medieval India. ♟️Discarded female apparel and purdah, adopted male attire, went for hunting and let army thud aroused resentment among Turkish nobles. ♟️She was not acceptable to Muslim theologians and nobles. ♟️1240 – serious rebellion broke out in Sirhind under Altuniya (governor). Raziya with Yaqut marched to suppress, but Yaqut was murdered and Razia imprisoned. In meantime, Bahram (another son of Iltutmish) was pit to throne by Turkish nobles. ♟️Later Raziya while returning back to Delhi was killed on the way. ♟️In 1246, Bulban succeeded in putting Nasiruddin Mahmud, a younger son of Iltutmish as Sultan & served as his Naib (next powerful post to Sultan). ♟️In 1266 Nasiruddin Mahmud died & Balban become Sultan.