Raziya, Queen of Delhi
Raziya was the daughter of Altamish, one of the Moghul slave-kings of Delhi who lived in the thirteenth century. She is the only woman besides our own Queen Victoria who has ruled Delhi.
Altamish had sons also; but when he was dying he said: "You will find no one better fitted to rule the kingdom than my daughter Raziya."
And after his nobles had suffered for some time the cruelty and injustice of Raziya's half-brother, they began to see that the King was right.
And Raziya herself helped them.
The King had given order that anyone who had a petition to make should appear at the great Mosque in Delhi, on a Friday morning, wearing a coloured
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