There was a Lord of the Stables who became the sultan’s favourite. So they eventually hit her below the belt. She abolished unjust taxes, established schools, welcomed the marginalized into the halls of power, and patronized poets and intellectuals, much to the horror of the Turkish elite. Raziya, on the other hand, never managed to survive her noblemen-perhaps she tried to do too much too soon. But she informed the syndicate she wouldn’t be their cipher, toppled them, split the Congress party, and went on to prevail till slogans like “Indira is India, India is Indira" sounded like a good idea. Gandhi too was created by her father’s men. The veil never appeared, and she retained her horses, elephants, and “manly" conduct. When someone nudged her towards gentle, submissive femininity, she told them that as sultan she was not a woman but the guardian of her people.
Unlike him, she disdained the harem (and the veil) and rode elephants and horses around the city. Raziya’s star rose and she was installed on the throne in place of her dead brother. Six months into his reign, his courtiers reciprocated the sentiment, with the consequence that he was left somewhat diminished above the neck. He squandered his time in the harem, and made the mistake of keeping the chief among his 40 nobles waiting while he made merry with a favourite dancing girl.
This heir had the correct genitals, but all the wrong ideas about being king. So when the old man died in 1236, they parked on the throne her half-brother. In other words, Raziya was all a monarch ought to be-except she had the wrong genitals. But the 40 nobles at court would have none of it-in poetry and verse they threatened to defy the imperial decree, and lamented loudly that beloved Raziya was not the emperor’s son. There was precedent, his partisans claimed-Khosrow’s daughter Pourandokht had ruled Persia some centuries before in her own right. He must have been an unusual character in the 13th century, because he seems to have preferred his daughter over profligate sons, recommending her as his heir. Like Gandhi, Raziya was first noticed as the daughter of a very important man, emperor Iltutmish. If Gandhi was the first woman to lead democratic India, Sultan Raziya was the only woman to have occupied Delhi’s throne during the days of the Slave Dynasty.
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