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The only Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was:

Razia Sultan, daughter of Iltutmish, ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1236 to 1240 and was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi. Nur Jahan, Jahangir's queen,…

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Razia Sultan, daughter of Iltutmish, ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1236 to 1240 and was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi. Nur Jahan, Jahangir's queen, wielded great power and had coins struck in her name, but she never sat on the throne herself.

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