New Delhi: "Razia Sultan", a new historical show on the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, aims to bring the message of women's empowerment to viewers through her inspirational tale. Actors ...

Like Pakeezah, Kamal Amrohi’s Razia Sultan had all the right ingredients–superstar Hema Malini as leading lady, Bhanu Athaiya as costume designer, and Khayyam as music director. But none of it ...

This book gives us colourful accounts of life and strife in the zenana too. If Razia had been male, she would have been a shoo-in for the throne: after all, she’s the sultan’s oldest child ...

The tragedy that was Razia Sultan. Razia Sultan, Kamal Amrohi's biopic of India's only female Muslim ruler, was eventually released in 1983.It was made on a reported budget of ₹ 10 crore ...

Next to the grave of Delhi’s first woman emperor, Razia Sultan, is a crypt. We can’t say for sure who lies there. It’s a historic puzzle. Our city has seen invasions, civil wars, slaughter ...

India was ruled by the Slave dynasty, who came from Turkey between 1206 and 1290 AD. Qutab-ud-din Aibak was the first emperor of the Slave dynasty and the Delhi Sultanate was his creation.

The daughter of Sultan Iltutmish, Razia is determined to be his heir. That’s all she dreams about during her childhood and her horse-riding and battle-training classes.