Q.

Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of Sultan -

A. Mohammed Ghori
B. Mohammed of Ghazni
C. Iltutmish
D. Alauddin Khilji
Answer» C. Iltutmish
Explanation: In 1236 Iltutmish, on his death- bed, nominated his daughter Raziya as his heiress. But the nobles of the court were too proud to bow their heads before a woman, and disregarding the deceased Sultan's wishes, raised to the throne his eldest surviving son, Ruknud- din Firuz.
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