Count Your Sons (The Decree)

SizzleC · from the album Sultan, Not Sultana: The Crowd and the Coin · 2026 · 3:30

The Decree: Iltutmish leaves Razia in charge of Delhi while he besieges Gwalior in 1231, comes home, and has his scribe Taj ul-Mulk write her name on the succession over his sons. Minhaj, the only source, was in Gwalior and heard it second hand.

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