Khadija Sultana
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Khadija Sultana (1600 - died after 1665) was the regent of the Bijapur Sultanate between 1656 and 1661.
She was the daughter of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, married to Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur and mother of Ali Adil Shah II, and acted as the regent of her son during his minority. [1]
References[]
- ^ Gijs Kruijtzer, Khadija Sultana, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Khadija [13/01/2014]
Categories:
- 17th-century women rulers
- Adil Shahi dynasty
- Qutb Shahi dynasty
- 17th-century Indian politicians