Razia Sultana
Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, India in the 1200s and the subcontinent’s first female Muslim ruler.
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Inhyeon
1600s Korean queen
Zheng
Chinese empress of the Song dynasty
Jahan Begum
Sultan Jahan Begum was the fourth and last female ruler of Bhopal, a principality in Malwa in Central India, ruling from 1901 until 1926.
Jahanara Begum
Mughal princess and Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire
Maham Begum
She married Babur, the first Mughal emperor, in 1506, in Herat. Though she was Babur’s third wife, she became his chief consort, acting as a political advisor in many circumstances.
Mariam-uz-Zamani
Mariam was married to the third Mughal emperor, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, on 6 February 1562, as part of a political resolution.
Manikuntala Sen
Activist, politician and memoirist Manikuntala Sen was one of the first women active in the Communist Party of India.
Ichiyō Higuchi
Meiji Period writer Ichiyō Higuchi was the first woman in Japan to write modern literature professionally, particularly short stories and poetry, as well as extensive diary accounts.
Lü
The empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, and was the first woman to hold the title of Empress of China. She is typically portrayed as the first woman to have ruled over a united China.