Today in Islamic History

Battles & Sieges

1240 (786 years ago)

(13 October) The 5th ruler of the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, Razia Sultana was defeated by an army led by her half-brother Sultan Muizuddin Bahram while she was trying to curb a rebellion. Razia was defeated and lost her life the very next day.

Births

1948 (78 years ago)

(13 October) Renowned musician and Qawali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan.