 the term sultana () is an islamic title reserved for a few muslim women rulers in history. it is sometimes mistaken for the title of the chief wife of a sultan. ==overview== a famous sultana was razia sultana of india.  in the former kingdom of touggourt (now part of algeria) there was one sultana: aÃ¯sha. in aceh, indonesia, there were five sultanas who ruled: * sultana seri ratu nihrasyiah rawangsa khadiyu of pase (1400-1427) * sultana seri ratu ta'jul alam syafiatuddin syah of aceh (1641-1675) - daughter of sultan iskandar muda the great, and wife of sultan iskandar tani. she spoke 6 languages, acehnese, malay, spanish, dutch, arabic, and persian. * sultana seri ratu nurul alam naqiatuddin syah of aceh (1675-1678) - goddaughter of sultana safiatudin. * sultana seri ratu zakiatuddin inayat syah (1678-1688) - goddaughter of sultana safiatuddin. * sultana seri ratu kamalat syah (1688-1699) - goddaughter of sultana safiatuddin. replaced by her husband, under pressure from the mufti of mecca. ==egypt== in medieval egypt, shajar al-durr, a former slave of turkic origin, ascended the throne in 1250, thereby becoming the only muslim woman to rule a country in north africa and western asia. although several sources assert that she took the title of sultana, the cambridge history of islam disputes the claim, stating that "a feminine form, sultana, does not exist in arabic: the title sulá¹­Än appears on shajar a
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