女性身份与权力博弈——简评中世纪印度女苏丹拉济娅

Female Identity and Power Game——A Study on Sultan Raziya in Medieval India

拉济娅是印度中世纪唯一的女苏丹,她才华出众,执政期间取得了许多令人叹服的政绩。但由于男权社会长期存在的对妇女的歧视和偏见,使其很难获得广泛的政治支持。拉济娅试图冲破传统社会观念的束缚,却引起了一部分保守势力的极大反感。更为重要的是,拉济娅通过限制封建贵族权力来加强王权的做法损害了在宫廷中占有绝对优势的突厥贵族的利益,受到了他们的强烈反对和报复,在经历短暂的执政之后拉济娅最终走向了失败。

Raziya was the only female sultan in Medieval Indian history. She was talented and made a lot of impressive achievements during her administration. But because of the prejudice and discrimination a- gainst women in the male-dominated society, it was difficult to obtain broad political support for her. Her impact on some traditional ideas caused a great resentment among the conservatives. More importantly, Raziya attempted to strengthen the monarchy practices by limiting the power of the aristocracy, it harmed the interests of Turkie nobles who Finally, after a short ruling Raziya dominated the court and caused failed. their strong opposition and retaliation.