تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.4.1

11.4.1

When Rukn al-Dīn had been killed, the troops agreed to make his sister Raḍiyya ruler; they gave her the kingship and she ruled independently for four years. She rode with bow, quiver and bow-case as men ride, and did not veil her face.