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Mohammad Tughlaq

Muhammad bin Tughluq
Fakhr Malik
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Sultan of Delhi
Reign 1325–20 March 1351
Predecessor Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Successor Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Died 20 March 1351
Thatta, Delhi Sultanate (present day Sindh, Pakistan)
Burial Tughlaqabad, (present day Delhi, India)
Full name
Muhammad bin Tughluq
House Tughluq dynasty
Religion Islam
Full name
Muhammad bin Tughluq

Muhammad bin Tughluq (also Prince Fakhr Malik, Jauna Khan, Ulugh Khan; died 20 March 1351) was the Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351. He was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the Turko-Indian founder of the Tughluq dynasty. He was born in Kotla Tolay Khan in Multan.His wife was the daughter of the Raja of Dipalpur. Ghiyas-ud-din sent the young Muhammad to the Deccan to campaign against king Prataparudra of the Kakatiya dynasty whose capital was at Warangal in 1321 and 1323. Muhammad ascended to the Delhi throne upon his father's death in 1325. He was interested in medicine and was skilled in several languages — Persian, Arabic, Turkish and SanskritIbn Battuta, the famous traveler and jurist from Morocco, was a guest at his court and wrote about his suzerainty in his book. From his accession to the throne in 1325 until his death in 1351, Muhammad contended with 22 rebellions, pursuing his policies, consistently and ruthlessly. It is said that he deliberately killed his father Ghiyasudden Tughlaq to ascend the throne of Delhi, although modern historians do not support this theory.

Muhammad bin Tughluq was born to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, who was in turn the son of a Turkic slave father and a Hindu Indian mother, and was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty after taking control of the Delhi Sultanate. His mother was known by the title Makhduma-i-Jahan, who was known for being a philanthropist, having founded many hospitals.


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