Tughlaq dynasty

Tughlaq dynasty

The Tughlaq Dynasty (Urdu: تغلق) of north India started in 1321 in Delhi when Ghazi Tughlaq assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The Tughluqs were a Muslim family of Turkish origin. Their rule relied on their alliances with Turkish, Afghan, and other Muslim warriors from outside South Asia.

The empire grew under his son and successor Muhammad bin Tughlaq, but the latter became notorious for ill-advised policy experiments such as shifting the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and introducing copper coins without effective regulation against forgery. It can be argued however that he is the classic example of a "man before his time", so to speak. Tughluqi has as a result become synonym for brilliant if stubbron eccentricity in the Hindustani language.

After Muhammad bin Tughlaq his cousin Feroz Shah Tughlaq assumed the throne. He was a very benevolent ruler but was somewhat weak militarily mainly because of inept army. After Feroz died in 1388, the Tughlaq dynasty started to fade out and there were no able leaders; the dynasty was almost over within 10 years.

Rulers

*Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I (1321 - 1325)
*Muhammad Shah II (1325 - 1351)
*Mahmud Ibn Muhammad ( March 1351)
*Firuz Shah Tughluq (1351 - 1388)
*Ghiyas ud din Tughluq II (1388 - 1389)
*Abu Baker (1389 - 1390)
*Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III (1390 - 1393)
*Sikander Shah I ( March - April 1393)
*Mahmud Nasir ud din (Sultan Mahmud II) at Delhi (1393 - 1394)
* (1394-1398)::Nusrat Shah, grandson of Firuz Shah Tughluq, controlled the west from Firozabad::Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah, son of Mahmud Nasir ud din, controlled the east from Delhi

See also

*Delhi Sultanate

References

* [http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9372778 Encyclopedia Britannica - Muhammad ibn Tughluq]


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