Muhammad bin Tughluq
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Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq: Founder of the Tughluq Dynasty
PersonGhiyath al-Din Tughluq (r. 1320-1325) rose from the Mongol frontier at Dipalpur to seize Delhi after the murder of the last Khalji sultan, founding the Tughluq dynasty. He moderated Khalji fiscal severity, built Tughluqabad, and died when a pavilion collapsed at Afghanpur.
South Asian IslamMuhammad bin Tughluq: The Scholar Sultan and His Failed Projects
PersonMuhammad bin Tughluq (r. 1325-1351) ruled the Delhi Sultanate at its greatest extent and presided over its fragmentation. An unusually learned sultan, he attempted a second capital at Daulatabad, a token coinage, and agricultural reform, and the failures cost him his empire's cohesion.
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