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Muhammad bin Tughluq was the Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351. He was the eldest son of Ghiyas ud din Tughluq. Ghiyas ud din sent the young Muhammad to the Deccan to campaign against the Kakatiya king Pratapa-rudra of Warangal. He succeeded to the Delhi throne after Ghiyas ud din's death in 1325. The Tughlaq Dynasty of north India started in 1321 CE in Delhi when Ghazi Tughlaq assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation. ... Introduction The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. ... The Kakatiya Dynasty was a south Indian dynasty that ruled parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh, India from 1083-1323 AD. They were one of the few Telugu kingdoms that lasted for centuries. ... Warangal is a city in Andhra Pradesh state of southeastern India. ...


Muhammad was committed to maintaining the Sultanate's expansion into the newly-conquered provinces of peninsular India. To have better administration of these southern parts of the Empire, Muhammad moved the capital from Delhi to Deogiri in the Deccan in the early part of his reign, renaming the city Daulatabad. His plan was to move the entire population of Delhi to the new capital. But the plan failed due to inadequate arrangements in Deogiri and the capital had to be shifted back again to Delhi after two years. Delhi (दिल्ली or Dillī in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ... Daulatabad (from Persian دولت‌آباد meaning Built by the Government), also called Deogiri or Devagiri, is a hill-fortress in Maharashtra state, India, in about 40 miles northwest of the city of Aurangabad in Aurangabad district. ... Introduction The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. ...


Muhammad also had the novel idea of introducing for the first time in India the token currency, using brass and copper coins rather than silver. However due to lack of proper minting facility the plan failed and there were soon heaps of forged coins in the royal garden. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ...


Such gradiose, unsuccessful policy experiments made Muhammad notorious in the minds of many of his contemporaries. By the end of his reign, many of the further provinces of the empire were in revolt.


Muhammad died while campaigning in Sind. He was succeeded by his cousin Firuz Shah Tughluq. Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... Firuz Shah was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty (1351 - 1388). ...



Preceded by:
Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq
Sultan of Delhi
1325–1351
Succeeded by:
Firuz Shah Tughluq


The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... Firuz Shah was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty (1351 - 1388). ...


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Muhammad bin Tughluq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (395 words)
Muhammad was committed to maintaining the Sultanate's expansion into the newly-conquered provinces of peninsular India.
To have better administration of these southern parts of the Empire, Muhammad moved the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in the Deccan in the early part of his reign, renaming that city Deogir also known as Daulatabad.
Muhammad also had the idea of introducing token currency for the first time in India, modelled after the Chinese example, using brass or copper coins, backed by silver and gold kept in the treasury.
NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Muhammad bin Tughluq (248 words)
Muhammad bin Tughluq was the Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351.
To have better administration of these southern parts of the Empire, Muhammad moved the capital from Delhi to Deogiri in the Deccan in the early part of his reign, renaming the city Daulatabad.
Muhammad also had the novel idea of introducing for the first time in India the token currency, using brass and copper coins rather than silver.
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