TUGHLAQ DYNASTY:(1320 - 1412 AD)
GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLAK
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (1325-1351 AD),who was the Governor of Punjab during
the reign of Alauddin Khilji ascended the throne in 1320 AD and founded the
Tughlaq dynasty. He built the city of Tughlakabad near Delhi.He conquered
Warangal and put down the revolt in Bengal, introduced various socio-economic
reforms.
MUHAMMED-BIN TUGHLAK
Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351 AD) was a great, intellectual, just, merciful,
generous and a strictly religious person, but a man devoid of any practical
wisdom. Therefore all his schemes for improvement of administration and
extension of his dominions came to nothing. He inherited a massive empire but
lost many provinces, more particularly Deccan and Bengal. His empire covered
the regions from Peshawar in the north and Madurai in the south,and from
Sindh in the west to Assam in the east. The capital was transfered from Delhi
to Devagiri. However, it had to be shifted back within two years as there were
no adequate arrangements in the new capital. He also introduced copper and
brass coins as token coins and ordered that these coins should be considered
at par with the silver and gold coins in value. This resulted in forged coins
and as a result token currency was withdrawn. He died in 1351 AD.
FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAK
Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388 AD), cousin of Muhammad-Bin Tughlak came
to throne in 1351 AD. He was a god fearing person devoted his energies in
the betterment of his people. He was not successful and could not control
the rebellions which broke out in the different parts of the empire.
He increased the numbers of schools and hospitals. He established new towns
like Ferozabad, Fatehbad, Jaunpur, Hissar, Firoza and Firozpur. After the death
of Firoze Tughlaq, there were civil wars. Nasiruddin Muhammad(1394-1412 AD)
was the last of the Tughlaq Sultans. Timur's invasion ended the Sultanate of
Delhi.
|PALAS| |PRATIHARAS| |RASHTRAKUTAS|
|MUSLIM INVASION| |DELHI SULTANATE| |SLAVE DYNASTY|
|KHILJIS| |TIMUR| |SAYYADS| |LODHIS| |VIJAYANAGARA |
|BAHAMANI| |BHAKTI MOVEMENT | |SUFISM| |MUGHALS|
|SHERSHAH| |MUGHALS RE-ESTABLISHED| |SIKH POWER|
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