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The Tughlaq Dynasty (Urdu
Urdu

Urdu is a Central_Indo-Aryan_languages#Central_Zone_.28Madhya_or_Hindi.29 Indo-Aryan languages of the Indo-Iranian languages, belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages....
: ????) of north India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 started in 1321 in Delhi
Delhi

Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....
 when Ghazi Tughlaq assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq , founder and first ruler of the Turkic peoples Muslim Tughluq dynasty in India. He has been the founder of the third city of Delhi called Tughluqabad....
. The Tughluqs were a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 family of Turkic
Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern, central and western Eurasia, and who mostly speak languages belonging to the Turkic languages....
 origin. Their rule relied on their alliances with Turkic, Afghan, and other Muslim warriors from outside South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
.

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
Daulatabad

Daulatabad Starting 1327, it famously remained the capital of Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq , who also changed its name, and forcibily moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack to water....
 and introducing copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
 coins without effective regulation against forgery.






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The Tughlaq Dynasty (Urdu
Urdu

Urdu is a Central_Indo-Aryan_languages#Central_Zone_.28Madhya_or_Hindi.29 Indo-Aryan languages of the Indo-Iranian languages, belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages....
: ????) of north India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 started in 1321 in Delhi
Delhi

Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....
 when Ghazi Tughlaq assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq , founder and first ruler of the Turkic peoples Muslim Tughluq dynasty in India. He has been the founder of the third city of Delhi called Tughluqabad....
. The Tughluqs were a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 family of Turkic
Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern, central and western Eurasia, and who mostly speak languages belonging to the Turkic languages....
 origin. Their rule relied on their alliances with Turkic, Afghan, and other Muslim warriors from outside South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
.

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
Daulatabad

Daulatabad Starting 1327, it famously remained the capital of Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq , who also changed its name, and forcibily moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack to water....
 and introducing copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
 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 stubborn eccentricity in the Hindustani language.

After Muhammad bin Tughlaq his cousin Feroz Shah Tughlaq assumed the throne. He 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
    Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

    Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq , founder and first ruler of the Turkic peoples Muslim Tughluq dynasty in India. He has been the founder of the third city of Delhi called Tughluqabad....
     (1321 - 1325)
  • Muhammad Shah II
    Muhammad bin Tughluq

    Muhammad bin Tughluq dynasty also Prince Juna Khan was the Delhi Sultanate from 1325 to 1351. He was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq....
     (1325 - 1351)
  • Mahmud Ibn Muhammad
    Mahmud ibn Muhammad

    Mahmud ibn Muhammad was the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the List of Beys of Tunis from 1814 until his death in 1824....
     ( March 1351)
  • Firuz Shah Tughluq
    Firuz Shah Tughluq

    Firoz Shah Tughlaq , 1309 - 1388 in Delhi, was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty from 1351 to 1388. He was the son of a Hindu Rajput princess of Dipalpur....
     (1351 - 1388)
  • Ghiyas ud din Tughluq II (1388 - 1389)
  • Abu Baker
    Abu Baker

    Abu Baker was a Muslim :Category:Turkic rulers of the Tughlaq Dynasty and the younger son of Firuz Shah Tughluq. After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II was murdered, Abu Baker became ruler of the Tughlaq empire....
     (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
Firuz Shah Tughluq

Firoz Shah Tughlaq , 1309 - 1388 in Delhi, was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty from 1351 to 1388. He was the son of a Hindu Rajput princess of Dipalpur....
, controlled the west from Firozabad
Firozabad

Firozabad is a city in India, within the state of Uttar Pradesh.This city was built by Firuz Shah Tughluq, a Tughlaq king. From the earliest it was famous for glass and bangle works, and its related small scale industry is famous throughout the world....
 Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah, son of Mahmud Nasir ud din, controlled the east from Delhi

See also

  • Delhi Sultanate
    Delhi Sultanate

    The Delhi Sultanate refers to the many Muslim countries that ruled in Hindustan from 1206 to 1526. Several Turkic peoples and Pashtun people dynasties ruled from Delhi: the Mamluk Sultanate , the Khilji dynasty , the Tughlaq dynasty , the Sayyid dynasty , and the Lodhi dynasty ....