Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
Sultan of Delhi
Ghazi Malik
Sultan-e-Dilli
Narpati-e-Dilli[citation needed]
A Jalayirid copy of a Delhi Sultanate manuscript, depicting ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq leading his troops in the capture of the city of Tirhut, based on the Basātin al-uns by Muhammad Sadr Ala-i, a member of the Tughluq court and an ambassador to Ilkhanid Iran. Ca.1410 copy of 1326 original. Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ms. R.1032.[1][2][3]
17th Sultan of Delhi
Reign8 September 1320 – 1 February 1325
Coronation8 September 1320
PredecessorKhusro Khan
SuccessorMuhammad bin Tughluq
Bornunknown
Died1 February 1325
Kara-Manikpur, India
Burial
Delhi, India
IssueMuhammad bin Tughluq
HouseTughluq dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (Persian: غیاث الدین تغلق), or Ghazi Malik (غازی ملک; Ghazi means fighter for Islam;[4] died 1 February 1325[5]) was the Sultan of Delhi from 1320 to 1325. He was the first sultan of the Tughluq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. During his reign, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq founded the city of Tughluqabad. His reign ending upon his death in 1325 when a pavilion built in his honour collapsed. The 14th century historian Ibn Battuta claimed that the death of the sultan was the result of a conspiracy against him.[4]

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq was succeeded by his eldest son, Muhammad bin Tughluq.[6] He was of Turkish Origin.[7]

  1. ^ ÇAĞMAN, FİLİZ; TANINDI, ZEREN (2011). "Selections from Jalayirid Books in the Libraries of Istanbul" (PDF). Muqarnas. 28: 230, 258 Fig.56. ISSN 0732-2992. JSTOR 23350289.
  2. ^ ÇAĞMAN, FİLİZ; TANINDI, ZEREN (2011). "Selections from Jalayirid Books in the Libraries of Istanbul" (PDF). Muqarnas. 28: 230, 258 Fig.56. ISSN 0732-2992. JSTOR 23350289. Another illustrated manuscript that is most probably from the time of Ahmad Jalayir. It is an unfinished copy of a work in Persian entitled Basatin al-Uns. The written sources emphasize the artistic patronage of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir.
  3. ^ William Charles Brice (1981). An Historical Atlas of Islam. Brill. p. 409.
  4. ^ a b Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 89–92. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  5. ^ Jackson, Peter (16 October 2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
  6. ^ Tughlaq Shahi Kings of Delhi: Chart The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 2, p. 369..
  7. ^ Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq was a Qara'una Turk.

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