13 Facts About Muhammad Tughlaq

Muhammad Tughlaq was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty.

Muhammad Tughlaq has been described as an "inhuman eccentric" with bizarre character by the accounts of visitors during his rule, he is said to have ordered the massacre of all the inhabitants of the Hindu city of Kannauj.

Muhammad Tughlaq ascended to the Delhi throne upon his father's death in 1325.

Muhammad Tughlaq was interested in medicine and was skilled in several languages — Persian, Hindavi Arabic, Sanskrit and Turkish.

Muhammad Tughlaq is known as Prince Fakhr Malik Jauna Khan, Ulugh Khan.

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Muhammad Tughlaq is said to have ordered the massacre of all the inhabitants of the Hindu city of Kanauj.

Muhammad Tughlaq decided to transfer his capital from Delhi to Devagiri, which are 600 miles apart, then ordered the people to move back to Delhi.

Peter Jackson mentions that Muhammad Tughlaq was the only Sultan who participated in Hindu festivities.

Muhammad bin Tughlaq himself had spent a number of years as a prince on campaign in the southern states during the reign of his father.

Muhammad Tughlaq invited nobles and leaders from these regions and gave them grants.

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq died in 1351 on his way to Thatta, Sindh, while he was campaigning in Sindh against Taghi, a Turkic slave tribe.

Firuz Shah Muhammad Tughlaq had claimed that before his rule, idol-temples had been permitted to be rebuilt contrary to the Sharia.

Muhammad Tughlaq was famous because whenever a gift was bestowed upon him, he would give gifts worth three times the value to show his stature.