Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq | |
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Sultan of Delhi Ghazi Malik Sultan-e-Dilli Narpati-e-Dilli[citation needed] | |
17th Sultan of Delhi | |
Reign | 8 September 1320 – 1 February 1325 |
Coronation | 8 September 1320 |
Predecessor | Khusro Khan |
Successor | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
Born | unknown |
Died | 1 February 1325 Kara-Manikpur, India |
Burial | Delhi, India |
Issue | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
House | Tughluq dynasty |
Religion | Sunni 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]
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.