Muhammad bin Tughluq
| Muhammad bin Tughluq | |
|---|---|
| Ghazi Fakhr Malik | |
Early Mughal painting of Muhammad bin Tughluq (1534) | |
| 18th Sultan of Delhi | |
| Reign | 4 February 1325 – 20 March 1351 |
| Predecessor | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| Successor | Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
| Born | c. 1290 Delhi, India |
| Died | 20 March 1351 (aged 60–61) |
| Burial | |
| Dynasty | Tughlaq |
| Father | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muhammad bin Tughluq (Persian: محمد بن تغلق; Persian pronunciation: [mu.ham.ˈmad bin tuɣ.ˈlaq]; 1290 – 20 March 1351), or Muhammad II, also named Jauna Khan as Crown Prince, further known by his epithets, The Eccentric Prince, or The Mad Sultan, was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from 4 February 1325 until his death in 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the young Muhammad was sent by his father to the Deccan Plateau to fight a military campaign against the Kakatiya dynasty. In 1323, the future sultan successfully laid siege upon the Kakatiya capital in Warangal. This victory over King Prataparudra ended the Kakatiya dynasty.
Muhammad ascended to the Delhi throne upon his father's death in 1325. Muhammad bin Tughluq had an interest in medicine. He was also skilled in several languages: Persian, Hindavi, Arabic, Sanskrit and Turkic. Ibn Battuta, the famous traveler and jurist from Morocco, wrote in his book about his time at the Sultan's court.