Tughlaq dynasty
Tughlaq تغلق | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flag of the Tughlaq dynasty according to the contemporary Catalan Atlas (c. 1375). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Territory under the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, 1330–1335. The empire shrank after 1335. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Delhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official) Hindavi (Language of elites and lingua franca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1320–1325 | Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1325–1351 | Muhammad ibn Tughluq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1351–1388 | Firuz Shah Tughlaq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1388–1413 | Ghiyath-ud-din Tughluq Shah / Abu Bakr Shah / Muhammad Shah / Mahmud Tughlaq / Nusrat Shah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 8 September 1320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | February 1413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Taka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Delhi Sultanate |
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| Ruling dynasties |
The Tughlaq dynasty (also known as the Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty; Persian: تغلق شاهیان) was the third dynasty to rule over the Delhi Sultanate in medieval India. Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq and ended in 1413.
The Indo-Turkic dynasty expanded its territorial reach through a military campaign led by Muhammad bin Tughluq, and reached its zenith between 1330 and 1335. It ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for this brief period.