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Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
Sultan of Delhi
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (Persian: غیاث الدین تغلق), or Ghazi Malik[a] (غازی ملک; died 1 February 1325[5]) was the Sultan of Delhi from 1320 to 1325.
Tughlaq dynasty founder
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]
Early life
Literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence makes it clear that Tughluq was the Sultan's personal name, and not an ancestral designation.
His ancestry is debated among modern historians, because the earlier sources differ widely regarding it. Tughluq's court poet Badr-i Chach attempted to find a Sassanid gen