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L8 - Tughlaq Dynasty
L8 - Tughlaq Dynasty
tried to safeguard his authority over north India instead of reasserting his authority over the Deccan and S.India
Tarik i Firozshahai Biography of FST
Linked state and religion to appease Ulemmas Jiziya was strictly imposed on non-Muslims. Ziauddin Barani
Fatwa- i-Jahandari
he scheme of irrigation enabled the Sultan to overcome famine
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b/c he dug irrigation canals and wells. the first Sultan to impose irrigation tax.
which had been the greatest menace in the reign of Md. Bin Tughluq. uch a rapid expansion of the directly ruled territories, and
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ejected Khaljiʼs policy of non annexation of distant states and of being
R such a high degree of centralisation, had their own pitfalls
Pointers
lthough orthodox muslim, this is taught by
a r evive the tradition of a state based on content with their formal submission and sending tributes regularly. which Muhammad Tughlaq was to realize later.
every religion benevolence and the welfare of people
Taimur invaded & sacked Delhi in 1398 after FST died his invasion in fact delivered a death blow to the Tughlaq dynasty.
He created new department to take care of orphans and widows. Diwan-i-Khairat
developed royal factories called Karkhanas In short: Strong Raja but also Mad King
near Red Fort in Delhi, now called Firoz Shah Kotla Firozabad Firoz Shah Tughlaq his influx of the then-Delhi residents into
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tory: arid, have to return back after2 year,
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(1351-1388) anted to make Devagiri aka Daulatabad as second
w the Deccan region led to a growth of
failed attempt
Renovated Jaunpur (East UP) capital- to control South India better Muslim population in central & S.India
nnouncing an exemption from taxes and jizya for those who convert, and by lavishing
a NW Frontier Campaigns to Kalanaur and Peshawar
new converts with presents and honours. converting Hindus to Sunni Islam Expeditions Failure
Himalayas Qarachil Campaign
increased intolerance and persecution of targeted groups.
shortage of silver
like Bengal, Malwa, Gujarat declared their independence. Delhi Sultanate had disintegrated further
issued copper coins at par with the value of the silver tanka coins.
started by MBT Wrote off Sondhar/ Takhavi loans
s topped the circulation of token currency and
New Valuation system Jama Forging started promised to exchange silver coins for the copper coins Failure & treasury became empty
Agrarian Measures introduced a token currency
Many gardens planted This coin for the first time carried an inscription in Persian.
Moden day cess & surcharges called Abwabs Abolition of Taxes not sanctioned by the shara. ot the 1st token currency experiment: 1st in china: successful & 2nd in
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq Persia: failure there
called Dar-ul-Safa Hospitals (1325 -1351)
t remendous increase in revenue demand resulted in
two Ashokan pillars transported from Meerut and Topra (Haryana) Pillars increased revenue collection taxation on the farmers of G-Y Doab contraction of area under plough, flight of peasantry
Repaired the upper storey of the Qutub Minar, which had been destroyed by lightening. first Sultan to attempt to formulate an agricultural policy for promoting agriculture.
only 32 pages Futuhat - e - Friozshahi His autobiography Agrarian Reforms Takkavi Loan or Sondhar Loans loans for cultivation scheme cannot be called a total failure.
abandoned after three years, due to various reasons like corruption of the officer, etc
rst who include Sufi into nobility and who entered into matrimonial
fi obility included person of very low status on the
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alliance with the Sufis. basis of talent like The cook, The gardener etc.