TUGLAQ

Key People
Sardar Patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Paresh Rawal
Annu Kapoor

Jawaharlal Nehru Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Benjamin Gilani Sri Vallabh Vyas

Lord Mountbatten of Burma

Tom Alter
 Introduction

✣A 1993 Indian biographical drama film on Sardar

Vallabh Bhai Patel
 Plot

✣Beginning:
⨳Vallabhbhai Patel,
born into a wealthy
family, ridiculing
Gandhi and his
policies. On hearing
Gandhi speak, he
changes his mind and
joins him.
 Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
Sultan of Delhi (1325-1351)
• Popularly known as “Mad Muhammad”
Inconsistent and Self Cancelling Actions
• Attempted to be just and liberal towards Hindu population but not man
benefited. Both Hindu and Muslims doubted and resented his actions
• Decision to shift capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (City of Hindus) – Alienated
Muslims; Later did same for vengeance against people of Delhi (who plotted
his assassination)
• Launched and later reverted copper currency
• Journey to Daulatabad is full of starvation, disease and death

Sadistic and manipulative instincts

• Killed Sheikh-Imam-ud-din by trick
• Left entirely alone in last
• Stoned his mother to death who confined in him
 Aziz
Dhobi (Fictional)
• Tuglaq’s real nemesis and inverted double
• Benefited from Tuglaq’s equality policy by winning a false judgement as fake
Brahmin
• Counterfeited copper currency pushing Tuglaq to revert his decision
• Replaces Ghiyas-ud-din, descendant of Baghdad khalifas and supplant
himself in palace
 Zid-Ud-Din Barani
Historian
• Lacks courage to stand against
Sultan – “Disagreed with Najib on
Killing Sheikh but didn’t take a stand”
• Unable to stop Sultan from killing his
own mother
• Doesn’t tell Sultan the truth about his
mother’s death
• Highly Trusted by Royal family and
king
Muhammad Nazib
Vizier to Sultan
• Cunning conspirator – “plans murder
of Sheikh”
• Diplomatic and Political – “Also
suspicious of Sultan”
• Key advisor to Sultan – distrusted by
Royal family but highly trusted by
Sultan
• Get poisoned by Sultan’s step mother
 TUGHLAQ
CHARACTERISTICS
• On the death of Ghyasuddin, his son, Juna Khan, ascended the throne of Delhi
under the title of Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325 A.D.)

• His character was a mixture of opposites.

• He was a great scholar, a brave soldier, an accomplished poets, and pious

Muslim.

• But the good qualities of his head and heart were marred by his perverse
judgment, fits of cruelty, and callous indifference to the sufferings of others.

• His whole reign is a record of wild and visionary schemes leading to

widespread miseries and ultimate dissolution of the Empire.

Ambitious Conquests
• Planned conquest of Persia and
collected a vast army
• Maintained the army for a year at
ruinous expense and then
disbanded it.
• were caused to the people.
Also dispatched a large army
against Qarachal, lying in Kumaun
and Gahrwal region. But the
enterprise ended in a total failure
Widespread Rebellion
• The wild and visionary projects brought
untold miseries on his people and
hastened the disruption of the Empire.
• Bengal, Gujrat, Madura, and Warrangal
declared independence
• The last years of his reign were spent in
futile attempts to suppress these revolts.
In 1351 the Sultan died while engaged in
pursuing a rebel in Thatta or Sind
Reasons for Downfall
Heavy Taxes
• Imposed heavy taxes on the
people of Doab the poorer section,
being unable to bear the
burden were severely punished.
• Many took to flight in the hills and
jungles & his soldiers used to
chase them out and kill them like
wild beasts.
Transfer of Capital
• The Sultan next resolved to remove
his capital from Delhi to Devagiri.
• The order was given effect so in a
relentless manner and untold miseries
• The scheme was a huge failure and
the Sultan ordered the transference of
the capital back to Delhi.
Experiment of copper
currency
• The Sultan introduced the token
copper currency, according to which
copper coins were to be given the
same value as silver coins.
• The device proved a complete failure,
as no steps were taken against
forgeries. It involved the State in
financial ruin.
 Leadership Moments
I. Overtures to Hindus
a) Hindus not paying the jiziya tax
b)Filing of suit by Vishnu Prasad against Tughlaq
c) Movement of capital from Delhi to Daulatbad
Result?
✣These were not perceived as earnest efforts by the Hindus
✣There was animosity and confusion in both Hindus and Muslims
Things we would have done differently?
1.Have a clear sense of vision and purpose behind these actions
2.Take into confidence both Hindus and Muslims
 Leadership Moments

II. Transfer of Ain-ul-Mulk from Avadh to Deccan

Result?
✣Turning of a friend to a foe
Things we would have done differently?
1.Ascertain the long term implications of actions
2.Continued to retain him as the Governor of Avadh
 Leadership Moments
III.Treatment of Sheikh Imam-ud-din
a. Deceit at the proceeding where nobody turned up
b. Murder of Sheikh in the battle
Result?
✣Loss of a potential ally who was an influential figure
amongst Muslims
✣Loss of Confidence of Amirs, Sayyids
Things we would have done differently?
1.Turned Sheikh Imam-ud-din into an ally
2.Gather support of the majority people
 Leadership Moments

IV.Introducing Copper Coins

Results?
✣Wasn’t a well thought out plan
✣Led to losses of the treasury
Things we would have done differently?
1.Have a solid strategy before going through the plan
2.Well thought out plan of action to curb minting and
other illicit activities
 Leadership Moments

V.Murder of his father, brother and step brother

Results?
✣Beginning of the contradictions in Tughlaq’s
personality
✣The need to appear just on the outside while
hiding true political motivations
 FIRO- B comparison
Inclusion Control Affection

Expressed 5 8 8 7 4 7

Wanted 6 7 1 3 8 NA

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

V Krishnamurthy
 Tughlaq- visionary ?
✣Wishes to see unity between Hindus and Muslims (eg –
Daualatbad as symbol of bonding between Hindus and
Muslims – failed to convince)

✣Wants justice to work in his kingdom without any

consideration of might or weakness, religion or creed (eg –
Aziz brahmin winning a case against the state)

✣Idealist but can go to any extent for protecting himself

and his ideals (eg – killing rising powerful sultans and his
own family)
 Egogram
Ego states Score
Critical Parent (Rules are Important – Copper Currency) 30
Nurturing Parent ( Not so Generous) 10
Adult (Underinvestment in Reality, too strict and
prejudiced)
10
Adaptive child ( Doesn’t questions himself before acting) 10
Nurturing child (Relies constantly on intuition rather than 30
facts and reality)
Little professor