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A daughter of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Khudawand-zada, alongside her husband, attemped to murder Firoz out of jealousy when he came to visit her.It was a custom of Firuz Shah to visit and converse with Khudwand-zada after Friday prayers and upon Firuz seeing hidden signals being made by her on his visit, he left her palace hastily and took the sword from one of his nobles, Rai Chirhu Bhatti ...
The Tughlaq dynasty experienced many revolts by Muslim nobility, particularly during Muhammad bin Tughlaq's reign but also during rule of later monarchs such as Firoz Shah Tughlaq. [ 85 ] [ 117 ] The Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan , Pakistan , is considered to be the earliest example of Tughluq architecture, built between 1320 and 1324.
Firoz Shah (Urdu: ﻓﻴﺮﻭﺯﺷﺎﻩ) (7 January 1914 – 6 August 2007), SI (M) Cdr. (ret.) was a Royal Navy officer in India under the British Raj, serving from 1938 to 1972. He was born in village Baghanwala, Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan near Chakwal, Jhelum district, Punjab. He joined the Royal Navy in India and served under the British ...
Painting of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Kept in the collection of the Raza Library Rampur. The city of Firozpur was founded by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, a ruler of the Tughluq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. [6] It is located on the banks of the Sutlej River on the India–Pakistan border.
Firuz Shah Tughlaq during his campaign of Nagarkot destroyed the temple and desecrated its main deity. He stole 1300 Sanskrit Manuscripts from this temple's library that was later translated into Persian language , becoming the first Sultanate administration to do such translation.
Khizr Khan was Governor of Multan under the Tughlaq ruler, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, and was known to be an able administrator. He did not take up any royal title due to fear of invasion by Amir Timur (better known historically as Tamerlane ) and contended himself with the titles of Rayat-i-Ala (Sublime Banners) and Masnad-i-Aali or (Most High Post).
[4] [5] [6] He was succeeded by his adopted son, Malik Qaranfal, who was previously a Hindu slave-boy and water-bearer of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. [7] However, according to a contemporary writer, Yahya Sarhindi, Malik Qaranfal was a member of the Sayyid dynasty. [8] Malik Qaranfal became the next sultan with the title of Mubarak Shah.
The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla ("fortress", "citadel") was a fortress built circa 1354 by Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi called Firozabad. [1]A pristine polished sandstone Topra Ashokan pillar from the 3rd century BC rises from the palace's crumbling remains, one of many pillars of Ashoka left by the Mauryan emperor; it was moved from Topra Kalan in Pong Ghati of Yamunanagar ...