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Muhammad bin Tughluq

1290 - 1351

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Muhammad bin Tughluq (Persian: محمد بن تغلق; Persian pronunciation: [mu.ham.ˈmad bin tuɣ.ˈlaq]; 1290 – 20 March 1351), or Muhammad II, also known by his epithets, The Eccentric Prince, and The Mad Sultan, was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in March 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the young Muhammad was sent by his father to the Deccan Plateau to fight a military campaign against the Kakatiya dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad bin Tughluq is the 1,936th most popular politician (up from 4,240th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from India (up from 139th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad bin Tughluq ranks 1,936 out of 19,576Before him are Carlos Menem, Kamala Harris, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Tony Tan, Yohannes IV, and Joseph Estrada. After him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Marozia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, and Karl Hermann Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1290, Muhammad bin Tughluq ranks 2Before him is Ambrogio Lorenzetti. After him are Andrea Pisano, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Taddeo Gaddi, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Rustichello da Pisa, Gajah Mada, Mayta Cápac, Jacob van Artevelde, John Parricida, and Bernardo Daddi. Among people deceased in 1351, Muhammad bin Tughluq ranks 1After him are Eleanor de Guzmán, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Joanna of Pfirt, Mastino II della Scala, and Musō Soseki.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muhammad bin Tughluq ranks 84 out of 1,861Before him are Savitribai Phule (1831), Zubin Mehta (1936), Dara Shukoh (1615), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Shivaji (1627), and Jahanara Begum (1614). After him are Sita (null), Julie Christie (1940), B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Jahangir (1569), and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Muhammad bin Tughluq ranks 34Before him are Akbar II (1760), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Dara Shukoh (1615), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Shivaji (1627), and Jahanara Begum (1614). After him are B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Jahangir (1569), Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671).