Who was Muhammad bin Tughluq’s father?

Muhammad bin Tughluq’s father was Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, whose original name was Ghazi Malik, founded the Tughluq dynasty in India after he seized the throne of the Delhi Sultanate, following the decline of the Khilji dynasty. He reigned from 1320 to 1325 and was succeeded by his son, Muhammad bin Tughluq.

Extra: The Tughluq dynasty was a Muslim dynasty that ruled over the Delhi Sultanate, a period of Indian history which lasted from 1206 to 1526. The Tughluq dynasty ruled for about a century and is regarded for its ambitious administrative decisions and projects, albeit they often ended in failure. Muhammad bin Tughluq, also known as Jauna Khan, was the most famous ruler of this dynasty, and is especially known for his eccentric and unpredictable decisions, such as shifting the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devgiri) and introducing token currency. Despite his failures, he was also an intellectual ruler with a keen interest in a wide range of scholarly pursuits. The Tughluq dynasty’s rule is marked in history as a period of ambition, learning, but also of dissent and eventual decline, which led to the dynasty being replaced by the Sayyid and Lodi dynasties, until the Delhi Sultanate itself was supplanted by the Mughal Empire.