He was the first ruler and the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. From a common individual, he rose to the position of a provincial legislative leader of Dinapur under Mubarak Khalji. He repulsed the ...

The full name of Ibn Battuta was Muhammad Ibn Battuta (a Moroccan Muslim voyage). He was born on February 25, 1304 in medieval era in Islamic family. By profession he was a Geographer, Jurist, Judge ...

Muhammad bin Tughlaq was the Turkic sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351. He was born in Kotla Tolay Khan in Multan, Pakistan and was the eldest son of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. As a young man Muhammad was ...

On the Mehrauli-Badarpur road, you cannot miss the grand Tughlaqabad Fort. Even in its state of ruin, the massive ramparts and bastions are humbling to passersby. The fortified city was the dream of ...

On a rainy day, the ruins of Firoz Shah Kotla are eerily peaceful, though not completely empty. A pair of chappals rests outside the pyramid-shaped structure known as Hawa Mahal, whose roof features a ...

Pakistan’s city of Multan is believed to be 5,000 years old and is also known as the city of tombs. This tomb belongs to Sheikh Rukmudin Abdul Fateh, famously known as Shah Rukne Alam. A living ...

Mausoleum of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, in Tughlaqabad, Delhi. David Haberlah Early on a bright and hot, sunny Friday morning a couple of weeks ago, ...

Visakhapatnam: A stone inscription at the Dharmalingeswar Temple at Panchadarla village in Rambilli mandal of Anakapalli district records the glorious victory of the combined Eastern Gangas and ...

A hyper masculine head of state suddenly declares one morning that he’s cancelling the current currency and from now on, a new system will be rolled out. The subjects are aghast. They were given no ...