Explain the visionary of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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A Lunatic Visionary – Tughlaq
Explanation:
On 20th March 1351, as prince Fakhr Malik (aka Jauna Khan) died, thousands of people stood against him. Some called him lunatic and some called him visionary. Most of them hated him because he made them suffer so much.
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq Jauna Khan ruled the powerful throne of Delhi as “Muhammad Bin Tughlaq”. He succeeded his father Ghiasuddin Tughlaq and ruled from February 1325 to March 1351. These 26 years were not easy for him, but they were much more difficult for his countrymen. His decisions were ambitious and attempted with best intentions, but exhibited a lack of proper planning and inadequacy of correct information. He was a visionary, who extended his empire to a limit, to which no other Sultan of Delhi did in the entire history of the Sultanate period.
I believe:
“Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was a great visionary and he always thought ahead of his time. Unfortunately, others could not match the depth of his thoughts and were not able to execute his orders properly. His decisions were based on half-baked information and most of them ended in devastating results”
Many others like me believe that he was a great visionary and a noble emperor. While a larger number call him crazy, lunatic, and a torturer. The question arises, what did he do?
The Learned & Wise emperor
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was a highly qualified person. He was one of those few Islamic/Turkic rulers, who could understand and speak Sanskrit along with Persian, Turkish and Arabic. His interest in mathematics, astronomy, philosophy and physical sciences gave him the tag of ‘Scholar’. With the knowledge of medicine he had, he was half a doctor himself. Such a learned person he was, that he thought of far future but failed to handle the present.
Policies and Innovations excited him and he was always busy planning something new for the domestic and foreign front. He used his knowledge of languages and philosophy to unite India and to establish embassies in various other countries.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq was so wise and far-sighted, that he never allowed religion to interfere with the administrative matters of the empire. His decisions were not biased by the religious heads and Ulemas. There were cases where Tughlaq have changed the decisions taken by Qazis as he found them unfair or discriminating. He was the first Muslim Emperor to appoint Qazis from outside Ulema class. Even Qazis were treated and punished like a common man when they were found guilty of some crime.
He also started the practice of keeping a record of income and expenses of all princes. Governors were told to submit periodic account statements of their jurisdiction. It was the earliest form of the centrally controlled accounting system that would involve everyone, from the king to peasant. It was considered a useless step at that time but today we know, how important national-level central accounting system has become in our lives.
The Architect and Planner
Since Anangpal Tomar stepped in Delhi in 736 AD, around 38 rulers from 6 dynasties ruled from Delhi’s throne. Many of these established cities, forts and villages. To name a few, Tomars built Lal Kot, Mahipal Tuar (Tomar) built Mahipalpur, Prithvi Raj Chauhan built Qila Rai Pithora, Khilji built Siri and Ghiasuddin Tughlaq built the majestic fort of Tughlaqabad. But Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was a visionary and he realized that the growing population of his capital will require bigger places to live. He did the best part by combining the previously built cities – Rai Pithora, Siri & Tughlaqabad.
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq also created a smaller replica of his father’s huge construction (Tughlaqabad) right opposite to it and named it ‘Adilabad’. Though I am not sure, why he built another fort smaller to Tughlaqabad, whereas he could have used the same. Some people believe that he was moved with the curse of Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin (r.a.), where he says “Ya Rahe Hajjar, Ya Basse Gujjar”.
His successor did marvellous contribution in the terms of architecture. But in his case, more credit should go to the respective architects, like Malik Maqbool who built the seven magnificent mosques of Delhi. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq on other hand, participated in the planning and designing himself and gave amazing results. PLEASE MARK AS BRAINLIEST IF HELPFUL !!
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the visionary plans of muhammad tughlaq
