Question

Write one reason that prompted Muhammad bin Tughluq to shift the capital to Daulatabad

Answer 1

Answer:

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq is known as a “Man of Ideas” and can be said one of the most striking sultan of medieval India.
• He was a trained intellectual, a keen student of Persian poetry and a philosopher, lover of science and mathematics.
• He is known for the idea of a Central Capital and experiments with a nominal token Currency.
• These ideas were all good, but he was in hurry and impatient of the slow adoption of his measures.
• All those who could not keep pace with his imagination, became victim of his wrath and were punished severely.
• The result was that Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, as a sultan proved himself a complete failure before the history of forces toppled him.
• We know about the period of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq from the material of Ziauddin Barni. Barni’s main works are Twarikh-i-Firuzshahi
• We know about first 6 years of Tughlaq rule from Barni’s works.
• Then another important work is left by Ibn Battuta. Ibn Battuta has discussed his travels and incursions in contemporary Islamic world and documented them in Rihla.

Transfer of Capital

• The inconvenience to rule the wealthy Deccan induced the Sultan to take step and transfer the seat of the government to Daulatabad (near Pune).
• The idea might have been practical and reasonable if he had ever thought of shifting the official court of Delhi.
• But, he wanted to transport the whole population of Delhi to the new capital. The inhabitants of Delhi were made to leave their homes and were forced to march 700 miles down south with their women, children and all such belongings they could carry.
• Many were killed on the way in this forty days journey and few could survive. Daulatabad became the burial ground of the Sultan’s exiled subjects.
• Sultan got enough wisdom to realize his failure and ordered the people back to Delhi; result was only few could survive to return.
• Delhi’s houses were deserted now.
• Sultan “imported” learned men, traders and landholders to repopulate the deserted Delhi, but they could not flourish.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The two reasons that prompted Muhammad-bin- Tughluq to shift the capital to Daulatabad were:

• The king felt that he would be able to control and administer the empire better from Daulatabad since it was located in the centre of empire.
• The Mongols were a constant threat to Delhi. Daulatabad would be safe from Mongol attacks.

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