20th Sultan of Delhi
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Shah II (Persian: غیاث الدین تغلق شاه دوم), born Tughluq Khan (Persian: تغلق خان), was a Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
Tughluq Shah II was the son of Fateh Khan and the grandson of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
He ascended to the throne in 1388.[1] However, a succession crisis started almost immediately with Muhammad Shah ibn Firoz Shah staking his claim with the support of his brother Zafar Khan's son Abu Bakr Khan. Tughluq Khan dispatched troops against his uncle towards the foot of the hills of Sirmur. Muhammad Shah Tughlaq ibn Firoz Shah, after a brief battle, took shelter in the Fort of Kangra, and Tughluq Khan's army returned to Delhi without pursuing him any further due to the difficulties of the venture and terrain.
Eventually, some Amirs joined Abu Bakr Khan, son of Zafar Khan and grandson of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq, and plotted to assassinate Tughluq Khan. In 1389, they surrounded the Sultan and Jahan Khan, his vizier, and put them to death, hanging up their heads over the gate of the Delhi city. The duration of Tughluq Khan's reign was five months and eighteen days.
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