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Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah Tughlaq (22 January − 8 March 1394)

 Muhammad bin Firoz finally became sultan of Dehli on 31 August 1390 by defeating Abu Bakar Shah. However all through his reign he was beset with rebellions from his amirs. Gujarat declared independence. Rajput chiefs in Etawa stopped paying taxes.  The wazir, Islam Khan forced them to submission. But as soon as Islam Khan returned to Delhi, they rebelled again. The sultan marched in person, defeated them, and levelled the fort of Etawa with the ground. He then proceeded via Kanauj to Jalesar, and built a fort there, which was called after him Muhammadabad. However due to a false report that Islam Khan was planning a rebelion, the sultan came back to Dehli and put Islam Khan to death. The Sultan then went to Mewat to quell the rebellion of Bahadur Nahir who was about to attack Dehli. He was defeated and sultan retired to Muhammadabad.  The Sultan was ill at that time and asked his son Humayun to crush Shaikha, the Khokar, who had rebelled and captured Lahore. But bef...
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Taj al-Din Yildiz (AH 602-612/ CE 1206-1215)


Taj al-Din Yildiz, was an slave commander of the Ghurids, who captured Ghazni while recognizing Ghurid overlordship, after the assassination of Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad bin Sam. Khwarazmian Muhammad II, in 1215, defeated Yildiz who then fled towards Punjab. He captured Lahore and marched towards Dehli stating claim to the Dehli Sultanate. At the time the Sultan of Dehli was Iltutmish who refused the claim and fought against Yildiz in Tarain (January 1216). Yildiz was defeated, captured and taken to Badayun where he was put to death.













Obv: Al-sultan al-mu'azzam abu'l fath yildiz al-sultan.
Rev: Horseman to right; sri hamira above. Star below horse
Wt : 3.23 gm
Dia: 20 mm
Ref: D26
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Billon Jital, Lahore type
Ref : D27
Wt: 3.21g
Dia: 14.9 mm
Obverse: Al-sultan al-mu'azzam abu'l fath yildiz al-sultan.
Reverse: Horseman to right; sri hamira above. cresent below horse


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