Fīroz Shāh Tug̲h̲laq, Sultan of Delhi, -1388
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- ʻAfīf, Shams Sirāj, fl. 1351-1388. Tārīk̲h̲-i Fīroz Shāhī, 1988:p. 1, 2nd group (Fīroz Shāh Tug̲h̲laq)
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- New Delhi MARC file, 1/10/90(subj. hdg.: Firūz Shāh III Taghlaḳ, Sultan of Delhi, d. 1388)
- Camb. hist. India:p. 587 (Firuz Shah, the third of the Tughluq kings)
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- العلم والثقافة في الهند زمن السلطان فيروز شاه تغلق، 2020.
Firuz Shah Tughlaq (Persian: فیروز شاه تغلق, romanized: Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq; 1309 – 20 September 1388) was the 3rd Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty, ruling from 1351 until his death in 1388. He succeeded his cousin Muhammad bin Tughlaq following the latter's death at Thatta, Sindh. His father was Sipahsalar Rajab, the brother of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the dynasty, whilst his mother was a Bhatti taking origins in Abuhar, Dipalpur in the Punjab region. Firuz Shah has been accredited with the construction of numerous cities and irrigation projects and has been regarded as a great builder with the creation of Firozpur, Hisar and Fatehabad in the Punjab and Haryana regions. Firuz Shah's reign was met with numerous conquests such as against the Raja's of Bengal, Sindh and Kangra later in his reign, whilst upon receiving the throne it has been noted he successfully repelled a Mongol attack.
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