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Tughluq Dynasty Crisis

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1340–1351

The 1340s were the Tughluq Dynasty's most turbulent period: failed reforms, famine, and provincial rebellions shrank the empire, marking its decline.

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  1. 1340–1344North India · North IndiaIn the early 1340s northern India suffered severe famine; earlier token reforms, forced taxation, and frequent capital moves had exhausted the people's resources and credibility, sharply weakening central authority and sparking unrest everywhere.
  2. 1345–1350Indian subcontinent · IndiaBetween 1345 and 1350, the Deccan, Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, and other regions successively broke away; independent regimes such as the Bahmani and Ilyas Shahi emerged, and the Tughluq Empire's effective domain shrank greatly.
  3. 1351Deccan · DeccanIn 1351 Muhammad bin Tughluq died while campaigning in the Deccan, and his cousin Firuz Shah Tughluq succeeded him in Delhi. The new sultan abandoned his predecessor's radical policies; the crisis phase ended, but the dynasty could never regain its zenith.

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