Tughluqabad

Timeline

1. 1321–1325Tughluqabad · DelhiGhiyas ud-Din Tughluq built extensive circular walls, a palace, and a mosque on the highlands southeast of Delhi, naming the new capital Tughluqabad to strengthen dynastic authority and defend against the Mongol threat.
2. 1321–1327Tughluqabad · DelhiAs capital of the Delhi Sultanate, Tughluqabad concentrated the court, administration, and garrison, with walls about six kilometers in circumference, reflecting the grand scale of the Tughluq dynasty's early capital planning.
3. 1327–1340Tughluqabad ruins · DelhiMuhammad bin Tughluq moved the capital to Daulatabad and ordered the residents to relocate; Tughluqabad's population plummeted and its palaces and markets fell into ruin; by the 1330s it had become a half-abandoned military ruin.