Ghiyath-ud-din Tughluq Shah II, born Tughluq Khan, was the son of Fateh Khan and the grandson of

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. He was a Sultan of the

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of the Delhi Sultanate; he ascended to the throne in 1388 C.E. 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. Tughlaq Khan dispatched troops against his uncle towards the foot of the hills of

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. Muhammad Shah Tughlaq ibn Firoz Shah after a brief battle took shelter in the

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, and Tughlaq Khan's army returned to

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without pursuing him any further due to the difficulties of the venture & terrain. Eventually though some

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s joined Abu Bakr Khan son of Zafar Khan and grandson of Sultan

Firoz Shah Tughlaq Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 – 20 September 1388) was a Muslim ruler from the Tughlaq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.

and plotted to assassinate Tughluq Khan. In 1389 they surrounded the Sultan and ''Jahan Khan'', his

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, and put them to death and hung up their heads over the gate of the Delhi city; the duration of the reign of Tughluq Khan, was five months and eighteen days.

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