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Conquests of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Conquest of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was widespread. He extended his territories to the extent which no other Sultan of Delhi had even attempted.

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Conquests of Muhammad bin TughlaqConquest of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was widespread. He extended his territories to the extent which no other Sultan of Delhi had even attempted. During early years of his reign, Muhammad Tughlaq planned to conquer Khurasan and Iraq. The unstable political condition of Central Asia inspired the Sultan to undertake this project. The Sultan raised a huge army of three lakh and seventy thousand soldiers for this purpose. But very soon the condition of Central Asia changed and the Sultan realised the futility of his scheme. Therefore, he abandoned the scheme and the army was dispersed.

The fort of Nagarkot was in Kangra district in Punjab. No Muslim ruler had conquered it by then and it was in the hands of a Hindu king. Muhammad Tughlaq conquered it though he restored it back to its ruler after his acceptance of suzerainty of Delhi. In south India, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq had annexed Telingana and a large part of Malabar Coast. Muhammad Tughlaq made fresh annexations in the south. Muhammad Tughlaq captured Kondhana or Singharh from Nag Nayak. Muhammad Tughlaq, thus, conquered greater part of south India and annexed it to the Delhi Sultanate.

Muhammad failed to get any success in Rajasthan, but largely succeeded in carrying out his series of conquests. Of course, he failed at few places, yet his Empire was more extensive than any other Sultan of Delhi. The authority of the Sultan was acknowledged over India, save Kashmir, Orissa, Rajasthan and a strip of Malabar Coast, and he established an effective system of administration over this vast empire.

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