Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, born Ghazi Malik, was the founder and first sultan of the Tughluq dynasty, ruling Delhi from 1320 until his death. Of humble Qara'unas origin, he rose under the Khaljis and helped defeat the Mongols at Amroha in 1305. After the Khalji collapse he took Delhi in 1320 and built the fortress city of Tughlaqabad.

His son Muhammad overthrew the Kakatiyas of Warangal in 1323, and the 1324 Bengal campaign made West Bengal tributary and annexed the east. In February 1325 a pavilion collapsed on him at Kara; Ibn Battuta suspected murder.