Question

Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
1. Feroz Shah Tughlaq
2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
4. Malmud Tughlaq
5. None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

The correct answer is Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq issued copper coins instead of silver ones.
  • Tughlaq's silver coin was named Adi. 
  • Tughlaq started the circulation of copper and brass coins as the token currency which had the same value as gold or silver coins in 1330-32 CE.
  • In 1330, after his unsuccessful campaign in Devagiri, he issued a token currency.  

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was the second Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty.
  • He was the son of the sultan Ghiyath al-Dīn Tughluq. 
• Firoz Shah Tughlaq was in power in Delhi from 1351 to 1388.
  • He was the third ruler of Tughlaq dynasty after the death of Mohammad-bin Tughlaq.
  • He wrote his autobiography called Futuhat-e-firozshahi. 
• Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq or Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1320 to 1325.
  • He founded the city of Tughlaqabad.
• Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (also called Muhammad Tughluq) was the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty to rule the Islamic Delhi Sultanate.
  • He ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 31 August 1390 to 20 January 1394.