Abu Baker
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Sultan Abu Bakr Shah (reigned 1389–1390), was a Muslim
Turkic ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
, the son of Jafar Khan and the grandson of Firuz Shah Tughluq
.
After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II
(who had succeeded Firuz Shah Tughluq
) was murdered, Abu Bakr became ruler of the Tughlaq empire. However, his brother, Muhammad Shah ibn Firuz Shah Tughluq, also desired to be ruler, and struggled against Abu Bakr over the control of the throne. Eventually Abu Bakr was defeated, and Muhammad Shah ibn Firuz Shah Tughluq succeeded him as king, reigning from 1390 to 1394.
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
Turkic ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
Tughlaq dynasty
The Tughlaq dynasty of north India started in 1321 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The Tughluqs were a Muslim family of Turkic origin...
, the son of Jafar Khan and the grandson of Firuz Shah Tughluq
Firuz Shah Tughluq
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After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II
Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II
GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLUQ DEFEATED THE LAST KHALJI RULER,GHAZI MALIK AND ESTABLISHED A NEW DYNASTY IN 1320.GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLUQ WAS AN ABLE AND BRAVE RULER.HE HAD TO FACE A NUMBER OF REFORMS WHICH HE FACED BOLDLY.HE INTRODUCED A NO OF REFORMS FOR HIS PEOPLE....
(who had succeeded Firuz Shah Tughluq
Firuz Shah Tughluq
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) was murdered, Abu Bakr became ruler of the Tughlaq empire. However, his brother, Muhammad Shah ibn Firuz Shah Tughluq, also desired to be ruler, and struggled against Abu Bakr over the control of the throne. Eventually Abu Bakr was defeated, and Muhammad Shah ibn Firuz Shah Tughluq succeeded him as king, reigning from 1390 to 1394.