Muhammad bin Tughluq's Order of 1327 That Marched the Capital of India 1,100 Kilometres South
In 1327 Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq of Delhi ordered his capital — officials, scholars, and by hostile account the whole population — transferred some 1,100 km south to Daulatabad. Thousands died on the road; within a decade the court trudged back. Paired with his token-currency fiasco, it fixed his reputation as the sultan of brilliant ideas that ended in catastrophe.
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