Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and another version _____ years later.

The correct answer is two.

Key Points

• Ziyauddin Barani wrote the first version of his chronicle in the year 1356.
• He then rewrote the work two years later.
• The second version was found in the 1960s.
• Ziauddin Barani was a political thinker during the period of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah of the Delhi Sultanate.
• The two most well-known works of Barani are Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari.
• The Tarikh-i-Firozshahi was an interpretation of the history of the Delhi Sultanate up to the present Firuz-Shah-Tughlaq.
• The Fatwa-i-Jahandari is a work containing the political ideals to be pursued by a Muslim ruler.

Additional Information

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq wants to shift his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad keeping in view the security from the Mongol attack.
• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was the son of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
• His real name was Ulugh Khan or Fakhruddin Jauna.
• He ruled over the Delhi Sultanate from 1325 to 1351.
• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq introduced the copper currency system in India.
• Ibn Battuta was a famous Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveller who came to India during his regime.

Important Points

• Tughlaq Dynasty
  • The Tughluq dynasty began during the period of medieval India and was of Turk-Indian Origin.
  • The dynasty majorly governed the Sultanate of Delhi.
  • The Tugluq dynasty began in 1320 and ended in 1413 and was ruled by many rulers like Ghazi Malik, Muhammad-bin-Tughluq, etc.
  • India witnessed significant changes in domestic and foreign policies during the reign of the Tughluq dynasty.
  • Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq or Ghazi Malik was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty.