| Mahmud Shah II | |
|---|---|
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| 24thSultan of Delhi | |
| Reign | 8 March 1394 – February 1413 |
| Predecessor | Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah |
| Successor | Khizr Khan |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | February 1413 |
| Dynasty | Tughlaq |
| Father | Muhammad Shah III |
| Religion | Islam |
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II (Persian:ناصر الدین محمود شاه; d. February 1413), also known asNasiruddin Mohammad Shah,[1] was the last sultan of theTughlaq dynasty to rule theDelhi Sultanate.
Nasiruddin Mahmud was a son of sultanNasir ud din Muhammad Shah III, who ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 31 August 1390 to 20 January 1394. Upon his death, his older sonAla ud-din Sikandar Shah became sultan, but he soon died of illness on 8 March 1394, and his younger brother Nasiruddin Mahmud succeeded him. However, the succession was challenged by his relativeNusrat Shah (also known as Nasrat Khan), triggering a war of succession that lasted for three years from 1394 until 1397. During this time, Nasiruddin Mahmud ruled from the city ofDelhi, while Nusrat Shah ruled fromFirozabad.[1][2]
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During Nasiruddin Mahmud's reign in 1398,Timur theChagatai ruler invaded India. They clashed in a decisive battle nearDelhi. Timur eventually won and entered the city where he then massacred the population. He obtained a substantial number of treasures from the Delhi court that was accumulated by the Turco-Afghan predecessors for over a period of 192 years (1206 CE-1398 CE).[3] Soon after the invasion byTimur, theTughlaq dynasty fell into decline and eventually came to an end. TheTimurids took many of the wealth away fromDelhi such as gold back to their capital ofSamarkand. This resulted in the significant weakening of theDelhi Sultanate and many regions of the sultanate began to declare their independence such as theGujarat Sultanate underMuzaffar Shah I inGujarat, theKhokhars underShaikha Khokhar inPunjab, theBengal Sultanate underGhiyasuddin Azam Shah inBengal, theJaunpur Sultanate underMalik Sarwar inAwadh andMewat State underKhanzada Bahadur Khan inMewat. Due to these regions breaking away, theDelhi Sultanate shrunk significantly and began to weaken.
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq died in February 1413. The succeeding sultan of theDelhi Sultanate wasKhizr Khan, the first of theSayyid dynasty.Khizr Khan was the governor ofMultan and he was appointed as theSultan ofDelhi byTimur himself. Khizr Khan had to pay tribute however to theTimurids atSamarkand.
| Preceded by | Sultan of Delhi 1394 – 1413 | Succeeded by |
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