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Critically evaluate the Muslim Nobility during the period of Tughlaq dynasty, (in 150 words)

  • UPSC 2020
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

The Tughlaq dynasty saw two sharply opposed noble-recruitment experiments, and evaluating the nobility means tracing the consequences of each.

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  • Muhammad bin Tughluq: Heterogeneous Nobility by Merit
  • Firuz Tughluq: Reversal and Hereditary Entrenchment

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