Twilight of the Sultanate c6.s1.4

c6.s1.4

Fīrōz Tughlaq "attained deliverance from the tortures of existence" on Sunday, 20 September, 1388 (18 Ramzān, 790H)², and was buried near the Hauz-i-Khās. Because of loss of faculties some time before his death at the age of 81,³ Prince Muhammad had assumed regal authority with the title of Nāsiruddīn Muhammad Shāh.⁴ But his incompetence and acts of injustice made the old dying Sultan nominate his grandson, prince Tughlaq Shāh, son of his elder son Fateh Khan, as his successor. On Fīrōz's death Tughlaq Shāh ascended the throne with the title of Sultan Ghayāsuddīn.