In 1327, Tughluq ordered to move his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (also known as Devagiri) (in present-day Maharashtra) in the Deccan region of India. Peter Jackson mentions that Muhammad was the only Sultan who participated in Hindu festivities. Several historians mention that the Sultan honoured the Jain monk Jinaprabha Suri during the year 1328. However, Muhammad bin Tughluq was also known for his tolerance to other religions.
Thousands of people including women and children died during the journey. He also decided to transfer his capital from Delhi to Devagiri, which are 600 miles apart, then ordered the people to move back to Delhi. He is said to have ordered the massacre of all the inhabitants of the Hindu city of Kanauj. Robert Sewell quotes from visitor accounts atrocities during the rule of Muhammad bin Tughluq. Their accounts helped the audit in the office of the wazir. In the conquered territories, Tughluq created a new set of revenue officials to assess the financial aspects of the area. In his reign, he conquered Warangal (in present-day Telangana, India), Ma'abar ( Kayalpatnam) and Madurai ( Tamil Nadu, India), and areas up to the modern day southern tip of the Indian state of Karnataka. Īfter the death of his father Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, Muhammad ibn Tughlaq ascended the throne of Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi in February, 1325 CE. Ibn Battuta, the famous traveler and jurist from Morocco, was a guest at his court and wrote about his suzerainty in his book. He was interested in medicine and was skilled in several languages - Persian, Hindavi Arabic, Sanskrit and Turkish. Muhammad ascended to the Delhi throne upon his father's death in 1325. Muhammad has been described as an "inhuman eccentric" with bizarre character by the accounts of visitors during his rule, he is said to have ordered the massacre of all the inhabitants of the Hindu city of Kannauj. Ghiyasuddin sent the young Muhammad to the Deccan to campaign against king Prataparudra of the Kakatiya dynasty whose capital was at Warangal in 13. He was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, reigning from February 1325 until his death. At the very top is an invocation to God, below which is the large tughra with the ruler's name and titles. Firman of Muhammad bin Tughluq dated Shawwal 725 AH/September-October 1325.