Muhammad Shah IV

Muhammad Shah IV
27th Sultan of Delhi
Reign19 February 1434 – 1 January 1445
PredecessorMubarak Shah
SuccessorAlam Shah
Born1397
Delhi
Died1 January 1445 (aged 48)
IssueAlam Shah
DynastySayyid
ReligionIslam
Tomb of Muhammad Shah

Muhammad Shah (Persian: محمد شاه) was the third monarch of the Sayyid dynasty which ruled the Delhi Sultanate.

Life

He succeeded his uncle, Mubarak Shah to the throne.[1] Both Muhammad Shah and his son, Alam Shah who succeeded him, were supplanted by the Lodi dynasty. Muhammad Shah mostly spent his reign going on hunting expeditions and he eventually died in 1445 due to drinking too much alcohol.[2]

Muhammad Shah's tomb is a notable monument within the Lodi Gardens of New Delhi.

Notes

  1. ^ Jackson 2003, p. 322.
  2. ^ EB.

References

  • Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate : a political and military history (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521543293.
  • "Sayyid dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica.
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