Editing Muhammad bin Tughluq (section)

==In popular culture==

* A ''Tughlaqi Firman'' is a term regularly used in the Politics of the Indian Sub-continent. It is generally used to criticize laws, acts or orders passed by the local, State or National Government of the day by comparing it to a Royal diktat.

* [[Tughlaq (play)|''Tughlaq'']], a [[Kannada]] play about his life was written by Indian writer [[Girish Karnad]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tughlaq: A historical play|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Tughlaq-to-be-staged-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/31787860.cms|accessdate=2 June 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 March 2014|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105130102/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Tughlaq-to-be-staged-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/31787860.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad bin Tughluq (play)|''Muhammad bin Tughluq'']] is a 1968 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language political satire play written by [[Cho Ramaswamy]] (who also played the titular role).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=7 Dec 2016 |title=A different brand of wit |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |access-date=2020-09-13 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913051810/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Muhammad bin Tughluq (1971 film)|''Muhammad bin Tughluq'']] (1971) is an Indian satirical film in Tamil based on the play by Ramaswamy.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA799|date=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=1994|access-date=15 February 2021|archive-date=1 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201180909/https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA799|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Mohammad Bin Tuglaq'', an Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language film by [[B. V. Prasad]] released in 1972. It was a remake of the Tamil film.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014"/>
* ''[[Thuglak]]'' is an Indian weekly news magazine published in Tamil. It was started by Cho Ramaswamy in 1970 and was named after the emperor (who also serves as its mascot).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/07/stories/2004060700430300.htm|title= Cho, what's up?|accessdate= 2008-08-25|last= Ramnarayan|first= Gowri|authorlink= |date= 7 June 2004|work= Interview|publisher= Kasturi and Sons Ltd for [[The Hindu]]|pages= |doi= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050410175833/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/07/stories/2004060700430300.htm|url-status= usurped|archivedate=10 April 2005}}</ref>
* [[Doordarshan]] presented an episode with Muhammad bin Tughluq as a character in its series, ''[[Upanishad Ganga]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* Tughlaq is a term still used in contemporary times to tease someone when they do something illogical or counter-intuitive.<ref>{{cite web |title=सरकार के छुट्टी रद्द करने के फैसले को अध्यापकों ने बताया गलत |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/harayana/bhiwani/news/HAR-BHI-MAT-latest-bhiwani-news-020505-1980302-NOR.html |website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |language=hi |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411224039/https://www.bhaskar.com/harayana/bhiwani/news/HAR-BHI-MAT-latest-bhiwani-news-020505-1980302-NOR.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Indian historical fiction author [[Anuja Chandramouli]] wrote ''[[Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: Tale of a Tyrant]]'' on Tughlaq which was published by [[Penguin Random House]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-13|title=Tughlaq has taught me not to judge people harshly for the choices they have made: Anuja Chandramouli|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/tughlaq-has-taught-me-not-to-judge-people-harshly-for-the-choices-they-have-made-anuja-chandramouli/1606310/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411224038/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/tughlaq-has-taught-me-not-to-judge-people-harshly-for-the-choices-they-have-made-anuja-chandramouli/1606310/|url-status=live}}</ref>