Editing Muhammad bin Tughluq (section)

=== Impact ===
While most of the Medieval historians, including Barani and Ibn Battuta, tend to have implied that Delhi was entirely emptied (as is famously mentioned by Barani that not a dog or cat was left), it is generally believed that this is an exaggeration. Such exaggerated accounts simply imply that [[Delhi Sultanate|Delhi]] suffered a downfall in its stature and trade. Besides, it is believed that only the powerful and nobility suffered hardships if any. Two Sanskrit inscriptions dated 1327 and 1328 C.E. confirm this view and establish the prosperity of the Hindus of Delhi and its vicinity at that time.<ref name=":0" />

Although this decision was unpopular among the Muslim elite, one impact of this decision was that Islamic rule in [[Deccan]] lasted centuries longer than Delhi's own unstable authority over the south. If not for Tughlaq's creation of a Muslim elite at Daulatabad, there would have been no stable Muslim power like the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] to check the rising power of the Hindu [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |author= P.M. Holt, Ann K.S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis |title= The Cambridge History of Islam|volume =2A |url= https://archive.org/stream/CambridgeHistoryOfIslamVol2B/Cambridge%20History%20of%20Islam%20Vol%202A#page/n31/mode/2up |publisher= Cambridge University Press |date= 1977 | page= 15}}</ref>