Muhammad Shah III

For the Bahmani sultan, see Muhammad Shah III Lashkari.

Muhammad Shah III
5/6 Billon Tanka of Muhammad bin Firoz, dated AH 794.
22nd Sultan of Delhi
Reign	31 August 1390 – 20 January 1394
Predecessor	Abu Bakr Shah
Successor	Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah
Born	unknown
Died	20 January 1394 Delhi
Issue	Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq
Dynasty	Tughlaq dynasty
Father	Sultan Feroze Shah Tughluq
Religion	Islam

Nasir-ud-din Muhammad Shah III (Persian: محمد شاه) was Sultan of Delhi from 1390 until 1394.^[1] He was a member of the Tughlaq dynasty.

Life

When Sultan Abu Bakr Shah Tughluq became ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, Muhammad Shah as his uncle was opposed to him, and struggled against Abu Bakr over the control of the throne. In August 1390, he launched an attack on Delhi and battled Abu Bakr Khan for the throne of Delhi. Eventually Abu Bakr was defeated, and Muhammad Shah succeeded him as king, reigning from 1390 to 1394. After Abu Bakr's defeat, Muhammad Shah imprisoned him in the fort of Meerut where he died soon after. Muhammad Shah ruled the Delhi Sultanate for four years before his death on 20 January 1394.

References

1. Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

Preceded by Sultan Abu Bakr Shah Tughluq

Sultan of Delhi 1390 – 1394

Succeeded by Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq