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Tragic shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad

Tughlaq was a cruel ruler who showed no mercy to his subjects. The punishments he inflicted were not only cruel but also unjust. Nothing was done to stop the bleeding. One might even think that he had a purpose in destroying mankind. It was a situation where not even a week without death would pass. His anger rose against those who pointed fingers at him and subjected them to his innate cruelty. He spent his life in a dream world with irrational plans. From the very beginning, he distributed immense wealth to the nobles. 50000 Pounds a day! Instead of being driven out by an army, he paid a large sum of money to the invading Mughals. He soon mobilized a large army of 370,000 men, including cavalry, to invade Persia. But when they did not get enough, they parted ways after plundering the country. He later decided to invade China and sent one lakh troops to the Himalayas. For the most part, it was a tragic end. The survivors returned in despair, but the king executed them all. He introduced copper coins instead of gold as part of an effort to bring in a devalued currency in his country, but the result was that the market lost stability and stagnated. The extraordinary steps he later took to replenish the treasury were to destroy the agricultural sector as a whole. Farmers left their farms and resorted to stealing. Most of the arable land became uninhabited areas. A great number of survivors lost everything they owned and had to turn to starvation and misery. Muhammad destroyed the entire tribe like a parasite. The king was furious at the actions of the people of a land that refused to give in to the unreasonable demands of his comrades and ordered the army to encircle and kill all the inhabitants of that land. This cruel pastime was repeated many times. He then ordered the massacre of an old Hindu town in Kannauj. The Hindu people were plagued by poverty and misery. On his way back from Devagiri, he lost a tooth and deposited it in a tomb which is described as magnificent. The tomb still exists at Bhir. He then decided to shift his national capital to Devagiri, renamed Daulatabad, 600 miles from Delhi. The king issued a public proclamation urging the people of Delhi to leave for Devagiri as soon as possible. He also ordered the planting of large trees on the side of the road just before this. 
The unfortunate people, including children, women and the elderly, who were forced to obey the king's orders, died on the way. This is what Ibn Battuta, an eyewitness to this atrocity, describes. "According to the Sultan's order, everyone should leave Delhi. No one should be left at home. Those who are not ready to leave their homes will be severely punished. The king’s Companions then searched in the empty houses of Delhi and brought a blind man before the Sultan who refused to go to Daulatabad. Then the sultan ordered the blind man to be dragged on his feet to Daulatabad, a ten-day journey. The blind man's legs were amputated during the journey." By the time Ibn Battuta arrived in Delhi, the place had turned into a desert. After such dictatorial and stupid actions, Muhammad Tughlaq said that he was now satisfied and happy as he looked at the deserted city on the terrace of his palace in the days when Delhi was uninhabited and devoid of fire.
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