What did Firuz Shah Tughlaq do?

Muhammad-bin-Tughluq had no son, so he was succeeded by his cousin, Firuz Shah Tughluq. Firuz was a pious Muslim. He tried to restore Law and Order in the kingdom. He ruled according to Islamic laws. He got repaired and dug a number of canals from the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. These irrigated the nearby lands. He built a number of dams and hundreds of wells were got sunk. He set up hospitals for free treatment and built rest houses. He also opened a separate department for charity. Harsh punishments like cutting off limbs were abolished.

A Great Builder: Firuz Shah Tughluq was a great builder. He got as many as 120 gardens laid out in Delhi. He built 100 sarais for the convenience of the travellers and merchants. He built many towns like Ferozpur, Jaunpur, Firozabad, Hisar, and Fatehabad.

Education and Learning: Firuz Shah was also also a patron of learning and education. He issued liberal grants for the promotion of education and built 50 Madrassas (schools). Firuz Shahi Madrassa at Hauz-i-Khas, in Delhi was a center of higher learning. He took steps to have Hindu religious books translated from Sanskrit to Persian, so that there should be better understanding of Hindu ideas and traditions. He also got translated books on music from Sanskrit to Persian.

But Firuz Shah was a bigot. He pulled down many temples and built Mosques at their sites. He was addicted to drinking and by this he lowered the prestige of the Sultanate. Soon revolts by Jagirdars started in the country. And a number of states like Telengana (1334), Malabar (1335), Dwarsamudra (1336), and Bengal (1359) became independent. His death in 1388 AD. hastened the break-up of the Tughluq Kingdom by 1414 AD. All the successors of Firuz Shah were weaklings and incompetent.