<P> All facilities were provided for those who were required to migrate to Daulatabad . It is believed that the general public of Delhi was not in favour of shifting the base to Daulatabad . This seems to have annoyed Tughluq, for he ordered all people of Delhi to proceed to Daulatabad with their belongings . Ibn Batuta cites that the force was applied without any leniency . Ziauddin Barani observes: "Without consultation or weighting the pros and cons, he brought ruin on Delhi which for 170 to 180 years had grown in prosperity and rivaled Baghdad and Cairo . The city with its Sarais and suburbs and villages spread over four or five leagues, all was destroyed (i.e., deserted). Not a cat or a dog was left ." </P> <P> A broad road was constructed for convenience . Shady trees were planted on both sides of the road; he set up halting stations at an interval of two miles . Provisions for food and water were also made available at the stations . Tughluq established a khanqah at each of the station where at least one sufi saint was stationed . A regular postal service was established between Delhi and Daulatabad . In 1329, his mother also went to Daulatabad, accompanied by the nobles . By around the same year, Tughluq summoned all the slaves, nobles, servants, ulema, sufis to the new capital . The new capital was divided into wards called mohalla with separate quarters for different people like soldiers, poets, judges, nobles . Grants were also given by Tughluq to the immigrants . Even though the citizens migrated, they showed dissent . In the process, many died on the road due to hunger and exhaustion . Moreover, coins minted in Daulatabad around 1333, showed that Daulatabad was "the second capital". </P> <P> However, in 1334 there was a rebellion in Mabar . While on his way to suppress the rebellion, there was an outbreak of bubonic plague at Bidar due to which Tughluq himself became ill, and many of his soldiers died . While he retreated back to Daulatabad, Mabar and Dwarsamudra broke away from Tughluq control . This was followed by a revolt in Bengal . Fearing that the sultanate's northern borders were exposed to attacks, in 1335, he decided to shift the capital back to Delhi, allowing the citizens to return to their previous city . </P> <P> 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 just an exaggeration . Such exaggerated accounts simply imply that 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 A.D. confirm this view and establish the prosperity of the Hindus of Delhi and its vicinity at that time . </P>

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