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{{short description|Fiction novel by Anuja Chandramouli}}
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{{Notability|Books|date=August 2020}}
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{{use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox book
| name = Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: Tale of a Tyrant
| author = [[Anuja Chandramouli]]
| image = File:Muhammad Bin Tughlaq Tale of a Tyrant.jpg
| caption = First edition
| language = English
| country = India
| published = 2019
| publisher = Penguin Random House
| genre = Historical fiction
}}
'''''Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: Tale of a Tyrant''''' is a historical fiction written by Indian author, [[Anuja Chandramouli]] and published by [[Penguin Random House]] in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-13|title=Tughlaq has taught me not to judge people harshly for the choices they have made: Anuja Chandramouli|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/tughlaq-has-taught-me-not-to-judge-people-harshly-for-the-choices-they-have-made-anuja-chandramouli/1606310/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=thomas|first=elizabeth|date=2019-05-05|title=Tughlaq retold|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/shelf-life/050519/tughlaq-retold.html|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandramouli|first=Anuja|title=This book (re)imagines the life of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, from the time he was a boy named Jauna Khan|url=https://scroll.in/article/921042/this-book-re-imagines-the-life-of-muhammad-bin-tughlaq-from-the-time-he-was-a-boy-named-jauna-khan|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandramouli|first=Anuja|title=Historical fiction has more readers than ever but for its authors, the genre can be a minefield|url=https://scroll.in/article/922200/historical-fiction-has-more-readers-than-ever-but-for-its-authors-the-genre-can-be-a-minefield|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

== About ==
The book's genre is historical fiction and it is written by Indian author Anuja Chandramouli. This is her 10th book in seven years. It is published by Penguin Random House and has 223 pages.<ref name="book rack">{{Cite web|date=2019-04-28|title=Book Rack: Titles to consider for your next read|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/book-rack-titles-to-consider-for-your-next-read-730822.html|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The book was listed under "20 most talked about Indian books" by ''[[Times of india|Times of India]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-31|title=20 Most talked about Indian books of 2019|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/20-most-talked-about-indian-books-of-2019/photostory/73047485.cms|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' also listed book in "Book Rack".<ref name="book rack" /> Urmi Chanda-Vaz, writing for [[scroll.in]], noted that book is "gory story" and considered it as "formulaic and shallow".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chanda-Vaz|first=Urmi|title=Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s story cannot be told in an unconvincing, furious account of a violent life|url=https://scroll.in/article/924448/muhammad-bin-tughlaqs-story-cannot-be-told-in-an-unconvincing-furious-account-of-a-violent-life|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:2019 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian historical novels in English]]

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