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Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Damghani
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Damghani was sultan of Madurai, in southern India, from about 1340 to 1345. Ibn Battuta, his brother-in-law through marriage into the family of Sultan Ahsan Shah, visited his court in 1344 and described his cruelty towards Hindu captives and an epidemic that struck his army. The sultan himself died of the disease soon after.
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