Different sources give different accounts of Tughluq's early career. Shams-i Siraj Afif, in his "Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi" states that Tughluq arrived in Delhi from Khorasan during the reign of Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296–1316), along with his brothers Rajab and Abu Bakr. However, Tughluq's own courtier Amir Khusrau, in his "Tughluq Nama" states that he was already present in Delhi during the reign of Alauddin's predecessor Jalal-ud-din (r. 1290-1296). The "Tughluq Nama" does not mention anything about Tughluq's arrival in India from a foreign land, thus implying that Tughluq was born in India.