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Q. During the reign of which of the following rulers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I were converted to Islam?
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Notes: Harihara I and Bukka Raya I served the Kampili kingdom after the Kakatiya fall at Warangal. Muhammad bin Tughlaq captured Kampili in 1327 for sheltering rebel Baha-ud-din Garshasp, nephew of the sultan. The brothers were taken to Delhi as prisoners and converted to Islam there before escaping, reverting to Hinduism via sage Vidyaranya, and founding the Vijayanagara Empire in 1336.
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