Upon ascending the throne Muhammad bin Tughlaq took several honorifics; Abul Mujahid (or similar laqab forms) is recorded among his adopted titulature to memorialise his authority and military-religious role as ruler. Such laqabs were conventional expressions of royal identity. Answer: (C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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Medieval sultans commonly assumed laqabs (honorific titles) at accession to signal their political and religious stature. Muhammad bin Tughlaq is recorded to have adopted titles including Abul Mujahid (literally “father/possessor of the holy warrior” in variant transliteration) among his formal epithets. These honorifics were part of the ceremonial apparatus of kingship: proclaiming martial, religious and sovereign virtues intended to strengthen the new ruler’s image and legitimation following succession.