[1] Its environs are an important biodiversity area within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor stretching from Sariska Tiger Reserve to Delhi.

[2] It is contiguous to the seasonal waterfalls in Pali-Dhuaj-Kot villages of Faridabad,[3] the sacred Mangar Bani and the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.

Once, while on a walk with his Khalji master, Ghazi Malik suggested that the king build a fort on a hillock in the southern portion of Delhi.

Nizamuddin Auliya, a revered Sufi saint of the 13th century, got incensed owing to the cessation of construction of his baoli (step-well) triggered by the labour requisitioning.

[5] After passing an old Pipal tree, the complex of Ghiyas ud-din Tughluq's tomb is entered by a high gateway made up of red sandstone with a flight of steps.

In contrast to the walls of the fortification made up of granite, the sides of the mausoleum are faced by smooth red sandstone and inlaid with inscribed panels and arch borders from marble.

[citation needed] Tughluqabad still consists of remarkable, massive stone fortifications that surround the irregular ground plan of the city.

The sloping rubble-filled city walls, a characteristic endemic to monuments of the Tughluq dynasty, are between 10 and 15 metres (33 and 49 ft) high, topped by battlemented parapets and strengthened by circular bastions of up to two stories height.

[6] Tughluqabad is trifurcated into the following sections: Today, the vast majority of the city is inaccessible owing to dense thorny vegetation and neglect.

Visible to the southeast are the remains of the Fortress of Adilabad, built years later by Ghiyath al-Din's successor, Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325–1351).