LODI DYNASTY (1451 to 1526)
Bahlul Lodi {1451 -1489 A, D.)
- Bahlul Lodi was the founder of Lodi Dynasty.
- The Lodi Dynasty is the last ruling dynasties of the Sultanate period.
- He was a wise statesman who knew his limits.
- He took various measures to gratify his nobles.
- He conquered Etawa, Gwalior, Mewat, Sakit, and Samthal.
- He died in 1489 A.D.
- Bahlul Lodi was a wise ruler, he never sat on the throne and he used to sit on the carpet in front of the throne with his nobles to gain their recognition and support.
Sikandar Shahi (1489-1517 A.D.)
- Sikandar Shahi was the son of Bahlul Lodi.
- He swore the title Sikandar Shah and ascended the throne.
- He set up a well-organized spy system.
- He developed agriculture and industry.
- He was an orthodox Muslim.
- He put severe restrictions on the Hindus.
- Sikandar Shah enjoyed “Shehnai” Music.
- A work on music names “Lahjati-Sikandar Shahi” was created during his reign.
End of Lodi Dynasty (1517-1526 A.D.)
- Ibrahim Lodi succeeded Sikhandar Lodi.
- He was an intolerant and adamant ruler
- He had humiliated many nobles and killed some nobles cruelly.
- He also treated his son Dilwar Khan Lodi cruelly.
- Daulat Khan, the most powerful noble of Punjab, who was discontended with Ibrahim Lodhi, invited Babur the ruler of Kabul to invade India.
- Babur invaded India and defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat in 1526 A. D.