Ibrahim Khan Lodi (or Lodhi) (Pashto: ابراهیم خان لودي), (1480 – 21 April 1526) was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, who became Sultan in 1517 after the death of his father

Sikandar Khan Lodi Sikandar Khan Lodi ( fa, ; died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan ( fa, ), was Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and ...

. He was the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, reigning for nine years until 1526, when he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Panipat by

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

's invading army, giving way to the emergence of the

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in India.

Biography

Ibrahim was an ethnic

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...

. He attained the throne upon the death of his father, Sikandar, but was not blessed with the same ruling capability. He faced a number of rebellions. Ibrahim Khan Lodi also displeased the nobility when he replaced old and senior commanders with younger ones who were loyal to him. His Afghan nobility eventually invited

to invade India. In 1526, the Mughal forces of Babur, the king of Kabulistan (Kabul, present Afghanistan), defeated Ibrahim's much larger army in the Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle. It is estimated that Babur's forces numbered around 12,000–25,000 men and had between 20 and 24 pieces of canons. Ibrahim Khan Lodi had around 50,000 to 120,000 men along with around 400 to 1000 war elephants. In the ensuing battle the Lodi forces were tarnished with over 20,000 killed and many more wounded and captured. After the end of Lodi dynasty, the era of Mughal rule commenced for next 331 years.

Tomb

His tomb is often mistaken to be the ''

Shisha Gumbad Shish Gumbad ("glazed dome"), also spelt Shisha Gumbad, is a tomb from the Lodhi Dynasty and is thought to have possibly been constructed between 1489 and 1517 CE. The Shish Gumbad (glass dome) houses graves, whose occupants are not unequivocall ...

'' within Lodi Gardens,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

. Rather Ibrahim Khan Lodi's Tomb is actually situated near the

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

office in Panipat, close to the

Dargah A dargah ( fa, درگاه ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargah'' दरगाह درگاہ, bn, দরগাহ ''dorgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a ...

of Sufi saint Bu Ali Shah Qalandar. It is a simple rectangular structure on a high platform approached by a flight of steps. In 1866, the British relocated the tomb during construction of the Grand Trunk Road and renovated it with an inscription highlighting Ibrahim Khan Lodi's death in the Battle of Panipat. He also built a Khwaja Khizr Tomb in Sonipat in 1522.

Jalal Khan Lodi's Revolt

In 1520, Ibrahim's eldest son and heir to the throne, Jalal Khan Lodi, marched with an army from Jaunpur towards

to take the throne. Hearing of Jalal Khan's revolt, Ibrahim Lodi imprisoned his bothers Ismail, Husain, Daulat and Mahmud at the fort of Hansi. He marched towards Awadh to meet his son Jalal's army and after defeating the army, he forgave his son and repositioned him as governor of Jaunpur and Lakhnau.

Gallery

File:Delhi-Topra Nagari inscription of 1524 CE.jpg, Delhi-Topra inscription of 1524 CE, mentioning Sultan Ibrahim Lodi. File:An awards ceremony in the Sultan Ibrāhīm’s court before being sent on an expedition to Sambhal.jpg, An awards ceremony in the Sultan Ibrahim Khan Lodi's court before being sent on an expedition to Sambhal File:1526-First Battle of Panipat-Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur.jpg, 1526-First Battle of Panipat-Ibrahim Khan Lodi and Babur File:Babur introduced field guns at panipat, 1526.jpg, Babur introduced field guns at Panipat, 1526 File:Kabuli Bagh Mosque.JPG, Kabuli Bagh Mosque

References

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Abundance and low prices during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi

Lodī dynasty
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