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Historical Periods & Dynasties
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- Bahlul Lodi — Person · r. 1450 – 1488 · Lodi DynastyInvited into Delhi by the Sayyid vizier Humeed Khan while governor of Sirhind, Bahlul took possession of the capital and was proclaimed king in 1450, founding the Lodi dynasty; he reigned until his death in 1488, after which his son Sikandar succeeded him.
- Sikandar Lodi — Person · r. 1488 – 1517 · Lodi DynastyBorn Nizam Khan to Bahlul Lodi and Zeina, he was declared heir by his father and, on Bahlul's death, was carried by his partisans to Jalali and enthroned there in 1488; he reigned until his death at Agra in 1517, when his son Ibrahim succeeded him.
- Ibrahim Lodi — Person · r. 1517 – 1526 · Lodi DynastyThe son of Sikandar Lodi, he succeeded on his father's death at Agra in 1517 and was defeated and slain by Babur, ending the Lodi dynasty and the Delhi Sultanate.
- Delhi Sultanate — the Lodis — Dynasty · 1451 – 1526 · Lodi DynastyFrom Bahlul Lodi's accession, 855/1451, to the 'Mughal victory' over Ibrahim II, 932/1526.
- Zeina — Person · named on the page as mother of Sikandar Lodi · Lodi DynastyZeina, a goldsmith's daughter raised to Bahlul's bed, is named as Sikandar's mother; she is not otherwise recorded and holds no ruler entry of her own.