Person · r. 1450 – 1488
Bahlul Lodi
بہلول لودی
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Invited 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.
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- vol. I, p. 543 · read as page image
to Dehly, allowed time for the Vizier to invite Bheilole Lody to assume the government. Bheilole, seizing the opportunity, amused the King by writing to him that he was on his march to chastise the Vizier; but having arrived, he quietly took possession of the capital, and was proclaimed King. This event occurred in the year 854; though the name of Alla-ood-Deen was, for form's sake, allowed to be read in the Khootba as usual.