Ibrahim Lodi
Sultan of the Lodi dynasty
An old Afghan sketch of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi
Reign	1517-1526
Coronation	1517, Delhi
Buried	Panipat
Predecessor	Sikandar Lodi
Successor	None
Royal House	Lodi dynasty
Father	Sikander Lodi

Ibrahim Lodi (Pashto: ابراهیم لودي, Hindi: इब्राहिम लोधी) (b.? - April 21, 1526) was one of the ruler of the Lodi dynasty who became the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate in India. He was an Afghan (specifically of the Ghilzai tribe of Pashtuns) who ruled over much of northern India from 1517 to 1526, when he was defeated by Babur and his Kabul army.^[1]

Lodi attained the throne upon the death of his father, Sikandar Lodi, but was not blessed with the same ruling capability. He faced a number of rebellions. The Mewar ruler Rana Sanga extended his empire right up to western Uttar Pradesh and threatened to attack Agra. There was rebellion in the East also. Lodi also displeased the nobility when he replaced old and senior commanders by younger ones who were loyal to him. He was feared and loathed by his subjects. His Afghan nobility eventually invited Babur of Kabul to invade India.

Ibrahim died in the Battle of Panipat, where Babur's artillery and the desertion of many of Lodi's Indian soldiers led to his downfall, despite superior troop numbers.

Contents 1 Tomb 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Tomb

His tomb is often mistaken to be the Sheesh Gumbad within Lodi Gardens Delhi, though is actually situated in near the tehsil office in Panipat, close to the Dargah 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 renovated the tomb and added an inscription mentioning Ibrahim Lodi’s defeat at the hands of Babur in order to belittle the Sultan even though Babur learned about the Sultan and didn't have any feeling of disdain for the Late Sultan.^[2][3][4]

[edit] See also

• Lodi dynasty

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.indohistory.com/lodhi_dynasty.html
• http://www.webindia123.com/history/MEDIEVAL/delhisultanate/delhi%20sultanate4.htm
• http://sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13233620

Preceded by Sikandar Lodi

Sultan of Delhi 1517–1526

Succeeded by Dynasty ended

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