Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi

Bahlul Khan Lodi

Sultan of Delhi from 1451 to 1489

Bahlul Khan Lodi was the chief of the Afghan Lodi tribe. He was the founder of the Lodi dynasty from the Delhi Sultanate, upon the abdication of the last claimant from the previous Sayyid rule. Bahlul became Sultan of the dynasty on 19 April 1451.