deaths
July 12, 1489
Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi
Bahlul Khan Lodi
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.