The Delhi Sultanate refers to the many Muslim Turkic and Pashtun dynasties that rule from Delhi in India from 1206.

The nephew and son-in-law of Islam Khan (Malik Sultan Shah Lodhi), the governor of Sirhind (Punjab) in India, had succeeded him as the governor of Sirhind during the reign of Sayyyid dynasty ruler Muhammad Shah (Muhammad-bin-Farid).

Muhammad Shah had raised him to the status of an Amir.

After the last Sayyid ruler of Delhi, Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah, had voluntarily abdicated in favor of the governor, he ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate on April 19, 1451 as Bahlul Khan Lodhi.

He has quelled uprisings in the provinces and garnered political support by granting extensive lands to his native Afghan nobles.

Bahlul is to spend most of his time in fighting against the Jaunpur Sultanate and will ultimately annex it.