Person

Bahlul Lodi

chief of the Pashtun Lodi tribe and founder of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate

b. 1415 CE – d. 1489 CE World The Great Crossroads

Bahlol Lodi (died July 12, 1489) was chief of the Pashtun Lodi tribe and founder of Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate upon the abdication of the last claimant from the previous Sayyid rule.

Bahlul becomes sultan of the dynasty on April 19, 1451.