Bahlul Khan Lodi

Bahlul Khan Lodi (died 1489) was chief of the Afghan Lodi tribe. He began as a horse trader; fine horses sold to the Sayyid sultan Muhammad Shah earned him land, and he rose to govern Lahore, winning the title Khan-i-Khanan.

He twice failed to take Delhi, but when the last Sayyid sultan Alam Shah withdrew in 1448, his minister invited Bahlul to seize the throne. He ascended Delhi's throne in 1451 after the abdication and founded the Lodi dynasty. In 1479 he conquered the Jaunpur Sultanate. He died in 1489 and his son Sikandar Lodi succeeded him.