Khizr Khan

Khizr Khan (c. 1361–1421) was governor of Multan under Firuz Shah Tughlaq and claimed descent from the Prophet Muhammad, a claim that gave his line the name Sayyid dynasty.

After Timur's invasion shattered Tughlaq power, he captured Delhi in 1414, imprisoned its ruler Daulat Khan Lodi, and reigned until 1421. Fearing Timur's heir Shah Rukh, he took no royal title and struck coins in former sultans' names, only winning leave in 1417 to add his own. He forced the ruler of Katehar to submit, and plundered and annexed Bayana and Gwalior. His son Mubarak Shah succeeded him.