Bahlul Khan Lodi

Bahlul Khan Lodi
Bahlul Shah Ghazi
Billon Tanka (80 ratti) of Bahlul Lodi
29th Sultan of Delhi
Reign19 April 1451 – 12 July 1489
Coronation19 April 1451
PredecessorAlam Shah
SuccessorSikandar Lodi
Bornc.1421
Died12 July 1489
(aged of 68)
Delhi, Sultanate of India
Burial
SpouseShams Khatun
Bibi Ambha
IssueSikandar Khan Lodi
Barbak Shah
Taj Murassa
Alam Khan
Names
Bahlol Khan Lodi bin Malik Kala Khan Lodi bin Malik Bahram Khan Lodi
Parents House:

Founding House:
Lodi confederation

Lodi dynasty
FatherMalik Kala Khan Lodi
ReligionSunni Islam

Bahlul Khan Lodi (Persian: بهلول لودی; died 12 July 1489) 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 (855 AH).