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Lodi Dynasty Rule at Delhi (1460s)

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1461–1470

In the 1460s, the Afghan Lodi dynasty sultan Bahlul Lodi (r. 1451–1489) gradually unified northern India from Delhi, fighting the Sharqi Sultanate of…

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  1. 1461–1463Delhi · DelhiBetween 1461 and 1463, Bahlul Lodi reorganized the Lodi noble factions at Delhi and strengthened administrative control over the Doab and parts of the Ganges basin, transforming the Lodi dynasty from a Punjab regional power into the core power of northern India.
  2. 1464–1467Jaunpur · Uttar PradeshBetween 1464 and 1467, Lodi armies campaigned repeatedly eastward against the Sharqi Sultanate (capital at Jaunpur), contesting control of the middle Ganges. Both sides won and lost engagements, but the wars steadily weakened the eastern Sharqi power, creating conditions for later Lodi unification.
  3. 1468–1470Sirhind · PunjabIn 1468 the Lodi army captured the fortress of Sirhind, gaining further control of the strategic Punjab corridor. By 1470, Lodi power linked the Delhi–Punjab corridor, making it one of the most formidable sultanates of late fifteenth-century northern India.

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