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Daulat Khan Lodi
Daulat Khan Lodi (c. 1450–1526) was governor of Punjab under the Lodi dynasty, long stationed at Lahore and controlling military and political affair…
Timeline
- 1511–1517Lahore · Punjab ProvinceAs the Lodi dynasty's supreme military and political officer in Punjab, he was stationed at Lahore, responsible for northwestern frontier defense, management of postal relay stations, and tax collection, maintaining military vigilance toward the Khyber Pass direction.
- 1517–1520Lahore · Punjab ProvinceAfter Ibrahim Lodi ascended the throne, he continued to hold his post in Punjab, reorganizing local forces and strengthening northwestern border defenses, while maintaining a delicate relationship with the Delhi court—sowing the seeds for his later invitation to Babur to invade.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Daulat Khan Lodi https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daulat-Khan-Lodi
- The Cambridge History of India, Volume III: Turks and Afghans — Wolseley Haig (1928)