Fall of the Lodi Dynasty

Timeline

1. 1517Agra · IndiaSikandar Lodi, who had reigned nearly thirty years, died at Agra. The most distinguished ruler of the Lodi dynasty, he had extended the realm to Bihar, founded Agra as a second capital in 1504, and reformed the tax system. His death deprived the dynasty of the central figure holding the nobility together.
2. 1517–1518Delhi · IndiaThe eldest son Ibrahim Lodi succeeded to the throne without dispute but quickly centralized power by autocratic means. He stripped his brother Jalal Khan of his appanage at Jaunpur, provoking conflict within the royal house, and frequently rotated provincial governors out of suspicion, arousing widespread discontent among the Afghan nobility.
3. 1519–1526Punjab · PunjabKey ministers such as Daulat Khan Lodi, governor of the Punjab, and Alam Khan, Ibrahim's uncle, rebelled after falling under his suspicion; in 1523 Daulat Khan invited Babur, ruler of Kabul, to invade. In April 1526 Ibrahim was defeated and killed at the First Battle of Panipat, ending both the Lodi dynasty and the independent Delhi Sultanate, replaced by the Mughal Empire.