Bahlul Lodi Founds Lodi Dynasty

1451

An Afghan warlord from the Punjab rode into Delhi and claimed its tattered sultanate from the exhausted Sayyids. The Lodi dynasty would rule a shrunken north India for seventy-five years, until a descendant named Babur arrived with artillery and redrew the subcontinent into Mughal territory. The Lodi sultans governed from Delhi's Red Fort and tried to revive the city's commercial importance, though their authority rarely extended far.