Ibrahim Lodi: Difference between revisions

'''Ibrahim Lodi''' (d. [[21 April]] [[1526]]) was the last [[sultan]] of [[Delhi]]. He was an ethnic [[Pashtun]]. He became sultan in 1517 after Sikandar Lodi died.<ref name=Chaurasia88>Radhey Shyam Chaurasia, ''History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.'' (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002), p. 88</ref> Sikandar was his [[father]] and Ibrahim was soon challenged by his younger [[brother]], Jalal Kahn.<ref name=AgnihotriB-96>''Indian History'', 26th Edition, ed. V. K. Agnihotri (Mumbai: Allied Publishers, 2010)p. B-96</ref> Ibrahim had [[Military tactics|military skills]].<ref name=Bosworth784>''The Encyclopaedia of Islam'', Vol. 5, eds. C. E. Bosworth; et al. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1983), p. 784</ref> But unlike his father he lacked [[wikt:tact|tact]].<ref name=Bosworth784/>  

He faced a number of [[rebellion]]s. The Mewar ruler Rana Sangram Singh extended his [[empire]] right up to western Uttar Pradesh and threatened to attack Agra. There was rebellion in the [[East]] also. Ibrahim Lodi also displeased the [[nobility]] when he replaced old and senior commanders by younger ones who were loyal to him. He further alienated them by throwing some of the older [[noblemen]] in [[prison]].<ref name=AgnihotriB-96/> His [[Afghan]] nobility eventually invited [[Babur]] to invade [[India]]. In 1526, the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] forces of Babur, the king of [[Kabulistan]], defeated Ibrahim's much larger army in the [[Battle of Panipat|1st Battle of Panipat]].<ref name=Spuler261.2>Bertold Spuler; Hans Joachim Kissling, ''The Last Great Muslim Empires'' (Leiden: Brill, 1969), pp. 261–262</ref> Ibrahim was killed during the battle.<ref name=Spuler261.2/> It is estimated that Babur's forces numbered around 12,000 men.<ref name=Spuler261.2/> His [[army]] had between 20 to 24 pieces of [[Artillery#Field_artillery|field artillery]]. Ibrahim Lodi had around 30,000-40,000 men along with at least 100 war [[elephant]]s. After Ibrahim Lodi was overthrown, the mughals invaded India.<ref name=Spuler261.2/>