| Sikandar Khan Lodi | |||||
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| Sultan of Delhi Sultan of Hindustan Abu Al-Muzaffar Ghazi Sultan Sikandar Khan Lodi | |||||
 The tomb of Sikandar Khan Lodi | |||||
| 30th Sultan of Delhi | |||||
| Reign | 17 July 1489 – 21 November 1517 | ||||
| Coronation | 17 July 1489 | ||||
| Predecessor | Bahlul Khan Lodi | ||||
| Successor | Ibrahim Khan Lodi | ||||
| Born | Nizam Khan 17 July 1458 Delhi Delhi Sultanate | ||||
| Died | 21 November 1517 (aged of 59) Agra Delhi Sultanate | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Issue | Ibrahim Khan Lodi Daulat-Khan-Lodi | ||||
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| Dynasty | Lodi dynasty | ||||
| Father | Bahlul Khan Lodi | ||||
| Mother | Bibi Ambha | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Sikandar Khan Lodi (Persian: سکندر لودی; 17 July 1458 – 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan (Persian: نظام خان), was Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517.[1] He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and most successful ruler of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi sultanate, he was also a poet of the Persian language and prepared a diwan of 9000 verses.[2] He made an effort to recover the lost territories which once were a part of the Delhi Sultanate and was able to expand the territory controlled by the Lodi Dynasty.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 122–125. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ Ram Nath Sharma, History Of Education In India, Atlantic (1996), p. 61