Sikandar Khan Lodi

Sikandar Khan Lodi
Sultan of Delhi Sultan of Hindustān 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 Lodi
Born	Nizam Khan 17 July 1458 Delhi, Sultanate of Delhi
Died	21 November 1517 (aged of 59) Agra, Delhi Sultanate
Burial	Lodi Gardens, Delhi
Issue	Ibrahim Lodi Mahmud Khan Lodi Ismail Khan Lodi Hussain Khan Lodi Jalal Khan Lodi Daulat Khan Lodi burhan lodi
Names Sikandar Khan Lodi bin Bahlul Khan Lodi bin Malik Kala Khan Lodi bin Malik Bahram Khan Lodi
Dynasty	Lodi
Father	Bahlul 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) also known as Sikandar II, was Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517.^[1][2] 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.^[3] 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.