د لوديانو واکمني

A Lodi mausoleum in Lodi Gardens, New Delhi.

Sekandar Lodhi's Tomb

Lodi Dynasty

1451-1489: Reign of Buhlul Khan Lodi

Buhlul Khan Lodi was an Afghan noble. He was a great soldier. When Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the throne to him, Buhul Khan seized the throne on April 19, 1451 with the support of his minister Hamid Khan. He was the first Afghan ruler of Delhi. Buhlul Khan extended his territories over Gwalior, Jaunpur and upper Uttar Pradesh. He appointed his eldest son Barbak Shah as viceroy of Jaunpur in 1486. Buhlul Khan was confused as to who should succeed him among his sons Barbak Shah and Nizam Shah and grandson Azam-i-Humayun.

1489-1517: Reign of Sikandar Lodi 

After Buhlul Khan's death, his second son Nizam Shah was proclaimed the king, under the title of Sultan Sikandar Shah, on July 17, 1489. He made all efforts to strengthen his kingdom. He extended his kingdom from Punjab to Bihar, and also made a treaty with Alauddin Husain Shah of Bengal. He founded a new town in 1504 (where now the modern city of Agra stands) to control the chiefs of Etawab, Biyana, Koli, Gwalior and Dholapur. He was also a good administrator. He was kind to his subjects. He died on November 21 1517.

1517-1526: Reign of Ibrahim

After the death of Sikandar, his son Ibrahim ascended the throne. A faction of the nobility advocated a partition of the kingdom and set up Ibrahim's younger brother Jalal Khan on the throne of Jaunpur. But soon Jalal Khan was assassinated by his brother's men. Ibrahim was not an able ruler. He became more and more strict with the nobles. He used to insult them. Thus, to take revenge of their insults, Daulat Khan Lodi, governor of Lahore and Alam Khan, an uncle of Sultan Ibrahim, invited Babur, the ruler of Kabul, to invade India. Ibrahim Lodi was killed at Panipat in 1526 by the Babur army. Thus came the final collapse of Delhi Sultanate and paved the establishment of new the Turkish rule in India.

A Lodi mausoleum in Lodi Gardens, New Delhi.

Sekandar Lodhi's Tomb

Backwaters of…Lodhi Gardens

Quran inscriptions on wall, Lodhi Gardens, Delhi. Credit: Shashwat Nagpal

This travel blog photo's source is TravelPod page: Bridge in Lodhi Gardens, Delhi, Amritsar, and Haridwar, India

د سوریانو واکمني & Rupiya

The 178 grams silver coin,Rupiya released by Sher Shah Suri, 1540-1545 CE, was the first Rupee

The Sanskrit word rūpyakam (रूप्यकम्) means "wrought silver" or a coin of silver.^[3] The term could also be related to "something provided with an image, a coin," from rupah "shape, likeness, image." The word rupiya was coined by Pashtun (Afghan) Emperor Sher Shah Suri during his brief rule of India between (1540-1545). It was used for the silver coin weighing 178 grains. He also introducedcopper coins called Dam and gold coins called Mohur that weighed 169 grains.^[4] Later on, theMughal Emperors standardised this coinage of tri-metalism across the sub-continent in order to consolidate the monetary system.

The Suri Dynasty (Pashto: د سوریانو واکمني) was founded by the powerful medieval Indianconqueror of Pashtun (Afghan) descent. Sher Shah, whose real name was Farid Khan defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun in the battle of Chausa on June 26, 1539 and again in the battle of Bilgram on May 17, 1540.

The dynasty was made-up of Afghans.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} They ruled Delhi Sultanate between 1540 and 1556. Their rule came to an end by a defeat that led to restoration of theMughal Empire.

Today, the Suris are part of the Pashtun tribal system and belong to the sub-groups of the Ghilzais.

The extent of the Suri dynasty (green)

د سوریانو واکمني