Ibrahim Lodhi's Tomb

Ibrahim Lodhi's tomb
Location of Ibrahim's Tomb
General information
Type Tomb
Location Tehsil office, Panipat, Haryana, India
Coordinates 29°23′N 76°58′E / 29.39°N 76.97°E / 29.39; 76.97Coordinates: 29°23′N 76°58′E / 29.39°N 76.97°E / 29.39; 76.97
Height
Architectural Indo-Islamic architecture
1526-First Battle of Panipat-Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur.jpg

Ibrahim Lodhi's tomb is the tomb in Panipat (Haryana, India) of the Ibrahim Lodhi, Sultan of the Lodi dynasty of Delhi Sultanate.

Tomb

Ibrahim Lodhi's tomb is often mistaken to be the Shisha Gumbad within Lodi Gardens Delhi. Rather Ibrahim Lodi's tomb is actually situated in near the tehsil office in Panipat, close to the Dargah of Sufi saint Bu Ali Shah Qalandar.[1][2][3]


History

Ibrahim Lodi (Pashto: ابراهیم لودي‎, Urdu: ابراہیم لودی‎;) became the Sultan of Delhi in 1517 after the death of his father Sikandar. He was the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, reigning for nine years between 1517 until being defeated and killed at the battle of Panipat by Babur's invading army in 1526, giving way to the emergence of the Mughal Empire in India.[4][5]

Ibrahim was an ethnic Pashtun. He attained the throne upon the death of his father, Sikandar, but was not blessed with the same ruling capability. He faced a number of rebellions. 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. His Afghan nobility eventually invited Babur to invade India.

In 1526, the Mughal forces of Babur, the king of Kabulistan (Kabul, Afghanistan), defeated Ibrahim's much larger army in the Battle of Panipat. Ibrahim was killed during the battle at Panipat and his tomb now lies there. It is estimated that Babur's forces numbered around 25,000–30,000 men and had between 20 to 24 pieces of field artillery. Ibrahim Lodi had around 30,000–40,000 men along with at least 100 elephants . After the end of Lodhi dynasty, the era of Mughal rule commenced .[6]

Architecture

It is a simple rectangular structure on a high platform approached by a flight of steps.[1][2][3]

Other monuments

Bu Ali Shah Qalandar's Dargah

Close to the Ibrahim's tom is the Dargah of Sufi saint Bu Ali Shah Qalandar.[1][2][3]

Kabuli Bagh Mosque

Kabuli Bagh Mosque built by Babur to celebrate his success over Ibrahim Lodhi

Kabuli Bagh Mosque was built by Babur to celebrate success over Ibrahim Lodhi is located 2 km away in Panipat.

Restoration and Relocation

In 1866, the British relocated the tomb during construction of the Grand Trunk Road and renovated it with an inscription highlighting Ibrahim Lodhi’s death in the Battle of Panipat.[1][2][3]

Another memorial of some kind, however, appears to have existed which used to form a place of pilgrimage for the people of Gwalior since Vikramaditya the last Raja of the old dynasty of Gwalior, fell in the same battle. This memorial, according to Alexander Cunningham, was destroyed when the Grand Trunk Road was made.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tomb of Ibrahim Lodi
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb
  3. 1 2 3 4 The tale of the missing Lodi tomb The Hindu, Jul 04, 2005.
  4. ↑ "SULṬĀN ĪBRAHĪM BIN SULṬĀN SIKANDAR LODĪ". The Muntakhabu-’rūkh by ‘Abdu-’l-Qādir Ibn-i-Mulūk Shāh, known as Al-Badāoni, translated from the original Persian and edited by George S. A. Ranking, Sir Wolseley Haig and W. H. Lowe. Packard Humanities Institute 1884–1925. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ↑ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 122–125. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  6. ↑ Davis, Paul K. (1999), 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present, Oxford University Press, p181.
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