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Hamid Khan Lodi

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Sheikh Hamid Khan Lodi was the founder of Lodi dynasty of Multan.

Biography

Lodi was a descendant of , who belonged to Arab tribe of Quraysh, the same tribe the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to. Although the medieval historian Ferishta claimed that he was an Afghan, historian Yogendra Mishra points out that this is an error based on misreading of his name.[1] Henry George Raverty and Samuel Miklos Stern however stated that Hamid Khan Lodi was an invention of later historians along with the Lodi dynasty of Multan.[2][3]

According to Firishta, the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala ceded the regions of Multan and Lamghan by the Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala after joining an alliance with him and the ruler of Bhatiya against the raids of Sabuktigin during the reign of Alp-Tegin. Sabuktigin upon becoming amir in Ghazni broke up this alliance through diplomatic means and convinced Hamid Lodi to acknowledge his overlordship.[4]

He might have overtaken the city of Multan itself upon the death of the Fatimid da'i Jalam ibn Shaban sometime after 985 AD. He was succeeded by his grandson Dāwūd ibn Nasr ibn Hamid.[5]

References

  1. ^ Yogendra Mishra (1972). The Hindu Sahis of Afghanistan and the Punjab, A.D. 865-1026: A Phase of Islamic Advance Into India. Vaishali Bhavan. p. 100-101.
  2. ^ Henry George Raverty (1893). "The Mihrán of Sind and its Tributaries". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. 61 (1): 325.
  3. ^ Samuel Miklos Stern (October 1949). "Ismā'ili Rule and Propaganda in Sīnd". Islamic Culture. Islamic Culture Board. 23: 303.
  4. ^ Yogendra Mishra (1972). The Hindu Sahis of Afghanistan and the Punjab, A.D. 865-1026: A Phase of Islamic Advance Into India. Vaishali Bhavan. p. 100-103.
  5. ^ N. A. Baloch; A. Q. Rafiqi (1998). "The regions of Sind, Baluchistan, Multan and Kashmir". History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4. UNESCO. p. 297-298. ISBN 9789231034671.
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