Sikandar Khan Lodi (died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan, was an Afghan Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. 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. 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. Biography Sikandar was the second son of Sultan Bahlul Lodi, who had founded the Lodi ruling dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. Sikandar was a capable ruler who encouraged trade across his territory. He expanded Lodi rule into the regions of Gwalior and Bihar. He made a treaty with Alauddin Hussain Shah and his kingdom of Bengal. In 1503, he commissioned the building of the present-day city of Agra. Relation with Kabir Sahib King Sikandar Lodhi had some connections with Kabir Sahib ji too. Sikandar Lodhi once received a complaint from some people of his religion that Kabir speaks wrong about Muslim religion. So, King Sikandar Lodhi tried to kill Kabir ji many times like Kabir ji was tried to be killed by a bloodthirsty elephant but it is said that due to the miracle of Kabir ji, the elephant started seeing a lion and the elephant retreated from fear and after that King Sikandar Lodhi apologized to Kabir Sahib ji. In 1496, Kabir Sahib ji sat on an elephant with an initiated woman (who was a prostitute before) in front of him to test his disciples and roamed around the whole Kashi, in which many people criticized him and when King Bir Singh Baghel of Kashi came to know that Kabir was taking the test, then he bowed down to Kabir Ji along with King Sikandar Lodhi and apologized. Conflict with Man Singh Tomar The newly crowned Raja Man Singh Tomar was not prepared for an invasion from Delhi, and decided to avoid a war by paying Bahlul Lodi a tribute of 800,000 tankas (coins). In 1489, Sikandar Lodi succeeded Bahlul Lodi as the Sultan of Delhi. In 1500, Manasimha provided asylum to some rebels from Delhi, who had been involved in a plot to overthrow Sikandar Lodi. The