Bahlul Lodi, chief of the Pashtun Lodi tribe, founded the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1451 A.D. He did so upon the abdication of the last claimant from the previous Sayyid rule. The Lodi dynasty ruled for seventy five years from 1451-1526 till their last ruler Ibrahim Lodi was defeated and killed by Babur in the First battle of Panipat in 1526.