last Afghan sultan of Delhi of the Lodī dynasty. He was a suspicious tyrant who increasingly alienated his nobles during his reign.

The son of Sikandar, Ibrāhīm succeeded to the throne on his father's death (Nov. 21, 1517) and was quickly faced with continuing disputes between the royal family and Afghan nobles. One noble, Dawlat Khan Lodī, governor of the Punjab, fearing for his own safety, called in the Mughal king of Kabul, Bābur, who advanced toward Delhi and defeated and killed Ibrāhīm in the first battle of Panipat (Pānīpat, Battles of). This victory led to the founding of the Mughal Empire in India.