History of the Pashtun people
Mausoleum of Khwaja Khizr Sarwani (Sonipat, Haryana, India) Khwaja Khizr Khan Sarwani was a Pashtun of saintly reputation who was governor of Sonipat (Haryana state, India) during the during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi (1517-1526 AD). He is buried in Sonipat in a magnificent Mausoleum which was constructed during the reign of Sultan … Read more
‘Afsana-i-Shahan’ [1] records Babur’s Timurid instinct of shedding innocent blood, he killed Sultan Ibrahim Lodi’s seven-year-old son. ‘When Ibrahim was slain, his son, who was seven years old, was taken prisoner. As he was brought before Babur Badshah, the king asked for an ewer [2]. He gave it into his hand (and said), Help me … Read more
According to Tarikh-i-Daudi; “One of the most extraordinary phenomena of Sultan Ibrahim’s time was that corn, clothes, and every kind of merchandize were cheaper than they had ever been known to be in any other reign, except perhaps in the time of Sultan ‘Alau-d din Khilji; but even that is doubtful. Moreover, in the time … Read more
On 21 April 1526, Sultan Ibrahim Lodi died bravely on the field of Panipat. The Sultan displayed no quality of generalship but that of personal bravery; unable to win, he died as an Afghan was expected to die. When Afghans were on the verge of defeat during the battle of Panipat, an officer Mahmud Khan came … Read more