Showing posts with label lodi garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lodi garden. Show all posts

Sunday, August 22, 2010

The tomb of Muhammad Shah, the third ruler of the Sayyid dynasty in Lodi garden


Muhammad Shah ruled between 1434 - 1445.


This is one of the larger tombs surviving from this period. It is located within the Lodi Gardens .     


  

He was the son of Mubarak Shah.


  







Thursday, July 8, 2010

Tomb of Sikandar Lodi

The tomb is situated in Lodi Garden.









Sikander Lodi became the Sultan upon the death of his father, Bahlul Khan Lodi in 1489.




He started the use of Persian as the official language for the accountancy in India. 




He tried to conquer the Gwalior Fort and attacked it 5 times. However he failed everytime.