Sheikh '''Hamid Khan Lodi''' was the founder of [[Lodi dynasty of Multan]].

==Biography==

Lodi was a descendant of [[Usama ibn Lawi ibn Ghalib]], who belonged to Arab tribe of [[Quraysh]], the same tribe the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] belonged to. Although the medieval historian [[Ferishta]] claimed that he was an [[Afghan (ethnonym)|Afghan]], historian Yogendra Mishra points out that this is an error based on misreading of his name.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Hindu Sahis of Afghanistan and the Punjab, A.D. 865-1026: A Phase of Islamic Advance Into India|author=Yogendra Mishra|publisher=Vaishali Bhavan|year=1972|page=100-101}}</ref>

The [[Hindu Shahi]] king [[Jayapala]] ceded the regions of [[Emirate of Multan|Multan]] and [[Lamghan]] by the [[Hindu Shahi]] ruler [[Jayapala]] after joining an alliance with him and the ruler of Bhatiya against the raids of [[Sabuktigin]] during the reign of [[Alp-Tegin]]. Sabuktigin upon becoming amir in [[Ghazni]] broke up this alliance through diplomatic means and convinced Hamid Lodi to acknowledge his overlordship.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Hindu Sahis of Afghanistan and the Punjab, A.D. 865-1026: A Phase of Islamic Advance Into India|author=Yogendra Mishra|publisher=Vaishali Bhavan|year=1972|page=100-103}}</ref>

He overtook the city of Multan itself upon the death of the [[Fatimid caliphate|Fatimid]] [[da'i]] Jalam ibn Shaban sometime after 985 AD. He was succeeded by his grandson [[Fateh Daud|Dāwūd ibn Nasr ibn Hamid]].<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=18eABeokpjEC&pg=PA297|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4|chapter=The regions of Sind, Baluchistan, Multan and Kashmir|author1=N. A. Baloch|author2=A. Q. Rafiqi|publisher=UNESCO|isbn=9789231034671|year=1998|page=297-298}}</ref>

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