Daulat Khan Lodi

Daulat Khan Lodi (Persian: دولت خان لودی) was the governor of Lahore during the reign of Sikandar Khan and Ibrahim Lodi, the last rulers of the Lodi dynasty. Due to disaffection with Ibrahim, Daulat invited Babur to invade the empire. He was initially governor of the Jalandhar Doab before being promoted to the governorship of Lahore between 1500 and 1504, and remained so until Babur's invasion in 1524. He was the son of Tatar Khan, the previous Nizam of Lahore, who had asserted his independence from Lodi dynasty under Bahlul Khan Lodi, father of Sikandar Khan Lodi. Daulat Khan was loyal to the dynasty but betrayed Ibrahim Lodhi due to his rigid, proud and suspicious nature.