Khan Jahan Lodi
Salabat Khan Khan Jahan Lodi | |
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A portrait of Lodi from Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Governor of the Deccan | |
| In office 1609-? 1626-? | |
| Monarch | Jahangir |
| Governor of Multan | |
| In office 1620–? | |
| Monarch | Jahangir |
| Governor of Malwa | |
| In office 1629 | |
| Monarch | Shah Jahan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pir Khan |
| Died | 3 February 1631 Sihanda, Central India |
| Relations | Muhammad Khan (brother) |
| Children | Asalat Khan Aziz Farid Muzaffar Alam Ahmad Jahan |
| Parent | Daulat Khan Lodi (father) |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Mughal conquest of Bengal |
Pir Khan (died 3 February 1631), known by the name Khan Jahan Lodi, was an ethnic Afghan who served as a noble of the Mughal Empire. Entering the Mughal service during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar, he enjoyed a meteoric rise under emperor Jahangir, becoming one of the empire's highest ranking nobles. Lodi was the leading example of Afghan recruitment during Jahangir's reign, as Jahangir attempted to conciliate this group that was hitherto hostile to Mughal rule. Khan Jahan Lodi fell out of imperial favour with the accession of Shah Jahan and rebelled against the ruler, resulting in his capture and execution in the early 1630s. His rebellion was a major event of Shah Jahan's early rule. During his lifetime, Khan Jahan Lodi sponsored the Tarikh-i-Khan-Jahani, a written ethno-history of the Afghans which was highly influential on subsequent works about the topic.