He became the next ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Lodi in July 1489. Sikandar was the son of Sultan Bahlul Khan Lodi and Bibi Ambha, the daughter of a Hindu goldsmith of Sirhind. Sikandar was of Pashtun origin through his father.
He became Sultan upon the death of his father on July 17, 1489 under the full name Abu First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Muzzafar Ghazi Sultan Sikandar Lodi.
The second and most successful ruler of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi sultanate, he was also a poet of the Persian language and prepared a diwan of 9000 verses. He expanded Lodi territory into the regions of Gwalior and Bihar. He made a treaty with Alauddin Hussain Shah and his kingdom of Bengal.
In 1503, he commissioned the building of the present-day city of Agra.
Agra was founded by him. The History of the Delhi Sultanate by M.M. Syed notes that Sikandar Lodi frequently razed temples and erected mosques in their place, for example at Mandrail, Utgir, and Narwar.
He wrote poetry in Persian using the pen name Gulrukhi. He introduced auditing in accounts.he took good care of justice and agriculture for the welfare of people.he introduced a system of Gaz-i-sikandari,means 32 digit of measuring system of cultivated lands.
Among the administrative changes made by Sikandar Lodi was the installation of Persian language as the official language for the accountancy in India.
1514. Mat̲nawī-yi mihr u māh (905H). Publication of the Iran Pakistan Institute of Persian Studies, serial northern
Sikandar Lodi tried to conquer the Gwalior Fort, and he attacked five times, but was foiled on all occasions by the king of Gwalior Maharaja Mansingh.
He developed Agra as his second capital (after Delhi), as it took a lot of time to travel from Delhi to Gwalior. Agra was known as Shiraz of India during Sikandar Lodi"s time. Finally he attacked a small region, near Gwalior named Narwar, and he had to wait 11 months at the gates of the Narwar fort, after 11 months when the people found that nothing had left to eat, they surrendered to Sikandar Lodi.
He died in 1517 and has an elaborate burial tomb that resides in Lodi Gardens, Delhi.
