Ibrahim Lodi
Last sultan of Delhi of the Lodi dynasty (r. 1517–1526), killed fighting Babur at the Battle of Panipat
Last sultan of Delhi of the Lodi dynasty (r. 1517–1526), killed fighting Babur at the Battle of Panipat
Babur, a descendant of Timur, defeated Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi Sultanate at the Battle of Panipat and founded the Mughal Empire.
Founder of the Mughal Empire (r. 1526–1530), a descendant of Timur who overthrew the Delhi Sultanate at the Battle of Panipat
From the Ghaznavid raids on India to the Mughal Empire and Suleiman I — five centuries in which Turkic-led Islamic empires took western Asia and India, while Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas raised civilisations of their own
Three centuries in which the Ottomans of Suleiman I, the Mughals of Akbar and the Safavids of Abbas I flourished and then faltered, while across the Atlantic the slave trade and colonies transformed the Americas, leading to American independence