Khan Jahan Lodi

Salabat Khan Khan Jahan Lodi
The Decapitation of Khan Jahan Lodi, from a manuscript of the Padshahnama, painted by Abid c. 1633; held in the Royal Collection[1]
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	(1631-02-03)3 February 1631 Sihanda, Central India
Relations	Muhammad Khan (brother) Aziz (son) Farid (son)
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^[a] 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. Khan Jahan 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.

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