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Sher Shah Suri [c] (Farid al-Din Khan; 1472 or 1486 – 22 May 1545), [1] also known by his title Sultan Adil (lit. ' the Just King '), was the ruler of Bihar from 1530 to 1540, and Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 until his death in 1545. [2] He defeated the Mughal Empire, founding the Sur Empire and establishing his rule in Delhi. The influence ...
[19] [36] He was succeeded by his son, Jalal Khan, who took the title of Islam Shah Suri. [37] Sher Shah was buried in the Sher Shah Suri Tomb (122 ft high), stands in the middle of an artificial lake at Sasaram, a town on the Grand Trunk Road. The tomb finished its construction on 16 August 1545, three months following the death of Sher Shah. [38]
An inscription on a red sandstone slab indicates that the tomb is that of Masnad Ali Isa Khan, son of Umar Khan, the Chief chamberlain, and was built during the reign of Islam Shah Suri, son of Sher Shah, in 1547-48 A.D. [2] On 5 August 2011, restoration work on this tomb led to the discovery of India's oldest sunken garden. Isa Khan’s garden ...
Details of Hemu's early career are vague and involve much speculation. Following his start as a seller of saltpetre, he is said to have been a trader or a weighman in the market. After Sher Shah Suri died in 1545, his son Islam Shah became the ruler of the Sur Empire. During his rule, Hemu became the superintendent of the market in Delhi with ...
Salimgarh Fort (Salim's Fort) was built in 1546 AD, in Delhi, in a former island of the Yamuna River, by Salim Shah Suri, son of Sher Shah Suri. There was a pause in Mughal rule when in 1540 AD Sher Shah Suri defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun (and ousted him from Delhi) and established the Sur Empire rule in Delhi. Sur dynasty rule lasted ...
The founder of the Sur Empire in India, Sher Shah Sur, belonged to the Sur tribe. They ruled the Sur Empire from 1540 until they were removed from power in 1555 after the Battle of Sirhind by Humayun and the Persian army, who re-established the Mughal Empire .
Sher Shah Suri (1486–1545), founder of the Suri dynasty; Sher Shah (VC) (1917–1945), British Indian Army soldier and Victoria Cross recipient; Shershah Syed, Pakistani physician; Vikram Batra (1974–1999), Indian army officer, nicknamed Shershah
In 1541, Sher Shah Suri, who recognised the importance of the Bengal province for the development of the Sur Empire, [1] was informed of a number of Khan's treacherous acts. He was informed of Khan's marriage to a daughter of Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah , who was the late Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate 's former Hussain Shahi dynasty that Suri ...