Sur,are a historicalPashtun tribefrom among theLodi[1]living primarily in what is nowAfghanistanandPakistan.The founder of theSur EmpireinIndia,Sher Shah Sur,belonged to the Sur tribe. They ruled theSuri Empirefrom 1540 until they were removed from power in 1555 after theBattle of SirhindbyHumayunand the Persian army, who re-established theMughal Empire.[2]
Mythical Origin
They have been described by some as to be of descendance from Arab generalKhalid ibn al-Walid.[3]
History
The Suri tribe of the Afghans inhabited the mountains of Ghor east ofFurrahand their principal cities were Ghore,FeruziandBamian.[4]
It was at the time of this bounty of Sultán Bahlol, that the grandfather of Sher Sháh, by name Ibráhím Khán Súr,[note 1]with his son Hasan Khán, the father of Sher Sháh, came toHindu-stánfromAfghánistán,from a place which is called in theAfghán tongue"Shargarí," * but in the Multán tongue "Rohrí." It is a ridge, a spur of theSulaimán Mountains,about six or seven kos in length, situated on the banks of theGumal.They entered into the service of Muhabbat Khán Súr, Dáúd Sáhú-khail, to whom Sultán Bahlol had given in jágír the parganas of Hariána and Bahkála, etc., in thePanjáb,and they settled in the pargana of Bajwára.[5]
— Abbas Khan Sarwani,1580
See also
Notes
- ^The Súr represent themselves as descendants of Muhammad Súr, one of the princes of thehouse of the Ghorian,who left his native country, and married a daughter of one of the Afghán chiefs of Roh.
References
- ^Kissling, H. J.; Spuler, Bertold; Barbour, N.; Trimingham, J. S.; Braun, H.; Hartel, H. (1997-08-01).The Last Great Muslim Empires.BRILL.ISBN978-90-04-02104-4.
- ^Lee, Jonathan (2019).Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present.Reaktion Books. p. 57.ISBN978-1-78914-010-1.
- ^Blackburn, Richard (2005).Journey to the Sublime Porte: The Arabic Memoir of a Sharifian Agent's Diplomatic Mission to the Ottoman Imperial Court in the Era of Suleyman the Magnificent; the Relevant Text from Quṭb al-Dīn al-Nahrawālī's al-Fawā'id al-sanīyah fī al-riḥlah al-Madanīyah wa al-Rūmīyah.Beirut: Orient-Institut.ISBN3-89913-441-9.
- ^Gazetteer of the world or dictionary of geographical knowledge.Vol. 5. London: A Fullerton and Company. p. 61.
- ^Abbas Khan Sarwani(1580)."Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí; or, Tuhfat-i Akbar Sháhí, of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání. CHAPTER I. Account of the reign of Sher Sháh Súr".Packard Humanities Institute.Retrieved2010-09-04.