Adil Shah Suri
| Adil Shah Suri | |
|---|---|
 Copper Half Paisa of Adil Shah Suri | |
| 7th Sultan of the Sur Empire | |
| Reign | 22 June 1555 – December 1555 |
| Predecessor | Sikandar Shah Suri |
| Successor | |
| Died | April 1557 |
| House | Sur dynasty |
| Dynasty | Sur dynasty |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Adil Shah Suri Pashto عادل شاه سوري was the seventh and final ruler of the Sur Empire. He was the brother in law of Sikandar Shah Suri, who ruled over a region east of Delhi after Sikandar Shah Suri was defeated by Humayun in 1555. He and Sikandar Shah Suri were contenders for the Delhi throne against the Mughal emperor Akbar.
Early in Adil Shah's reign, he fought back a challenge from Muhammad Shah, ruler of Bengal. At the battle of Chhapparghatta in December 1555, Adil Shah and his Hindu general Hemu routed the Bengali forces and Muhammad Shah was killed. The following year, following the child-Emperor Akbar's absence from Delhi on a campaign, Hemu attacked and defeated the regent Tardi Beg Khan who fled the city of Delhi and started building up an army in the Punjab to retake Delhi. This was Hemu's 22nd successive victory in battle, and rather than appointing Adil Shah as ruler, he appointed himself ruler.
Meanwhile, the Bengal throne had passed on to Ghiyasuddin Abul Muzaffar Bahadur Shah, son of the slain Muhammad Shah. After killing an ambitious uncle, Bahadur Shah marched against Adil Shah to avenge his father's murder. In the battle of Fathpur in Munghyr in April 1557, Adil Shah's army was routed and Adil himself was captured and killed, bringing an effective end to the Sur Empire.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sharda Bhakt, Singh (1986). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Lucknow, Department of District Gazetteers. p. 36.
Muhammad Adil himself proceeded to Bengal to seize Bengal from Bahadur, the son of Shams-ud-din but died there in 1557 and his son, Sher Khan assumed the title of Sher Shah at Chunar. After the end of the Sur dynasty the district of Jaunpur came under the Mughal rule. Jaunpur continued to be of political importance in the early history of Akbar's reign. A serious rebellion of Afghans had broken out in the eastern provinces of the empire under Sher Khan, son of Muhammad Adil, who marched from Chunar with a big army. Ali Quli Khan Khan Zaman with his brother Bahadur Khan was sent to suppress this rebellion. The two armies met near Jaunpur and the Mughals inflicted a crushing defeat on the Afghans. (...) Asaf Khan was sent to the fort of Chunar which the Afghans surrendered without any resistance. Akbar receive all the valuables and elephants from them and returned to Agra on August 29, 1561.
- ^ Fazl, Abul (1905). Akbar Nama Vol II (English translation). pp. 215–216.