Sur (tribe) explained

Sur, are a historical Pashtun tribe from among the Lodi^[1] living primarily in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. They claim descendance from Arab general Khalid ibn al-Walid.^[2] The founder of the Suri Empire in India, Sher Shah Suri, belonged to the Sur tribe. They ruled the Suri 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.^[3]

History

The Suri tribe of the Afghans inhabited the mountains of Ghor east of Furrah and their principal cities were Ghore, Feruzi and Bamian.^[4]

See also

• Sur Empire
• Suri (name)
• Pashtun tribes
• Mandesh
• Qais Abdur Rashid
• Amir Kror Suri

External links

• GHURIDS – Encyclopaedia Iranica

Notes and References

1. Book: Kissling . H. J. . The Last Great Muslim Empires . Spuler . Bertold . Barbour . N. . Trimingham . J. S. . Braun . H. . Hartel . H. . 1997-08-01 . BRILL . 978-90-04-02104-4 . en.
2. Book: Blackburn . Richard . 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 . 2005 . Orient-Institut . Beirut . 3-89913-441-9 .
3. Book: Lee . Jonathan . 2019 . Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present . Reaktion Books . 978-1-78914-010-1 . en. 57.
4. Book: Gazetteer of the world or dictionary of geographical knowledge. 5. A Fullerton and Company . London. 61.