Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Sher Shah of Sur: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Farīd Khan
Born 1486? • Sasaram • India
Died May 22, 1545 • India
Title / Office sultan (1540-1545), Delhi sultanate
Founder Sūr dynasty
House / Dynasty Sūr dynasty

Photos

Sher Shah of Sur: tomb
See All Images →
default image
Ibrahim Lodi
sultan of Delhi
default image
Muḥammad ibn Tughluq
sultan of Delhi
Delhi: Tomb of Iltutmish
Iltutmish
Delhi sultan
default image
Ẕiyāʾ al-Dīn Baranī
Muslim historian
default image
Burhanuddin Rabbani
president of Afghanistan
default image
Ahmad Shah Masoud
Afghani resistance leader
default image
Ashraf Ghani
president of Afghanistan
Close-up of Hibatullah Akhundzada, Taliban's leader and the de facto leader of Afghanistan.
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Afghan political and religious leader
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures with his right hand while speaking, wearing a traditional cap and striped cloak at an event.
Hamid Karzai
president of Afghanistan
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
Muslim journalist and politician
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Islamic militant
Mohammad Najibullah, President of the Communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, standing at a podium during a People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) rally in Kabul, addresses a crowd.
Najibullah
president of Afghanistan
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar
emir of Afghanistan
Khaled Hosseini, wearing a light purple shirt and dark blazer, looks at the camera with a slight smile against a blurred brown background.
Khaled Hosseini
American author
default image
Nur Mohammad Taraki
prime minister of Afghanistan
default image
Babrak Karmal
president of Afghanistan
default image
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Afghan pilot and cosmonaut
Dōst Moḥammad Khan
Dōst Moḥammad Khān
ruler of Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Durrani, Amir of Afghanistan, is shown in a portrait wearing a green fur-trimmed coat over a red garment and holding an axe, facing slightly to the side.
Ahmad Shah Durrani
ruler of Afghanistan
Abdur Rahman Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan
emir of Afghanistan