Adil Shah Suri

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Adil Shah Suri
Copper Half Paisa of Adil Shah Suri
Sultan of the Suri Empire
Reign	1555
Predecessor	Sikandar Shah Suri
Successor	Hemu
Died	April 1557
House	Sur dynasty
Dynasty	Sur dynasty
Religion	Sunni Islam

Adil Shah Suri was the seventh and final ruler of the Sur dynasty. 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 aka 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. This was Hemu's 22nd successive victory in battle and rather than appoint 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.

See also[]

• History of India
• Sur Empire