Islam Shah Suri

Islam Shah Suri
Miniature of Islam Shah Suri
Sultan of the Suri Empire
Reign	27 May 1545 – 22 November 1554
Coronation	27 May 1545
Predecessor	Sher Shah Suri
Successor	Firuz Shah Suri
Born	Jalal Khan 1507 Delhi, Delhi Sultanate (present day India)
Died	22 November 1554 (aged 46-47)
Spouse	Bibi Bai
Issue	Firuz Shah Suri
House	Sur dynasty
Dynasty	Sur dynasty
Father	Sher Shah Suri
Religion	Sunni Islam

Islam Shah Suri (reigned: 1545–1554) was the second ruler of the Suri dynasty which ruled the part of India in the mid-16th century. His original name was Jalal Khan and he was the second son of Sher Shah Suri.

History[]

On his father's death, an emergency meeting of nobles chose Jalal Khan to be successor instead of his elder brother Adil Khan, since he had shown greater military ability. Jalal Khan was crowned on 26 May 1545 and took the title "Islam Shah". He was still worried that his brother would threaten his power and tried to have him captured. But Adil Khan evaded his grasp and raised an army. It marched on Islam Shah while he was at Agra. In the battle Islam Shah came out victorious and Adil Khan fled, never to be seen again.^[1]

The support some of the nobles had given his brother made Islam Shah suspicious and he ruthlessly purged their ranks, strictly subordinating the nobility to the crown. He continued his father's policies of efficient administration and increased centralisation. He had little opportunity for military campaigning; the fugitive Mughal emperor Humayun, whom his father had overthrown, made one abortive attempt to attack him.

2nd Siege of Kalinjara 1545 and Tittle

Jalal Khan's father died in the first siege of Kalinjar. In which the Rajput king of Kalinjar, Keeratrai Chandel was victorious, as a result of calling an emergency meeting in Delhi, the Amirs declared Jalal Khan as Sultan (King). As a result, to avenge his father's death, Jalal Khan again besieged Kalinjar and resumed the siege of Kalinjar. They sent the proposal of the treaty but the Rajputs refused, which resulted in a war, but the Delhi army attacked the Chandelas camp in the night itself and took them captive. When Rajputs were asked whether to accept subjugation or death, they chose to die with Raja keeratrai , whereas in the fort of Kalinjar, kshatriya womens also committed self-immolation by Johar. In this war, the Rajputs of Kalinjar made a lot of sacrifices and due to their killing, Jalal Khan took the title of Islam Shah.

Death[]

Islam Shah died on 22 November 1554. He was succeeded by his son Firuz Shah Suri, who was only twelve. Within a few days the boy ruler had been murdered by Sher Shah's nephew Muhammad Mubariz Khan, who then ascended the throne as Muhammad Adil Shah. The incomplete tomb of Islam Shah lies about a kilometer to the North-West of Sher Shah's tomb.^[2]

Incomplete Tomb of Islam Khan Tomb at Sasaram Takia

Silver Rupee of Islam Shah

References[]

External links[]

• Islam Shah Sur, the forerunner of Akbar in reforms and policies