{"slug": "sur-empire", "label": "Sur Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373650", "qid": "Q373650", "description": "empire of Pashtun origin who ruled a large territory in Northern part of South Asia between 1540 and 1556", "entries": 12, "years": 9, "span": [1538, 1559], "span_label": ["1538 CE", "1559 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Sur dynasty"], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "delhi", "label": "Delhi", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "humayun", "label": "Humayun", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bihar", "label": "Bihar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muslims", "label": "Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marwar", "label": "Marwar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – In India, Sher Shah Suri, who had been the Mughal Empire's Governor of the Bihar Subah province, declares the founding of the Sur Empire and crowns himself as Emperor in a ceremony at Delhi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561127#April–June", "title": "1538", "revid": 1369561127, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Battle of Chausa in modern-day Buxar, India: Sher Shah Suri defeats the Mughal emperor, Humayun (Sher Shah goes on to form the Sur Empire, and take control of nearly all Mughal territory).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#April–June", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1540, "year_label": "1540 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 17", "text": "17 May – Sur Empire established", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323607586#Events", "title": "1540 in India", "revid": 1323607586, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1540, "year_label": "1540 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Battle of Kannauj: Sher Shah Suri defeats and deposes Mughal Emperor Humayan, establishing the Sur Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494590#April–June", "title": "1540", "revid": 1366494590, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1544, "year_label": "1544 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Battle of Sammel was fought near what are now Giri and Sumel villages in the Jaitaran sub-division of Rajasthan's Pali district. The belligerents were Sher Shah Suri, founder of the Muslim Sur Empire, and Rao Maldeo Rathore, the Hindu Rajput king of Marwar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323600136#Events", "title": "1544 in India", "revid": 1323600136, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Sher Shah Suri, King of the Sur Empire in northern India, is fatally injured by an explosion from one of his own cannons while leading the siege of the Kalinjar Fort and dies two days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#April–June", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 26", "text": "26 May – Islam Shah Suri succeeds Sher Shah Suri to become ruler of the Sur Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323609926#Events", "title": "1545 in India", "revid": 1323609926, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Upon the death of his father, Sultan Islam Shah Suri, 12-year-old Firuz Shah Suri becomes the Sultan of the Sur Empire at Delhi, but he is murdered within a few days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#October–December", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Adil Shah Suri becomes the Sultan of the Sur Empire at Delhi in India after Sikandar Shah Suri is forced to flee from the Mughal Empire forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561106#April–June", "title": "1555", "revid": 1369561106, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Sur Empire comes to an end", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347795965#Events", "title": "1557 in India", "revid": 1347795965, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – In India, Sikandar Shah Suri, Sultan of the Sur Empire in Punjab, surrenders the fortress at Mau in the Nurpur kingdom (now in Uttar Pradesh) after a six month siege by the Mughal Empire. Mughal General Bairam Khan allows Sikandar to live in exile in Bihar, while Bakht Mal, Raja of Nurpur is imprisoned at Lahore and later beheaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#July–September", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sikandar Shah Suri, sixth rule of Sur dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295727170#Deaths", "title": "1559 in India", "revid": 1295727170, "section": "Deaths"}}]}