1554 In India
Events from the year 1554 in India. Events * Date unclear – Firuz Shah Suri succeeds Islam Shah Suri as Sultan of Delhi * Date unclear – Muhammad Adil Shah succeeds Firuz Shah Suri as Sultan of Delhi Births Deaths * 22 November – Islam Shah Suri, Sultan of Delhi * Date unclear but 12 days or more after 22 November – Firuz Shah Suri, Sultan of Delhi See also * Timeline of Indian history References India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Firuz Shah Suri
Firuz Shah Suri (died 1554) was the third ruler of the Suri dynasty. He was the son of Islam Shah Suri and succeeded him in 1554 when he was twelve years old. Firuz Shah Suri was assassinated within days of his coronation by Sher Shah Suri's nephew Muhammad Mubariz Khan, who later ruled as Muhammad Shah Adil. See also *History of Bengal *History of India *Sur Empire The Sur Empire ( ps, د سرو امپراتورۍ, dë sru amparāturəi; fa, امپراطوری سور, emperâturi sur) was an Afghan dynasty which ruled a large territory in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent for nearly 16 year ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Firuz Shah Suri 1540s births Sur Empire 16th-century Indian Muslims 16th-century Indian monarchs Indian people of Pashtun descent Indian people of Afghan descent 1554 deaths 1554 in India ...
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Islam Shah Suri
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. 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 increa ...
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Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, the Khanate of Bukhara, the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, historical Afghan dynasties, and among Gurkhas. Rather than regarding himself as simply a king of the concurrent dynasty (i.e. European-style monarchies), each Iranian ruler regarded himself as the Shahanshah ( fa, شاهنشاه, translit=Šâhanšâh, label=none, ) or Padishah ( fa, پادشاه, translit=Pâdešâh, label=none, ) in the sense of a continuation of the original Persian Empire. Etymology The word descends from Old Persian ''xšāyaθiya'' "king", which used to be considered a borrowing from Median, as it was compared to Avestan ''xšaθra-'', "power" and " ...
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Muhammad Adil Shah (died 1557)
Muhammad Adil Shah (r. 1554–1555Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2007). ''The Mughul Empire'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, , pp.94–6) was the fourth ruler of the Suri dynasty, a late medieval Afghan dynasty in the northern Indian subcontinent. Early life He was the son of Nizam Khan, the younger brother of the Sultan Sher Shah Suri. Adil's sister, Bibi Bai, was married to Islam Shah Suri. His real name was Muhammad Mubariz Khan. He was responsible for the assassination of Firuz Shah Suri, the twelve-year-old son of Islam Shah Suri, in 1554. Then he ascended the throne as the last sultan of the united empire. He appointed Hemu as his Wazir. History In 1555, Adil's brother in law, Ibrahim Shah Suri of Agra, revolted. Adil Shah's army was defeated and he lost the throne of Delhi. Soon, the empire founded by Sher Shah was divided into four parts. As Delhi and Agra came under the rule of Ibrahim Shah Suri, only the territories from the vicinity of Agra to Bihar remained under Adil ...
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Timeline Of Indian History
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. See also the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and Years in India. __NOTOC__ Pre-90th century BCE 90th–50th century BCE 50th–40th century BCE 30th century BCE- 20th century BCE 19th century BCE 18th century BCE 17th century BCE 16th century BC 15th century BCE 14th century BCE 13th century BCE 12th century BCE 11th century BCE 10th century BCE 9th century BCE 8th century BCE 7th century BCE 6th century BCE 5th century BCE 4th century BCE 3rd century BCE 2nd century BCE 1st century BCE 1st century 2nd century 3rd century 4th century 5th century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century ...
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1554 In India
Events from the year 1554 in India. Events * Date unclear – Firuz Shah Suri succeeds Islam Shah Suri as Sultan of Delhi * Date unclear – Muhammad Adil Shah succeeds Firuz Shah Suri as Sultan of Delhi Births Deaths * 22 November – Islam Shah Suri, Sultan of Delhi * Date unclear but 12 days or more after 22 November – Firuz Shah Suri, Sultan of Delhi See also * Timeline of Indian history References India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...