Back صوريون Arabic Imperiu suri AST سور ایمپراتورلوغو AZB সুরি সাম্রাজ্য Bengali/Bangla Dinastia Suri Catalan Suriden German Sur Empire English Suria imperio Esperanto Imperio suri Spanish امپراتوری سور Persian
Sur Empire | |
|---|---|
| 1538–1556 | |
![Map of the Sur Empire at its greatest extent under Sher Shah Suri (1538/1540–1545)[1]](view_image.php?q=Sur_Empire&sq=Envato&lang=simple&file=File:India_under_Sher_Shah.png) Map of the Sur Empire at its greatest extent under Sher Shah Suri (1538/1540–1545)[1] | |
| Status | Empire |
| Capital | Sasaram Delhi |
| Official languages | Hindavi[2] |
| Common languages | Persian Bengali Bhojpuri |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Sultan | |
• 1538 | Sher Shah Suri (first) |
• 1556 | Adil Shah Suri (last) |
The Sur Empire was an Empire of the eastern Iranian Surid dynasty that ruled India between 1538 and 1556 founded by the Pashtun king Sher Shah Suri after defeating Humayun of the Mughal Empire.
- ↑ Schwartzberg, Joseph (1978). A Historical Atlas of South Asia. University of Chicago Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-19-506869-6.
- ↑ Alam, Muzaffar (1998). "The pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics". Modern Asian Studies. 32 (2). Cambridge University Press: 317–349. doi:10.1017/s0026749x98002947. S2CID 146630389.
Hindavi was recognized as a semi-official language by the Sor Sultans (1540–55) and their chancellery rescripts bore transcriptions in the Devanagari script of the Persian contents. The practice is said to have been introduced by the Lodis (1451–1526).