Islam Shah Suri

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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Islam Shah Suri
| image = Islam Shah Suri.jpg
| caption = Miniature of Islam Shah Suri
| succession = [[Sur dynasty|Sultan of the Suri Empire]]
| reign = 27 May 1545 – 22 November 1554
| coronation = 27 May 1545
| predecessor = [[Sher Shah Suri]]
| successor = [[Firuz Shah Suri]]
| birth_name =Jalal Khan
| birth_date = 1507
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[Delhi Sultanate]] (present day [[India]])
| death_date = 22 November 1554
| issue = [[Firuz Shah Suri]]
| house = [[Sur dynasty]]
| spouse = Bibi Bai
| father = [[Sher Shah Suri]]
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
| dynasty = [[Sur dynasty]]
}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Islam Shah the Successor of Sher Shah|url=http://www.preservearticles.com/2012031025991/biography-of-islam-shah-the-successor-of-sher-shah.html}}</ref>

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.

==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 (died 1557)|Muhammad Adil Shah]]. The incomplete tomb of Islam Shah lies about a kilometer to the North-West of Sher Shah's tomb.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sanatani|first1=Rohit Priyadarshi|title=Tomb of Salim Shah Suri (Islam Shah): The Glory that never was|url=http://thespeakingarch.com/islam_shah_tomb/|website=thespeakingarch.com |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Islam Khan Tomb, Sasaram.jpg|thumb|250 px|Incomplete Tomb of Islam Khan Tomb at [[Sasaram]] Takia]]
[[File:Silver rupee coin of Islam Shah Suri, A. H. 955.jpg|thumb|Silver Rupee of Islam Shah]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.barmazid.com/2017/02/islam-shah-sur-forerunner-of-akbar.html Islam Shah Sur, the forerunner of Akbar in reforms and policies]

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before=[[Sher Shah Suri]]|
title=[[Shah|Shah of Delhi]]|
years=1545–1554|
after=[[Firuz Shah Suri]]}}
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