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# The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c26.s2: 2. The Sūr Dynasty

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c26.s2

- **Language:** English

### 2. The Sūr Dynasty

### [v4.c26.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.1)

| A.H. | | A.D. |  
| 945¹ | Sher Shāh | 1538–9 |  
| 952 | Islām Shāh | 1545 |  
| 961² | Muhammad ‘Ādil Shāh | 1554 |  
| 962 | Ibrāhīm Shāh | 1555 |  
| 962 | Sikandar Shāh | 1555 |

### [v4.c26.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.2)

¹ See N. K. Bhattasali, “The date of Sher Shāh’s accession” in \*Islamic Culture\*, 1936, p. 127.

### [v4.c26.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.3)

² The histories (Elliot, iv, p. 505) give this date, but the latest date known on coins of Islām Shāh is 960, which is also found on coins of Muhammad ‘Ādil Shāh.

### [v4.c26.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.4)

2. GENEALOGY OF THE SŪR DYNASTY

### [v4.c26.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.5)

\`\`\` Ibrāhīm Khān

### [v4.c26.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.6)

Hasan Khān                                            Ghāzī Khān

### [v4.c26.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.7)

|                                         + . . . . . + . . . . . +  
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|                                         |                        Son  
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### [v4.c26.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.8)

Farīd Khān, SHER  Nizām Khān  Sulaimān Khān Ahmad Khān  IBRĀHĪM SHĀH (4)  SIKANDAR SHĀH (5) SHĀH (1)        |

### [v4.c26.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.9)

|              + . . . . . +  
|                                         |

### [v4.c26.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.10)

Jalāl Khān,    ‘Ādil Khān               Mubāriz Khān,       Daughter =    Daughter =       Daughter = ISLĀM SHĀH (2)                        MUHAMMAD ‘ĀDIL        Islām Shāh    Ibrāhīm Shāh    Sikandar Shāh SHĀH (3)               |              |                | + . . . . . + . . . . . + . . . . . + \`\`\`

### [v4.c26.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c26.s2.11)

Names of rulers are shown in capitals.

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