Sher Shah Suri

Introduction 

Sher Shah Suri founded the Suri dynasty and he originated from Afghanistan who took control over the Mughal Empire in the year 1540 after defeating the second Mughal emperor Humayun. He had a significant contribution in the suri dynasty and he introduced a long-term bureaucracy in the calculated revenue system. He made a systematic relationship between the ruling king and the people. Sher Shah Suri captured Delhi to expand his sultanate and Gwalior and Malwa. He had a great contribution to the suri dynasty and after his death he was buried in Sasaram. His tomb was very significant in the sultanate’s history as well. 

Overview of Sher Shah Suri 

Sher shah suri was the founder of the Suri dynasty after defeating the Mughal emperor Humayunh in 1540. His capital was in Sasaram in the modern day of Bihar. He was the person who introduced the “rupee” in the calculated system of revenue. Sher Shah Suri was very brave and he ruled over Bihar. He changed some ruling posts and introduced many posts which have been divided into the Sarkars post. Sher Shah Suri was one of the greatest leader among the muslim rulers of india. He brought some private posts such as administrative army and taxation posts. He built roads, house rents and many wellbeing things for the people. He was known for introducing the postal for the people of the Indian continent. 

Describe the Suri dynasty after taking control over the Mughal Empire 

Sher Shah Suri took control over the Mughal Empire and built the Suri dynasty to rule over in india. He had his consequences in different regions and that were, Malwa, Marwar, Punjab and Sindh area. He did not expand his suri dynasty in the north region of India such as Assam, Gujarat, Kashmir along with Nepal. He ruled over this region for the minimum time of his ruling period and that was only five years. However, he introduced an excellent administrative system which the Mughal emperor could not do in their ruling period. Sher shah suri was responsible for dividing the ruling system into four types of ministry administration and that are, “diwan-i-ariz, diwan-i-waazire’, “diwan-i-risalat” and “insha’. They all had different types of responsibilities for making different types of positions. Shert shah suri divided his kingdom between several types of sarkars whose responsibility was to control the parganas in those regions. The sarkari people organized the land of revenue to do the survey of land very smoothly. He controlled the police so that they would not commit any kind of crime into their prospective regime. Sher shah suri introduced the rupee and the copper coins for the calculated revenue systems.  

Describe the ruling period of Sher Shah Suri 

He was the ethnic Pathan of Afghanistan. Unfortunately he died so early and the year is 1545 due to the accidental death of the war. After his death his son Islam shah was the next emperor of the suri dynasty. His ruling period is known as the second Afghan empire. He divided his sarkars into forty seven parts and they had different types of names such as shiwdar, kurkuns, amin and fatedars. He defeated the Afghans from Bengal and he considered himself as the supreme leader in the Bengal region as well as in the Rajputana in the part of Punjab and Guajarat. He died in the war of Bundelkhand in 1545 because of the blasting of gunpowder.   

Contribution of Sher Shah Suri in Suri dynasty 

Sher shah suri was a fine empire in India,who established suri dynasty in india in 1486 and took control in the suri empire for five year. He ruled from 1540 to 1545 in the  Suri empire and did some incredible activity that listed his name in the list of best empires in india. In the suri empire, sher shah suri changed the old economy system and established the new economy system in India. Sher Shah Suri also started a money system called “tanka ” in India. Sher Shah Suri also tied the postal system in his empire to the organization’s proper communication system in the society. Sher Shah Suri also established and re-constructed  the military system to strengthen the Suri empire .  This king was also recognised by the Akbar for its contribution in the mughal India and in the five years he changed the whole infrastructure of suri empire and established idealism in the history of India.

Conclusion 

 It can be concluded that the time period of Sher shah suri has created a great significance in Indian history and at the same time influenced in a positive way. He made significant contributions to Bengal history too and his administration skill is also talked about in a positive way. He was the first person who introduced the tanka system and that impacted the Indian economy in a positive way.