SHER KHAN

shār khän or Sher Shahshä, 1486–1545, Afghan ruler in N India. He enlisted in the service of the Mughal leader Babur when the latter invaded India and became governor of Bihar. After Babur's death, however, he asserted his independence of the Mughals, and in 1537, when Humayun, son of Babur, was elsewhere engaged, he overran Bengal. A brilliant strategist, Sher Khan routed the army of Humayun in 1539, and a year later decisively defeated a fresh army at Kanauj. Humayun fled to Sind and thence to Persia, and Sher Khan as Sher Shah took control of the Mughal empire. During the five years of his reign (1540–45), Sher Shah proved himself a gifted administrator as well as an able general. His reorganization of the empire laid the foundations for the later Mughal emperors, notably Akbar, son of Humayun.

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India: A Modern History
Book by Percival Spear; University of Michigan Press, 1961
Subjects: India--History
...attention. Here an Afghan chief, Sher Khan Sur, from modest beginnings had...stumbled from error to error, while Sher Khan, faultless in his strategy and diplomacy...surprised and routed and fled to Agra. Sher Khan now openly claimed the empire of...
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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
Book by Andrew Petersen; Routledge, 1999
...on his mothers side from Chengiz Khan and on his fathers side from Timur...the throne to the Bengali ruler Sher Khan. For the next fifteen years Delhi was ruled by Sher Khan and after his death by his son Islam Sher Sur. Humayun had lost the throne...
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India: A Short Cultural History
Book by H. G. Rawlinson; Frederick A. Praeger, 1952
Subjects: India--Civilization, India--History
Bihar, he was less fortunate. Sher Khan surprised his camp on the banks of...Meanwhile, an Afghan nobleman, Sher Khan of the Sur tribe, had seated...throne of Delhi, with the title of Sher Shah. He was a just and able ruler...
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Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture
Book by John S. Bowman; Columbia University Press, 2000
Subjects: Asia--History--Chronology
...emperor of Xia dynasty, 35 Shenzong, Northern Song emperor of China, 31 , 599 Sher-e-Bangla-Nagar, 353 Sher Khan Sur, Mughal emperor of India, see Sher Shah Sur Sherpas, 396 , 397 Sher Shah Sur, Mughal emperor of India, 278 , 279...
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The Asian Gang: Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity
Book by Claire E. Alexander; Berg, 2000
Subjects: Bangladeshis--England--London, Gangs--England--London, Minority Youth--England--London
...restructuring a number of staff, including Sher Khan and Shahin who had been working for...Parliament. There have been other changes: Sher Khan, Farhan and Hashim have all married...who play in a Sunday Asian League. Sher Khan works for the local play service...
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journal articles on: Sher Khan  - 21 results

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Operation Anaconda, Shah-i-khot Valley, Afghanistan, 2-10 March 2002
Journal article by Adam Geibel; Military Review, Vol. 82, 2002
Subjects: Afghanistan, Army-US, Military engagements, Military history, Taliban-Afghanistan, War
...villages include the ham-- lets of Sher Khan Khel, Babal Khel, Marzak, Kay...combat area, Afghan generals Kamal Khan Zadran and Zakim Khans units had responsibility for the...near the towns of Marzak and Sher Khan Khel. The commandos were to pinpoint...
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Post-Mutiny Allegories of Empire in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Books
Journal article by Don Randall; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 40, 1998
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...in a different way, by Shere Khan, is intransigently aggressive...adversary Mowgli must confront is Shere Khan. The tiger shares his name with...As Percival Spear observes, Sher Khan (also known as Sher Shah) is commonly credited with...
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Mountain Warfare-the Need for Specialized Training
Journal article by Muhammad Asim Malik; Military Review, Vol. 84, 2004
Subjects: Army-Pakistan, Army-US, Electronic warfare, Leadership training, Logistics, Military communications, Military personnel, Military strategy, Military training
...physical fitness and endurance. During the Pakistan-India conflict at Kargill in northern Kashmir in 1998, Captain Sher Khan was posthumously awarded the "Nishan-E-Haider," Pakistans highest military award, for conducting daring raids...
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Chronology: Afghanistan
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 54, 2000
Subjects: Afghanistan, International relations, Minority & ethnic violence, Taliban-Afghanistan, Territorial issues
...Takhar Province. 9/28 NYT Sept. 28: Taliban sources reported that Taliban forces had captured the northern port of Sher Khan Bandar, on the Amu Darya River, bordering Tajikistan. 9/29 NYT Oct. 5: The News reported that Taliban leader Umar...
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Expeditionary Forces: Superior Technology Defeated the Battle of Maiwand
Journal article by Ali A. Jalali, Lester W. Grau; Military Review, Vol. 81, 2001
Subjects: England, India, Military engagements, Military history, Military strategy
...Kabul, Kandahar and Herat. Sher Ali Khan, another British protege...Kandahar while Abdur Rahaman Khan governed Kabul. A British Bombay...province was governed by Ayub Khan, son of the late emir, who...it became apparent that Ayub Khan was preparing a large force...seizing Kandahar. On 9 June Ayub Khans advanced guard left Herat heading...
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Special Report: Narrow "establishment" Parameters Limit Pakistani Democracy
Magazine article by Masood Ghaznavi; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XII, October 31, 1993
Subjects: Economics, Government, International relations, Khan, Ghulam Ishaq, Pakistan, Politics, Qureshi, Moeen, Sharif, Nawar
...was accepted by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, whose dismissal orders the Supreme Court...Pakistans most senior bureaucrat, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, long past retirement age, and right...partyless elections, hand-picked Mohammad Khan Junejo as his prime minister, he thought...
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Night Stalkers and Mean Streets: Urban Guerrillas Afghanistan
Magazine article by Ali Ahmad Jalali, Lester W. Grau; Infantry, Vol. 89, January 1999
Subjects: Afghanistan, Guerrilla forces, Military strategy, Mujahideen-Afghanistan, War
...leader was Alozai, who was known as Sher Khan. Hukum Khan, two others, and I made...Since we could not speak Russian, Sher Khan tried to show him that two 50...wrestled him to the ground while Commander Sher Khan took out his knife and stabbed...
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Tigers: Worth More Dead Than Alive; It's Time to Choose Whether We Will Memorialize Wild Tigers, or Save Them
Magazine article by Elizabeth O'Neill; World Watch, Vol. 21, July 2008
Subjects: Animal products--International trade, Animal products--Supply and demand, Poaching, Tigers--Distribution, Tigers--Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation--Government finance
...biologist, the only tigers I regularly encounter at close range are popular icons in Western culture, like Hobbes, Tiger, Sher Khan, and the jolly Tony on my breakfast cereal box. I have admired tigers in zoos, however, so they are somewhat more...
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Fun and War in Afghanistan: Continuing His Series on How Cartoonists Have Seen Events Great and Small, Mark Bryant Looks at the Coverage of One of 'Victoria's Little Wars'
Magazine article by Mark Bryant; History Today, Vol. 57, November 2007
Subjects: Afghan Wars--Portrayals, Animators--Works, Cartoonists and animators--Works, Cartoonists--Works, Political cartoons--Appreciation
...leader, Emir Dost Mohammed Khan, was pro-Russian and Britain...Khyber Pass, and Dost Mohammed Khan was eventually restored to power...OMITTED After Dost Mohammed Khans death in 1863 his third son, Sher Ali Khan, became Afghanistans new ruler...
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Assignment AfPak: With the Obama Administration Making Terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan a Top Priority, News Outlets Have Stepped Up Their Reporting Presence in the Region. It's an Extremely Dangerous Beat
Magazine article by Sherry Ricchiardi; American Journalism Review, Vol. 31, August 2009
Subjects: Filkins, Dextex--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Journalists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Journalists--Crimes against, Taliban--Media coverage, War--Management, War--Media coverage, Wartime press--Management
...destroyed everything," villager Sher Wali Khan told Brummitt. "They are treating...country to condemn the murder of Musa Khan Khel, 28, a reporter for privately...perpetrators proudly take credit. Amir Nawab Khan, a cameraman with the international...
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I Found Diana a Very Normal Person with Great Qualities, and Some Drawbacks ... Bad Habits. We All Have Drawbacks; TEN YEARS ON: Hasnat Khan Has Spoken about Diana, Pictured Left Leaving the Royal Brompton Hospital after a Secret Visit to Him There in 1996 BRIDE AND GROOM: Dr Khan Marries Hadia Sher Ali in 2006. They Have since Separated. Below: The Heart Surgeon Pictured in London in 1997
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 13, 2008
...GROOM: Dr Khan Marries Hadia Sher Ali in 2006. They Have since...recent years he has runto fat - Khan has nevertheless found himself...for The Mail on Sunday. Mr Khan, 48, remembers the Princess...media interest inBritain, Dr Khan spends his days fishing in a...was a schoolboy in Jhelum, Dr Khans fatherAbdul Rasheed Khan ran...
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Rivalries in the Fantasy World of Competition; How Would Khan and Murray Shape Up? the Top 10
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 13, 2008
Subjects: Professional soccer--Rankings
...Film Critics Society, however, voted Khan Noonien Singh the 10th Greatest Screen...Time. Murray by a walkover. Jansher Khan v Bill Murray 8 NOT that Bill Murray...United, Aston Villa and Leeds. Jan-I sher Khan was a sguash player who won the World...
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Diana's Death Has Left a Huge Gap, a Vacuum, Says the Man She Called Mr Wonderful; 1. Princess Diana: Unlikely Romance 2. Dr Khan: In 1997 and Now (Right)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 14, 2008
...smuggled into marriage toHadia Sher Ali, the Kensington Palace...innermost secrets to the grave. Mr Khan refuses to talk in any detail...Hospital under thesupervision of Mr Khan. After that visit, Diana went...when she was in a bad mood, Mr Khan took Diana to a pub nearthe...Stratfordupon-Avon where Mr Khans uncle, who hadmarried an English...
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Dianas Mr Wonderful Avoids Her Inquest by Working at St Jamess; St Jamess Hospital: Dr Khan Is Understood to Be Working in Dublin Tragic Diana: Inquest into Her Death Cost T E12.5m Mr Wonderful: Heart Surgeon Hasnat Khan
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 14, 2008
Subjects: Physicians--Investigations
...Jamess; St Jamess Hospital: Dr Khan Is Understood to Be Working...Wonderful: Heart Surgeon Hasnat Khan. Byline: Cormac McQuinn THE...operations. The news of Dr Khans whereabouts comes days after...crash in a Paris underpass. Mr Khan, who sent awritten statement...separated from29-year-old Hadia Sher Ali, from a noble Afghan family...
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A VERY TRAGIC AFFAIR; Besotted: Diana in Pakistan Affair: Surgeon Hasnat Khan
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 22, 2007
Subjects: Surgeons
...was made stonily clear thatDr Khan would not be interrupted and...ostensibly to visit Imran Khans hospital, she puton a virginal...businessman father Abdul Rasheed Khan remembers Dianas visits to hishome...Dianas funeral. These days, Khan is back in Pakistan, but he...another distant cousin, Hadia Sher Ali, a descendant of Afghanroyalty...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sher Khan  - 9 results

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Sher Khan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHER KHAN shar khan or Sher Shah sha, 1486 1545, Afghan ruler in N India. He enlisted in the...was elsewhere engaged, he overran Bengal. A brilliant strategist, Sher Khan routed the army of Humayun in 1539, and a year later decisively...
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Sher Shah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHER SHAH see Sher Khan . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sher Ali
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...SHER ALI shar ale or Shere Ali sher ale , shar, 1825 79, emir of...family, notably his brothers. Sher Ali turned from his friendship...the second of the Afghan Wars. Sher Alis forces were defeated by...British nephew, Abdar-Rahman Khan, became emir...
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Abd Ar-Rahman Khan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABD AR-RAHMAN KHAN ab dar-raman kan, khan, 1844? 1901, emir of Afghanistan (1880 1901); grandson of Dost Muhammad. He opposed his uncle, Sher Ali , and was forced into exile in 1869. He was, however...
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Humayun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...military opposition, particularly that of Sher Khan in Bihar, grew in strength. Sher Khan overran Bengal in 1537, and Humayun was routed...Tahmasp of Persia in 1544. After the death of Sher Khans son, Humayun, with Persian support, invaded...
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