Sur (tribe)
Historical Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sur, are a historical Pashtun tribe from among the Lodi[1] living primarily in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. They claim descendance from Arab general Khalid ibn al-Walid.[2] The founder of the Suri Empire in India, Sher Shah Suri, belonged to the Sur tribe. They ruled the Suri Empire from 1540 until they were removed from power in 1555 after the Battle of Sirhind by Humayun and the Persian army, who re-established the Mughal Empire.[3]