Mahuy Suri
In some historical texts, Mahuy Suri is said to have been appointed king of Khorasan by Caliph Hazrat Ali after having murdered the Iranian Sassanian king Yazdegerd III. According to the historian in Shahnameh Lord of Khorasan, Mahuy Suri treacherously asked one of his millers to kill Yazdgerd III, the last Persian king, after his defeat in Iraq.
| “ | Mahui sends the miller to cut off his head on pain of losing his own, and having none of his race left alive. His chiefs hear this and cry out against him, and a Mobed of the name of Radui tells him that to kill a king or prophet will bring evil upon him and his son, and is supported in what he says by a holy m,an of the name of Hormuzd Kharad Shehran, and Mehronush. | ” |
| “ | The miller most unwillingly goes in and stabs him with a dagger in the middle. Mahui s horsemen all go and see him and take off his clothing and ornaments, leaving him on the ground. All the nobles curse Mahui and wish him the same fate. | ” |
Another Suri king, Banji Baharan, was appointed by Khalifah Harun al-Rashid as the king of Ghor after he signed a peace treaty.
Subsequently, after their arrival in Afghanistan, Islamic rulers ended an era of peaceful policies and began a struggle against Pashtunwali, Pashtun nationalism and Afghan nationalism. The Pashtun kingdoms were crushed during this Islamic expansion.
The Suri clan originates from the Pashtun belt of Afghanistan and Pakistan and have migrated and settled in Punjab province where Pashtun communities exist today. There is also a sizable community of Suri Pathans in Bihar in especially around Rohtas and Sasaram.
The most famous Suri in the history was The Afghan Pashtun Emperor Sher Shah Suri of Sasaram belonged to the Suri tribe of the Pathans. Ruled over undivided India from Sasaram Bihar.
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