Re: History of Pashtuns series
What a thoroughly unpleasant personality. He serves Father of Mughal Emperor Humayun babur as a soldier in India and then usurp his sons kingdom by deceit and then builds his own kingdom immorally by complete deceit .This eclipses whatever little good he may have done.
Sher Shah met Humayun in battle on the banks of the Ganges, near Benares, in Chausa. This was to become an entrenched battle in which both sides spent a lot of time digging themselves into positions. The major part of the Mughal army, the artillery, was now immobile, and Humayun decided to engage in some diplomacy using Muhammad Aziz as ambassador. Humayun agreed to allow Sher Shah to rule over Bengal and Bihar, but only as provinces granted to him by his Emperor, Humayun, falling short of outright sovereignty. The two rulers also struck a bargain in order to save face: Humayun’s troops would charge those of Sher Shah whose forces then retreat in feigned fear. Thus honour would, supposedly, be satisfied.
Once the Army of Humayun had made its charge and Sher Shah’s troops made their agreed-upon retreat, the Mughal troops relaxed their defensive preparations and returned to their entrenchments without posting a proper guard. Observing the Mughals’ vulnerability, Sher Shah reneged on his earlier agreement. That very night, his army approached the Mughal camp and finding the Mughal troops unprepared with a majority asleep, they advanced and killed most of them. The Emperor survived by swimming the Ganges using an air filled “water skin,” and quietly returned to Agra
sher shah Suri was a usurper not a king he deceived betrayed humayun
[Humayun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun)