Suri
Encyclopedia
Places
- Suri, Birbhum, a town in West Bengal, India
- Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Suri is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Rajnagar ceases to exist from 2011.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
, an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal - Suri dynasty, a former South Asian empire
- ŞuriŞuriŞuri is a commune in Drochia district, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Şuri and Şurii Noi. At the 2004 census, the commune had 4,614 inhabitants....
, a commune in Drochia District, Moldova
Tribes and clans
- Suri (Pashtun)Suri (Pashtun)Sur or Soor is one of the historical names of the Afghan tribes, they are now found primarily among the Pashtun people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They claim to be descendants of Mohammad Sur, one of the princes of the Ghorids, who left his native Ghor region and settled among the Afghan tribes in...
or Sur - Suri (Ethiopia) or Surma people
- Suri, one of the ten clans of the KhukhrainKhukhrainThe Khukhrain are an ancient group of eight specific clans of the Khatri caste who originally hailed from the areas of the Salt Range and particularly the town of Bhera in Punjab...
People
- Mahuy SuriMahuy SuriMahuy Suri was the Sassanid governor of Merv in Khorasan during the reign of Yezdegerd III. After the Arab invasion he killed Yazdegerd III, who fled to Merv from the Arabic invasion. According to the Shahnameh, the satrap of Khorasan, Mahuy Suri, treacherously had one of his millers to kill...
, 7th Century ruler of Merv (now in Turkmenistan) - Amir SuriAmir SuriAmir Suri was the King of the region of Ghor from an ancient dynasty who was defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni and the region conquered by him . According to Minhaju-S Siraj, Amir Suri was captured by Mahmud of Ghazni, made prisoner along with his son and taken to Ghazni, where Amir Suri died...
, king of Ghor region, defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni - Amir Kror SuriAmir Kror SuriAmir Kror Suri , also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a legendary character in Pashtun national history and is claimed to have become the governor of Mandesh in Ghor.- Description in Pashtun folklore :...
(died 771), legendary character of the book Pata Khazana - Sher Shah SuriSher Shah SuriSher Shah Suri , birth name Farid Khan, also known as Sher Khan , was the founder of the short-lived Sur Empire in northern India, with its capital at Delhi, before its demise in the hands of the resurgent Mughal Empire...
(1486–1545), medieval Indian Pushtun emperor (1540–45) from Sasaram, Bihar, India - Suri BhagavantamSuri BhagavantamSuri Bhagavantam B.Sc., M.Sc., D.Sc. , famous Indian scientist and administrator. He was Vice chancellor of Osmania University and Director of Indian Institute of Science and Defence Research and Development Organization.-Brief lifesketch:He was born in Agiripalli village in Andhra Pradesh...
(1909–1989), Indian scientist - Lalit SuriLalit SuriLalit Suri was an Indian hotelier and a member of the Rajya Sabha ....
(1947–2006), Indian politician - Nirmal Chandra SuriNirmal Chandra SuriNirmal Chandra Suri went on to become the Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 1 August 1991. He is an alumnus of the famous Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun. He was a part of the First course of the Joint Services Wing, the present-day National Defence Academy, Pune...
(born 1933), ex Air Chief Marshal of Indian Airforce - Manil SuriManil SuriManil Suri is an Indian-American mathematician and writer, most notable for his first novel, The Death of Vishnu, which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize that year...
(born 1959), Indian-American mathematician and writer - Suri KrishnammaSuri KrishnammaSuri Krishnamma is a British film director. He has directed several films, including A Man of No Importance, New Year's Day, Locked In and Wuthering Heights. He has won four film festival awards and been nominated for three BAFTA awards.Krishnamma has also directed several episodes of the...
(born 1961), British film and television director - Sanjay SuriSanjay SuriSanjay Suri is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.He made his debut in 1999 with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. He went on to star in many supporting roles but finally got his big break with Jhankaar Beats in 2003, where audiences started to recognize him as a seasoned actor...
(born 1971), Indian actor - Batram SuriBatram SuriBatram Suri is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as either a striker or a midfielder and is currently playing for Amicalin the Matson's Premier Football League....
(born 1972), Solomon Islands footballer - Mohit SuriMohit SuriMohit Suri, is an Indian film director, most known for his films, like Kalyug and Awarapan .He is member of the Bhatt family...
(born 1981), Indian film director - Natasha SuriNatasha SuriNatasha Suri is an Indian beauty pageant winner from Mumbai,India. In 2006 she won the Miss India title and placed in the semifinals in the Miss World contest.Suri places in the 'Top Models' bracket in India...
(born 1984), former Miss World contestant from India - Suri Cruise (born 2006), daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Title
- A title affixed to the names of the learned and religious persons, especially Jain monks
Other meanings
- Suri (flower)Suri (flower)Suri is the Persian adjective for red. See Chaharshanbe Suri . Chaharshanbe Suri literally means Red Wednesday . The word, used alone refers, to the red-toned damasc rose, Rosa damascena...
- A breed of alpacaAlpacaAn alpaca is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance.Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and northern Chile at an altitude of to above sea level, throughout the year...
- The Darwin's RheaDarwin's RheaDarwin's Rhea, Rhea pennata, also known as the Lesser Rhea, is a large flightless bird, but the smaller of the two extant species of rheas. It is found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America.-Description:...
, a large flightless bird - A character in the film DinosaurDinosaur (film)Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 19, 2000, and is the 39th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...