Aug 7, 2024, 10:46 PM IST

This king was fond of marrying widows

Varnika Srivastava

There was king who was fond of marrying rich widows

The name of this king was 'Farid', and his father was a small jagirdar of Jaunpur.

Farid later became a great Afghan leader. Actually, at this time Ibrahim Lodi had died.

There was chaos among the Afghans only after the death of Ibrahim Lodi, because the Mughals had arrived.

This Afghan chieftain had killed a 'lion', that is why he got the names Sherkhan and Shershah.

Sher Khan was the ruler of Bihar at that time, whose hobby was to marry rich widows. That means he would find queens who needed help and protection after the death of their husbands. 

Sher Khan married not just one but many widows and in this way he expanded most of his empire.