Tarkhan dynasty

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|native_name = خانوادهٔ ترخان

|conventional_long_name = Tarkhan dynasty
(Sindh Sultanate)

|common_name = Tarkhan dynasty

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|year_start = 1554

|year_end = 1593

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|event_start = Tarkhan dynasty begins

|event_end = Tarkhan dynasty ends

|p1 = Arghun dynasty

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|s1 = Thatta Subah

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| official_languages = PersianM. H. Panhwar, [https://sanipanhwar.com/uploads/books/2024-08-29_10-20-27_91e34ed28e27701d8c313402b37daf9d.pdf Languages of Sindh], p 7.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oV48AAAAMAAJ&q=persian+official+language+arghun|title=Sind Quarterly|date=November 11, 1981|publisher=Mazhar Yusuf|via=Google Books}}

|common_languages = Persian
Arabic
Sindhi

|government_type = Monarchy

|title_leader = Mirza

|leader1 = Mirza Muhammad Isa Tarkhan (first)

|year_leader1 = 1554–1567

|leader2 = Mirza Jani Beg Tarkhan (last)

|year_leader2 = 1585–1593

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| image_coat = Tarkhans. temp. Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan. AH 975-993 AD 1567-1585 Tatta mint. Dated AH 985 (1577-8).jpg

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| symbol_type = Coinage of the Tarkhans, from the time of Mirza Muhammad Baqi (1567-1585). Thatta mint. Dated AH 985 (1577-8).

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The Tarkhan dynasty ({{langx|fa|{{Naskh|خانوادهٔ ترخان}}}}),{{Cite book |last=ibn Jalāl Tattavī |first=Muḥammad |author-link=|url=https://archive.org/details/20191007_20191007_0440/page/n5/mode/1up|title=ترخان‌نامه |publisher=Sindhi Adabi Board |year=1965 |page=1 |language=fa |script-title=fa:Tarkhān nāmah}} was established by a Tarkhan and ruled the Sindh Sultanate from 1554 to 1593.{{cite book|last1=Annemarie Schimmel|title=Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim|date=1976|pages=207}} General Mirza Isa Beg founded the Tarkhan dynasty in Sindh after the death of Shah Husayn Arghun of the Arghun dynasty.

The Mughal emperor Akbar annexed Sindh in 1593 after defeating the last Tarkhan ruler, who continued to rule as Governors for the Mughals.{{cite web |last1=Museum |first1=Victoria and Albert |title=Mirza Ghazi Manohar V&A Explore The Collections |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109866/portrait-of-mirza-ghazi-painting-manohar/mirza-ghazi-painting-manohar/ |website=Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections |date=1610 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Shoro |first1=Shahnaz |title=Honour Killing in the Second Decade of the 21st Century |date=21 August 2017 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-0065-5 |pages=48–49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8I3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 |language=en}}

Legacy

The Arghun rulers have their tombs at the Makli Necropolis.

File:Mirza Ghazi Beg portrait.jpg|"Likeness of Mirza Ghazi, son of Mirza Jani". Made by Manohar, a Mughal painter at the Tarkhan Court in the province of Thatta, circa 1610.{{cite web |last1=Museum |first1=Victoria and Albert |title=Mirza Ghazi Manohar V&A Explore The Collections |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109866/portrait-of-mirza-ghazi-painting-manohar/mirza-ghazi-painting-manohar/ |website=Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections |date=1610 |language=en}}

File:Tomb Exterior 3 - Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan's tomb.jpg|center|upright=1.5|Tomb of Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan (1567–1585 AD), Makli Necropolis.{{cite book |last1=Furnival |first1=W. J. |title=Leadless decorative tiles, faience, and mosaic |publisher=Рипол Классик |isbn=978-1-176-32563-0 |pages=124–125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FDvAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |language=en}}

File:PK Thatta asv2020-02 img09 Makli Necropolis.jpg|center|upright=1.5|Tombs of Mirza Jani Tarkhan (1585–1599 AD) and Mirza Ghazi Beg Tarkhan (1599–1612 AD).

Mirzas of Tarkhan dynasty

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colspan=3 align="middle"| After civil war in Sindh between the King Shah Husayn Arghun and his nobles under Mirza Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan the Tarkhan dynasty was victorious and began to rule over Sindh.

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