Tarkhan dynasty ترخان گهراڻو | |||||||||
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| 1554–1591 | |||||||||
.jpg) Coinage of the Tarkhans, from the time of Mirza Muhammad Baqi (1567-1585). Thatta mint. Dated AH 985 (1577-8).
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| Common languages | Persian Arabic Sindhi | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Mirza | |||||||||
• 1554–1567 | Mirza Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan (first) | ||||||||
• 1567–1585 | Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Tarkhan dynasty begins | 1554 | ||||||||
• Tarkhan dynasty ends | 1591 | ||||||||
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The Tarkhan dynasty (Sindhi: ترخان گهراڻو), was established by a Tarkhan and ruled Sindh, Pakistan from 1554 to 1591 AD.[1] General Mirza Isa Beg founded the Tarkhan dynasty in Sindh after the death of Shah Husayn Arghun of the Arghun dynasty.[2]
The Mughal emperor Akbar annexed Sindh in 1591 after defeating the last Tarkhan ruler, who continued to rule as Governors for the Mughals.[3][2]
!["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.[4]](/en/File:Mirza_Ghazi_Beg_portrait.jpg)
![Tomb of Mirza Muhammad Baqi Tarkhan (1567–1585 AD), Makli Necropolis.[5]](/en/File:Tomb_Exterior_3_-_Mirza_Muhammad_Baqi_Tarkhan%27s_tomb.jpg)
![Tombs of Mirza Jani Tarkhan (1585–1599 AD) and Mirza Ghazi Beg Tarkhan (1599–1612 AD).[5]](/en/File:PK_Thatta_asv2020-02_img09_Makli_Necropolis.jpg)
