Mirza Jani Beg Tarkhan

Jani Beg Tarkhan
Mirza
Tomb of Mirza Jani Beg Tarkhan
21st Sultan of Sindh
Reign1585 – 28 March 1593
PredecessorMuhammad Baqi Tarkhan
SuccessorPosition abolished
(Patar Das Khattari appointed as Subahdar)
2nd Subahdar of Thatta Subah
Reign1594 - 1 February 1601
PredecessorPatar Das Khattari
SuccessorGhazi Beg Tarkhan
Died1 February 1601
Burhanpur, Khandesh Subah, Mughal Empire
(present day Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Burial
Makli, Thatta Subah, Mughal Empire
(present-day Makli Necropolis, Sindh, Pakistan)
Names
Mirza Jani Beg Khan Tarkhan
HouseTarkhan dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Mirza Jani Beg Tarkhan (Sindhi: مرزا جاني بیگ ترخان) was the last Sultan of Sindh. He succeeded his grandfather Mirza Muhammad Baqi after his death. He ruled from 1585 to 1591 as an independent monarch of Sindh but was forced to submit to Mughal authority. He later involuntarily abdicated in 1593 and a Mughal Subahdar was appointed in his place. But due to social and public unrest, the Mughal authority appointed Jani in his place in 1594. Jani continued to serve as the Mughal Subahdar till his death in 1601.