Tarkhan dynasty
Tarkhan dynasty (Sindh Sultanate) خانوادهٔ ترخان | |||||||||
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| 1554–1593 | |||||||||
Coinage of the Tarkhans, from the time of Mirza Muhammad Baqi (1567-1585). Thatta mint. Dated AH 985 (1577-8).
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| Official languages | Persian | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian Arabic Sindhi | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Mirza | |||||||||
• 1554–1567 | Mirza Muhammad Isa Tarkhan (first) | ||||||||
• 1585–1593 | Mirza Jani Beg Tarkhan (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Tarkhan dynasty begins | 1554 | ||||||||
• Tarkhan dynasty ends | 1593 | ||||||||
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The Tarkhan dynasty (Persian: خانوادهٔ ترخان) was established by a Tarkhan and ruled the Sindh Sultanate from 1554 to 1593. 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, Mirza Jani Beg; Jani Beg and his son Mirza Ghazi Beg continued to rule as Governors for the Mughals.