Jam Nizamuddin II Sindhi: ڄام نظام الدين ثاني | |
Succession: | 15th Sultan of Sindh |
Reign: | 1461–1508 |
Full Name: | Jam Nizamuddin (Nindo) bin Sadruddin |
Predecessor: | Jam Sanjar |
Successor: | Jam Feruz |
Dynasty: | Samma dynasty |
Father: | Jam Sadrudin bin Jam Unar (Banbhina) |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1440 |
Birth Place: | Thatta, Sindh |
Death Date: | 1509 (aged 68–69) |
Death Place: | Thatta, Sindh |
Burial Place: | Makli Hill, Pakistan |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Jám Nizámuddín II (Sindhi: ڄام نظام الدين ثاني; 1439–1509), also known as Jam Nizam al-Din or Jám Nindó (Sindhi: ڄام نندو|links=no), was the 15th Sultan of Sindh from Samma dynasty between 1461 and 1508 CE. His capital was Thatta in modern-day southern Pakistan. After his death, his son Jám Ferózudin lost the Sultanate in 1525 CE to an invading army of Shah Beg Arghun,[1] who had been thrown out of Kandahar by Babur.
Nizamuddin's grave is located on Makli Hill and part of the world heritage site of Historical Monuments at Makli.[2] The tomb is an impressive stone structure with fine ornamental carving similar to the 15th-century Gujrat style.[3] It has been restored but suffers from cracks and wall distortions caused by rough weathering and erosion of the slope on which it stands.[4]
Cousens wrote in The Antiquities of Sind:[5]
This article includes content derived from "History of Sind - translated from Persian books" by Mirza Kalichbeg Fredunbeg (1853–1929), published in Karachi in 1902 and now in the public domain.