Jam Nizamuddin II explained

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.

Tomb

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]

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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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004-04-11 . Grave Tales . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040907145359/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/04/11/stories/2004041100590800.htm . 2004-09-07 . . 2009-03-12.
  2. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/143 Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
  3. Web site: Dawn: The necropolis of Sindh by Omar Mukhtar Khan . dead . 2009-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006011315/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/011111/dmag10.htm . October 6, 2008.
  4. The Tomb of Jam Nizam al-Din, documentation and condition survey. Heritage Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan. 2011.
  5. Henry Cousens, The Antiquities of Sind, Archaeological Survey of India 46, Imperial Series (Calcutta, 1929, rptd. Karachi, 1975).