Sindh Sultanate

Sultanate of Sindh سلطان نشین سند (Persian) سنڌ جي سلطنت (Sindhi)
1351–1593
Sindh Sultanate in 1525 alongside Multan Sultanate
Status	Sultanate
Capital	Thatta (1352–1374; 1389–1593) Samui (1374–1389) Bhakkar (1522–1554)[a]
Largest city	Thatta
Common languages	Persian (Official) Sindhi (Native) Kutchi Gujarati Arabic Balochi Saraiki
Religion	State religion: Sunni Islam (Shafi'i) (1351–1524) Sunni Islam (Hanafi) (1520–1593) Others: Hinduism Buddhism
Demonym(s)	Sindhi
Government	Absolute monarchy
Sultan
• 1351–1352 (first)	Firuz'ud-Din Unar
• 1585–1593 (last)	Jani Beg Tarkhan
Historical era	Medieval India
• Jam Unar defeats Sardar Hamir	1351
• Delhi–Sindh War	1350–1368
• Samma–Soomra War	1351–1352
• Sindh–Gujarat Alliance	1442
• Arghun–Samma War	November 1518–October 1524
• Sindh–Multan War	1525–1527
• Mughal–Sindh War	1586–1 November 1592
• Abdication of Jani Beg Tarkhan	28 March 1593
Area
1470	160,211 km2 (61,858 sq mi)
Currency	Gold Dinar Silver Tanka Copper Jital Bronze Falus
Preceded by Succeeded by Soomra dynasty Delhi Sultanate Langah Sultanate Multan Subah
Today part of	Pakistan India

The Sindh Sultanate (Sindhi: سنڌ جي سلطنت, Persian: سلطان نشین سند) or historically romanized as Sultanate of Sind, was a medieval Indo-Islamic sultanate established in the mid 14th century primarily based in Sindh and some parts of Gujarat and Punjab. Following the defeat of Soomra Emirate by the Sammas, three dynasties ruled over the Sindh Sultanate sequentially: the Samma dynasty (1351–1524), the Arghun dynasty (1520–1554), and the Tarkhan dynasty (1554–1593).

The Sindh Sultanate controlled large parts of Derajat, Kutch, and Lasbela along with the entirety of Sindh itself. It reached its zenith under Jam Nizam'ud-Din II, who worked beside Sultan Mahmud Begada to establish peace and prosperity in the region.^[1] The Sultanate was run by Sindhi, Jat, Rajput, Turco-Mongol, Turco-Persian, and Gujarati elites and nobles. Sindh before the Sammas was administered by the Soomras as a vassal state of the Fatimids and then of the Abbasids and Delhiites. During the reign of the Sammas, Thatta thrived into India's one of the most economically and systematically powerful cities of that time. Sindh was a major hub for the influential teachings of the Isma'ili missionaries (Da'is) and Sunni saints (Shaykhs).^[2] The Sultans themselves adopted many rituals of the religious leaders and allowed them to openly preach their message to the masses. The early Samma Jams ruled from Samui but moved to Thatta after its dignification. The Arghuns, on the other hand, ruled the Lower Sindh from Thatta while the Upper Sindh from Bhakkar. Thatta, together with Bhakkar and Sehwan, were the only mint cities and major commercial and residential districts of the Sultanate. Persian was exercised upon as the court and state language as well as the lingo of the elites while Sindhi and Kutchi were used by the commoners.^[3] For the majority of its timespan, the Sultanate had great political and traditional ties with other countries like Gujarat, Kashmir, Bengal, Punjab, Delhi, and the Deccan sultanates. These interrelations resulted in the establishment of interconnected trade and businesses.^[4]

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