This is a list of known rulers of Sindh, in present-day Sindh,

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. This list starts from the establishment of the

Rai dynasty The Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE) was a polity of ancient Sindh. Scholarship Pre-Islamic Sindh has been the subject of voluminous scholarship concerning the eve of Arab conquests; otherwise, the paucity of source materials remains a severe hi ...

around 489 AD until the conquest of the Sindh from

Talpur dynasty The Talpur dynasty ( sd, ٽالپردور) were rulers based in Sindh. Four branches of the dynasty were established following the defeat of the Kalhora dynasty at the Battle of Halani in 1783: one ruled lower Sindh from the city of Hyderabad, ...

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in 1843 AD. Sultan ( ar, سلطان ''Sulṭān'') is a

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used by Muslim Sindhi dynasties in Sindh, modern day

Rai dynasty (480 – 632 AD)

Known rulers of the

are:

Brahmin dynasty (632 – 712 AD)

The known rulers of the Brahmin dynasty are: * Chach () * Chandar () * Dāhir ( from Alor) Under the

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: * Dahirsiya ( from Brahmanabad) * Hullishāh () * Shishah ()

Vilayet As-Sindh (caliphate)

In 712, Sind was conquered by the

. The emirs appointed by the caliphate are as below;

Habbari dynasty (855 – 1010 AD)

The Habbari rulers stylised themselves as Emirs. ''Note: the dates below are only approximate.'' * Umar ibn'Abd al-Aziz al'Habbari (855–884) * Abdullah ibn Umar (884–913) * Umar ibn-Abdullah (913–943) * Muhammad ibn Abdullah (943–973) * Ali ibn Umar (973–987) * Isa ibn Ali * Manbi ibn Ali ibn Umar (987–1010) * Khafif (Soomra dynasty) (1010–1025)

Soomra dynasty (1011 – 1336 AD)

The list of Soomra rulers is as follows; 1011 – 1026: Khafif I bin Rao Soomar Parmar Soomra 1026 – 1053: Soomar bin Rao Soomar Parmar 1053 – 1068: Bhungar I bin Khafif I Soomro 1068 – 1092: Dodo I bin Bhungar Soomro 1092 – 1098: Zenav Tari Sultana bint Dodo I Soomro (d/o Sardar Dodo I) 1098 – 1107: Sanghar bin Dodo I Soomro 1107 – 1107 : Hamun Sultana (w/o Sardar Sanghar) 1107 – 1142: Khafif II bin Soomar bin Dodo I Soomro 1142 – 1181: Umar I bin Soomar bin Dodo I Soomro 1181 – 1195: Dodo II Bin Khafif II Soomro 1195 – 1222: Bhungar II bin Chanesar bin Hamir bin Dodo I Soomro 1222 – 1228: Chanesar I bin Bhungar II Soomro (first reign) 1228 – 1236: Ganhwar I bin Bhungar II Soomro (first reign) 1236 – 1237: Chanesar I bin Bhungar II Soomro (second reign) 1237 – 1241: Ganhwar I bin Bhungar II Soomro (second reign) 1241 – 1256: Muhammad Tur bin Ganhwar I Soomro 1256 – 1259: Ganhwar II bin Muhammad Tur Soomro 1259 – 1273: Dodo III bin Ganhwar II Soomro 1273 – 1283: Tai bin Dodo III Soomro 1283 – 1300: Chanesar II bin Dodo III Soomro 1300 – 1315: Bhungar III bin Chanesar II Soomro 1315 – 1333: Khafif III bin Chanesar II Soomro

Samma dynasty (1336–1527)

The

Samma dynasty The Samma dynasty ( sd, سمن جو راڄ, ) was a medieval Sindhi dynasty in the Indian subcontinent, that ruled Sindh, as well as parts of Kutch, Punjab and Balochistan from 1351 to 1524 CE, with their capital at Thatta known as Sa ...

which was a Muslim

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dynasty took the title

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, the equivalent of Sultan. The main sources of information on the Samma dynasty are Nizammud-din, Abu-'l-Fazl,

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and Mir Ma'sum, all lacking in detail, and with conflicting information. A plausible reconstruction of the chronology is given in the History of Delhi Sultanate by M.H. Syed: istory of Delhi Sultanate by M.H. Syed (p240), 2005 , 9788126118304/ref> Tomb of Sultan Jam Nizamuddin

Arghun dynasty (1520 – 1554 AD)

Tarkhan dynasty (1554 – 1591 AD)

Thatta Subah (Mughal Empire)

*Mirza Ghazi Beg Trakhan 1591–1612 AD *Mirza Abdul Qasim Sultan Trakhan 1612–? AD * Aurangzeb 1649–1653 AD *

Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro ( ur, , sd, ميان نصير محمد ڪلهوڙو) was a famous pioneer and main ruler of Kalhora Dynasty who ruled over Sindh from 1657 AD to 1692 AD) and died in 1692 AD. His tomb and graveyard is sited in Dadu ...

1657–1692 AD *Mian Deen Muhammad Kalhoro 1692–1701 AD

Kalhora dynasty (1701 – 1783 AD)

1657–1692 # Mian Deen Muhammad Kalhoro 1692–1699 # Mian Yar Muhammad 1701–1719 # Mian Noor Muhammad 1719–1755 # Muhammad Muradyab Khan 1755–1757 #

Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro (died 1772) sd, ميان غلام شاه ڪلهوڙو ) was the ruler of the Kalhora Dynasty from 1758 when he was appointed ruler of Sindh by tribal Chiefs of Kalhora replacing his brother Mian Muradyab Kalhoro. He was ...

1757–1772 #

Mian Sarfraz Kalhoro (Khudayar Khan) Mian Sarfraz Kalhoro, known as Khudayar Khan, ( ur, ) was the famous king of the Kalhora Dynasty that ruled Sindh from 1701 to 1783. He reigned from 1772 to 1775. He ascended the throne of Sindh after the death of his father Mian Ghulam Shah ...

1772–1775 # Mian Haji Abdul Nabi Kalhoro 1775–1783

Talpur dynasty (1783 – 1843 AD)

*Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur 1783–1801 *Mir ghulam Ali khan (1801–1811) *Mir karam ali (1811–1828) *Mir murad ali (1828–1833) *Mir noor Muhammad (1833–1841) *Mir Muhammad Naseer khan (1841–1843)

References

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External links

* Islamic culture – Page 429, by Islamic Culture Board * A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur, by William Erskine * The Ṭabaqāt-i-Akbarī of K̲h̲wājah Nizāmuddīn Ahmad: a history of India, by Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Muqīm, Brajendranath De, Baini Prashad * Bibliotheca Indica – Page 778, by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) * Searchlights on Baloches and Balochistan, by Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri * The Delhi Sultanate, by Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Asoke Kumar Majumdar, Sindh History of Sindh