Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi (died 1588) was born in Thatta,

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. He was among the renowned and widely traveled Muslim scholars at the court of Mughal

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. He was the son of a Qazi (Kazi) in Thatta. During his early life he was in a devoted pursuit of higher education and spiritual improvement, he traveled as a young man both to important centers of learning, particularly in Safavid

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, and the Ottoman ruled cities of

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, and

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. He is known to have spoken four languages: Sindhi, Turkish, Persian,

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. Upon his return to the Mughal realm he was received favorably by

. When the Mughal Emperor commissioned a group of scholars to compose a work on the first 1000 years of Islam, Tattavi emerged as the chief author of the work. The work was entitled ''Tarih-i Alfi''. His main contributions to the works was the chapters beginning from the 36th year after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to the time of Ghazan (d.704 AH/1304 AD). However, Tattavi never saw the work completed he died in (996 AH/1588 AD) upon the emergence of prince

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. Among his students was the future Mughal

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, Amir Khan I.

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