Arghun dynasty

Arghun dynasty
(Sindh Sultanate)
1520–1554
Location of the Arghuns and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 1525 CE, on the eve of the establishment of the Mughal Empire.[1]
CapitalBukkur
Official languagesPersian[2][3]
Common languagesArabic
Sindhi
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Arghun dynasty begins
1520
• Arghun dynasty ends
1554
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Samma dynasty
Tarkhan dynasty

The Arghun dynasty (Sindhi: ارغونن جي سلطنت) ruled over the area adjoining Southern Afghanistan and then the Sindh Sultanate from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. Arghun rule can be divided into two branches: the Arghun branch of Dhu'l-Nun Beg Arghun that ruled until 1554, and the Tarkhan branch of Muhammad Isa Tarkhan that ruled until 1593.[4]

  1. ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147, map XIV.3 (d). ISBN 0226742210.
  2. ^ M. H. Panhwar, Languages of Sindh, p 7.
  3. ^ "Sind Quarterly". Mazhar Yusuf. November 11, 1981 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Bosworth, "New Islamic Dynasties," p. 329