The Tomb Of Jam Nizamuddin

The tomb of Jam Nizam-ud-Din is a stone structure with fine decorative cutting like fifteenth century Guajrati style. The grave is the oldest of the tombs on the hill which have clear historical interest. Jam Nizam-ud-din was the last but one of the Samma Jams and an autochthonous and indigenous ruler, unlike the Mughals and Syeds, who afterwards covered the hill with their memorials.His tomb is a square building, without top, constructed completely of stone, the cutting on which, bears solid justification for deducing that the materials of some destroyed Hindu sanctuary have been openly utilized, precluding, or devastating, heathen tokens.
Two contiguous stones in the wall are sometimes of different breadths and contain dissimilar patterns. A staircase through the side wall leads to a narrow balcony and portico decidedly Hindu in their character.Various littler structures indirect, in a pretty much destroyed condition, display still more unique hints of Hindu starting point. An adjacent tomb, evidently of more recent date, is decorated internally with glazed tiles. Jam Nizamuddin Samma alias Jam Nindo was the last emperor of the Samma dynasty, who ruled over not only the country but heart of the people. The tomb of Jam Nizamuddin was based on 1508-1509 A.D. on Makli slopes.
He reigned from 1461 to 1509 C.E. His full name was Jam Nizamuddin bin Sadaruddin, and known by the nick name of Jam Nindo. He was born on 25th of Rabi' al-Awwal, 844 /1439 A.D. at Samui, Thatta and died at the age between 60-70 years on 1509 C.E. at Thatta. His father’s name was Jam Sadrudin bin Jam Unar (Babhiniyo), who was his antecedent likewise and the successor was his child Jam Feruzudin receptacle Jam Nizamudin. In the last piece of Jam Nindo's rule, after 1490 A.D, a Mughal armed force under charge of Shah Beg Arghun originated from Kandahar and fell upon numerous towns of Chundkooh and Sideejuh, attacking the town of Agri, Chandukah, Sibi Sindichah and Kot Machian. Jam Nindo sent a large army under his minister Darya Khan, which, arriving at the village known by the name of Duruh-i-Kureeb, also known as JoolowGir or Halukhar near Sibi, defeated the Mughals in a pitched battle. Shah Beg Arghun's sibling Abu Muhammad Mirza was murdered in the fight, and the Mughals fled back to Kandahar, never to return amid the rule of Jam Nizamuddin. Eventually after this, Jam Nizamuddin passed on after an awesome rule of 48 years.

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