Jam Haibat Khan bin Salahuddin Shah (Sindhi: ڄام هيبت خان بن صلاح الدين شاهه) was a prince of the Samma dynasty, and the son of Sultan Jam Salahuddin Shah II, also known as Malik Raj Bal. He was captured during the Battle of Chelhar and was executed in 1522 on the orders of Mir Khushi Muhammad Beglar, an Arghun commander.
| Jam Haibat Khan ڄام هيبت خان | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jam (Sindhi: ڄام) Shahzado (Sindhi:شهزادو) | |||||
| Prince of Samma Dynasty (Jam) | |||||
| Died | February 1522 Chelhar, Chachkan Sarkar, Samma Sulatanate | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Wife | Bibi Ruqayya binte Muzaffar Shah II | ||||
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| House |  House of Jam Unar I | ||||
| Dynasty | Samma Dynasty | ||||
| Father | Salahudin Shah II | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Life
editHe was the son of Jam Salahuddin Shah II, the Samma Sultan of the Samma Dynasty, who ascended to the throne of Sindh by force under the title Salahuddin Shah II and reigned for eight months (1512) then four months (1521-1522).[1] Haibat spent his early life in the Kingdom of Cutch and the Gujarat Sultanate, where his aunt and father's first cousin, Bibi Rani, was married to Muzaffar Shah II of Gujarat.[2] Haibat Khan's wife was the daughter of one of the Rajput wives of Muzaffar Shah II and the sister of Mahmud Shah II of Gujarat.[3] According to the Mirat-i-Sikandari, his wife's name was Ruqayya. He participated alongside his father, Jam Salahuddin II, in two invasions of Lower Sindh against Jam Feroz II, first in 1512 CE and again in 1521 CE. Haibat was the commander of the Advance Guard (Arabic: مقدمة الجيش, Sindhi: مُھاڙی دستو) during the Battle of Chelhar, which was fought against the Arghuns in 1522 at the battlefield of Chelhar..[4][5] After getting captured he was martyred at the same battlefieled. Beglarnama gives Haibat's name as Jam Fateh Khan.
Sources
editPrimary sources mentioning Jam Haibat Khan are Beglarnama, Tabaqat-i-Akbari, Mirat-i-Sikandari, and Tarikhi-i-Masumi.
Also See
editRefrences
edit- ^ The Samma Kingdom of Sindh. University of Jamshoro. 2006. p. 121. ISBN 9789694050782.
- ^ The Samma Kingdom of Sindh. University of Jamshoro. 2006. p. 60. ISBN 9789694050782.
- ^ M. H. Panhwar. Chronological Dictionary of Sindh. p. 379.
Haibat Khan's wife was daughter of one of the Rajput wives of Muzaffar Shah.
- ^ سرَ ۾ سانجھيءَ ويرَ (عبدالواحد آريسر) | سنڌ سلامت ڪتاب گهر, archived from the original on 2017-09-12, retrieved 2017-02-26
- ^ M. H. Panhwar. Chronological Dictionary of Sindh. p. 379.
Haibat Khan (or Beglar Nama's Fateh Khan) after being captured was ordered to be killed by Mir Khushi Muhammad Beglar.