Jam Tamachi

Jam Khairuddin Al-Maroof Jam Tamachi bin Jam Unar (Sindhi: ڄام خيرالدين المعروف ڄام تماچي بن ڄام انڙ ,Urdu: جام خيرالدين المعروف ڄام تماچي بن جام انر' ‎) was famous ruler of Sindh. He belonged to Unar tribe of Sindh, Pakistan.

History

When the army of Sultan Alauddin Khilji arrived in the vicinity of Bukkur, reconquered that fort and prepared to go to Sehwan. A fight took place between them and the Samma, in which the latter were defeated and Jam Tamachi with his whole family was taken prisoner and carried to Delhi, where he had to live for many years in exile.

In the absence of their ruler, the people lived quietly round about Tharri under Jam Tamachi’s brother Babinah son of Jam Unar, as their headman. After some years, Khairuddin son of Jam Tamachi, who in his infancy had gone with his father to Delhi, was permitted to return to Sindh after his father’s death and was to be the chief of his tribe. Accordingly Jam Khairuddin came and took the helm of the government of his father’s country.

In a short time Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq came to Sindh via Gujrat, in pursuit of the rebel Taghi.Muhammad bin Tughluq wanted to see Jam Khairuddìn, but the latter avoided meeting him, as he had for years remained a prisoner with him.Angered by the act, Sultan attacked on Sindh but died in the vicinity of Thatta.Sultan was succeeded by his son Firuz Shah Tughluq, who hastened to Delhi without conquering Sindh. Jam Khairuddin followed him up to Sann near Sehwan and then returned to his capital and commenced ruling the country quietly and justly. An example of his justice may be given here.

It is said that one day, going with a cavalcade, he happened to pass through a desert, where he saw a heap of human bones. He halted there for a few minutes and remarked to his followers that the bones were appealing to him for a just enquiry into their case. He at once sent for an old man living in a neighbouring village and by making minute enquiries from him and others came to know that some seven years before that a party of travellers coming from Gujrat to Sindh had been robbed and murdered by a certain band of robbers. He then secured some of the property of which they had been robbed, together with the robbers. He sent the same to the ruler of Gujrat in order that the robbers be punished by him.At his death Jam Khairuddin was succeeded by his son Jam Babino bin Jam Khairuddin.

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