Shah Beg Arghun

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Shuja Beg Arghun
Shah
Sibi-fort-dehpal.jpg
Sibi Fort, the stronghold of Shuja Beg Arghun before occupying Sindh
17th Sultan of Sindh
Reign21 December 1520 – 26 June 1524
Predecessor Jam Feroz
(Samma dynasty)
Successor Husayn Beg Arghun
Born1465
Died26 June 1524
(aged 59)
Agham, Sindh Sultanate
(present day Agham Kot, Sindh, Pakistan)
Names
Shah Beg Khan Arghun
House Arghun dynasty
FatherZunnun Beg Arghun
Religion Sunni Islam

Shah Shuja Beg Arghun (Sindhi: شاہ شجاع بیگ ارغون, c. 1465 – 1524) was the first Arghun ruler of Sindh as he overcome and defeated Jam Feroz, the last ruler of the Samma dynasty, in 1520. He served as the 17th Sultan of Sindh. His reign was short-lived as he died in the year 1524. His only surviving son, Husayn Beg Arghun succeeded him as the second and last Arghun ruler.

Arghun was the son of Zunnun Beg Arghun. He was the commander-in-chief and head of the nobles at the court of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, [1] the Amīr of Khurasan and Kandahar in 1488. Arghun was unable to resist Babur's invasion of Kabul and Kandahar and retreated towards Shal and Sibi. [2] [3] He stayed in Sibi and remodelled the Sibi Fort before finally settling in Sindh.[ citation needed ]

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