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 CHAP. IX, SINDH. 281 Most of what we at present know belong to a series of tombs in the neighbourhood of Tatta, which were erected under the Mughal dynasty by the governors or great men of the province, during their sway. At least the oldest now known is that of Jam Nizamu-d-Din built in 1508, almost coeval with which is the Dabgir mosque of 1509, and later is the tomb of Amir Khalil Khan, erected in or about A.D. 1572, the year in which Akbar deposed the Jami dynasty and annexed Sindh to his empire. The tombs or mosques of the earlier dynasties have not yet been surveyed and described. The later series extends from A.D. 1572-1640, and all show a strongly- marked affinity to the Persian style of the same or an earlier age. One example must for the present suffice to explain their general appearance, for they are all very much alike. It is the tomb of Sharfa Kh&n, 420. Tomb of Nawab Sharfa Khan, near Tatta, A.D. 1640. (From a Photograph.) the Nawab or minister to Amir Khan, who was governor of the province in the reign of Shah Jahan, from A.D. 1627 to 1632, and afterwards A.D. 1641 to 1650. The tomb was built apparently in A.D. 1638 (Woodcut No. 420). It is 38 ft. 4 in. square, is of glazed coloured brick, the foundation and plinth are of stone,