Mir Tahir Muhammad Ibn Hassan Sabzavari Tattavi was a Sindhi Muslim poet and historian during the rule of the

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, who composed poetry under the pen-name ''Nisyani''. His family emigrated to Thatta, Sindh from

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. His original ancestral surname was ''Sabzavari''. His father was a

Sawar Sowar ( ur, سوار, also ''siwar'' meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from Persian ) was originally a rank during the Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire. Later during the British Raj it was the name in Anglo-Indian usage for a horse-sold ...

and the Mughal governor of Eastern Sindh and later Gujarat during the reign of

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Akbar. Including his talents as a poet, Tahir was also a historian he wrote the Garden of the Immaculate (''Rawzat al-tahirin'') completed (1014.AH/1606.AD) a large 36 chapter history of Sindh and the

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), under the patronage of

Mirza Ghazi Beg Mirza Ghazi Beg Tarkhan ( fa, میرزا غازى بیگ ترخان, r. 1599–1612 CE) of the Tarkhan dynasty in Sindh ruled from the capital city of Thatta. He was the most powerful Mughal governor who administered Sindh, during whose rule the ...

(r.1599-1609.AD/1008-1018.AH).

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