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rally very acccurate, states that it was founded in the year A.H. 900, or A.D. 1495, by Nizâm-ud-din Nanda, the Jám, or ruler of Sindh. Before his time, the chief city of Lower Sindh was Sâminagar, the capital of the Sammá tribe, which stood on a rising ground, 3 miles to the north-west of the site of Thatha. M'Murdo refers its foundation to the time of Ala-ud-din of Delhi, who reigned from A.H. 695–715, or A.D. 1295 to 1315. Of a still earlier date is the great fort of Kalyán-kot, or Tughlakâbâd, which stands on the limestone hill, 4 miles to the south-west of Thatha. Its second name was derived from Ghazi Beg Tughlak, who was the governor of Multân and Sindh, during the latter part of Ala-ud-din’s reign, in the beginning of the fourteenth century.