Queen Zainab Tari

Queen Zainab Tari of the Soomra Dynasty of Sindh was the daughter of the Soomra King Asamuddin Daula Dodo Soomro. He ascended the throne of Sindh after the death of his father Asimuddin Bhoongar Soomro in 448 A.H or 1064-65 A.D with the title Dodo-I. Long before he ascended the throne, he was blessed with a daughter, Princess Zainab Tari. Since no male issue followed her, the King appointed competent tutors for the Princess, who trained her how to rule the Kingdom and defend it from the enemies.
King Dodo-I ruled Sindh for 15 years. During this period of his rule a son was born to him whom he named Shahabuddin Sanghar. While Sanghar Soomro was still a minor, Dodo-I abdicated the throne in 1092 A.D, in favour of his daughter Zainab Tari, to live a retired life.
Since the Prince, Shahabuddin Sanghar was a minor, the Council of Ministers and Sardars, unanimously followed the wishes of their Monarch and crowned Sanghar’s sister Princess Zainab Tari as the sovereign Queen of Sindh.
Queen Zainab Tari was a very brave and a wise queen. Her diplomacy was so successful that during her reign, neither any foreign armies invaded Sindh nor any internal conspiracies took place. Prosperity, peace and tranquillity prevailed throughout her domain. The capital city Thari expanded and prospered and being near the sea, trade with foreign countries flourished under her ten-year long rule.

Under her tutelage, her brother, Shahabuddin Sanghar grew up to be a fine youth excelled in the art of warfare etc. and became competent to rule the kingdom. Therefore after the tenth year of her rule, under rule of succession, she declared, Sanghar as the king of Sindh. Consequently, Sanghar was crowned as the Sovereign King of Sindh and Queen Tari retired to lead a family life.
Queen Tari Soomro is the only queen ever ruled Sindh as an absolute ruler.

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