Kāmgar Ḥusaynī

Historian

Kāmgar Ḥusaynī spent most of his life in the service of Mughal Emperor Šāh Jahān, though he had also served Šāh Jahān’s father, Jahāngīr (see Jahāngīr). Having gained favor after helping defeat a rebel and deliver his head to Šāh Jahān, he was bestowed the title of Ğayrat Ḫān. In the tenth year of Šāh Jahān's reign, he was appointed Governor of Delhi. Later, he supervised the early stages of the building of the red fort and the new city of Šāh Jahānābād. He died in 1050/1640–1.

Kāmgar Ḥusaynī is mostly known for his work of history entitled Maʾāir-i Jahāngīrī.