In the 18th year (981), when Akbar returned to A´grah after the conquest of Gujrát, he invited his Amírs to meet him, and Khán Jahán also came with his prisoners, whom he had put into cow skins with horns on, with their eyelashes sewn together. Akbar had their eyes immediately opened, and even pardoned some of the prisoners. The victorious general received the title of Khán Jahán, ‘a title in reputation next to that of Khán Khánán.’ About the same time Sulaimán, ruler of Badakhshán (p. 312) had come to India, driven away by his grandson Sháhrukh (No. 7), and Khán Jahán was ordered to assist him in recovering his kingdom. But as in 983 Mun'im Khán Khánán died, and Bengal was unsettled, Khán Jahán was recalled from the Panjáb, before he had moved into Badakhshán, and was appointed to Bengal, Rájah Todar Mall being second in command. At Bhágalpúr, Khán Jahán was met by the Amírs of Bengal, and as most of them were Chaghtái nobles, he had, as Qizilbásh, to contend with the same difficulties as Bairám Khán had had. He repulsed the Afgháns who had come up as far as Gaṛhí and Ṭánḍah; but he met with more decided opposition at A´g Mahall, where Dáúd Khán had fortified himself. The Imperialists suffered much from the constant sallies of the Afgháns. Khán Jahán complained of the wilful neglect of his Amírs, and when Akbar heard of the death of Khwájah 'Abdullah Naqshbandí, who had been purposely left unsupported in a skirmish, he ordered Muzaffar Khán, Governor of Bihár (No. 37) to collect his Jágírdárs and join Khán Jahán (984). The fights near A´g Mahall were now resumed with new vigour. During a skirmish a cannon ball wounded Junaid i Kararání, Dáúd's cousin,* which led to a general battle (15th Rabí' II, 984). The right wing of the Afgháns, commanded by Kálá Paháṛ, gave way, when the soldiers saw their leader wounded, and the centre under Dáúd was defeated by Khán Jahán. Dáúd himself was captured and brought to Khán Jahán, who sent his head to Akbar.

After this great victory, Khán Jahán despatched Todar Mall to court, and moved to Sátgáṉw (Húglí), where Dáúd's family lived. Here he defeated the remnant of Dáúd's adherents under Jamshed and Mittí, and reannexed Sátgáṉw, which since the days of old had been called Bulghákkhánah,* to the Mughul empire. Dáúd's mother came to Khán Jahán as a suppliant.

Soon after Malkú Sáín, Rájah of Kúch Bihár sent tribute and 54 elephants, which Khán Jahán despatched to Court.

With the defeat and death of Dáúd, Bengal was by no means conquered. New troubles broke out in Bháṭí,* where the Afgháns had collected under Karím Dád, Ibráhím, and the rich Zamíndár 'I´sá (<Arabic>). With great difficulties Khán Jahán occupied that district, assisted by a party of Afgháns who had joined him together with Dáúd's mother at Goás; and returned to Çihhatpúr, a town which he had founded near Ṭánḍah. Soon after, he took ill, and died after a sickness of six weeks in the same year (19th Shawwál 986(.

Abulfazl remarks that his death was opportune, inasmuch as the immense plunder collected by Khán Jahán in Bengal, had led him to the verge of rebellion.

Khán Jahán's son, Rizá Qulí (No. 274) is mentioned below among the Com­manders of Three Hundred and Fifty. In the 47th year he was made a Commander of Five Hundred with a contingent of 300 troopers. Another son, Rahím Qulí, was a Commander of Two Hundred and Fifty, (No. 333). For Khán Jahán's brother vide No. 46.

25. Sai´d Kha´n, son of Ya'qúb Beg, son of Ibráhím Jábúq.

He is also called Sa'íd Khán i Chaghtái. His family had long been serving under the Tímúrides. His grandfather Ibráhím Beg Jábúq was an Amír of Humáyún's and distinguished himself in the Bengal wars. His, son Yúsuf Beg, was attacked near Jaunpúr by Jalál Khán (i. e., Salím Sháh), and killed. His other son also, Ya'qúb, Sa'íd's father, distinguished himself under Humáyún. According to the Ṭabaqát, he was the son of the brother of Jahángír Qulí Beg, governor of Bengal under Humáyún.

Sa'íd rose to the highest honors under Akbar. He was for some time Governor of Multán, and was appointed, in the 22nd year, atálíq of Prince Dányál. Some time after, he was made Çúbahdár of the Panjáb, in supercession to Sháh Qulí Muhrim (No. 45), of whom the inhabitants of the Panjáb had successfully complained. Sa'íd again was succeeded in the governorship by Rájah Bhagwán Dás (No. 27), and received Sambhal as tuyúl. In the 28th year, he was called to Court, was made a commander of Three Thousand, and was sent to Hájípúr (Patna) as successor to Mírzá 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21). In the 32nd year, when Vazír Khán (No. 41) had died in Bengal, Sa'íd was made Governor of Bengal, which office he held till the 40th year. He was also promoted to the rank of Panjhazárí. In the 40th year, Mán Singh (No. 30) being appointed to Bengal, he returned to Court, and was, in the following year, again made Governor of Bihár. In the 48th year (1011), when Mírzá Ghází rebelled in T'hat'hah after the death of his father Mírzá Jání Beg (No. 47), Sa'íd was appointed to Multán and Bhakkar, and brought about the submission of the rebel.

After the accession of Jahángír, he was offered the Governorship of the Panjáb on the condition that he should prevent his eunuchs from committing oppressions, which he promised to do. (Tuzuk, p. 6, l. 2). He died, however, before joining his post, and was buried ‘in the garden of Sarhind.’

His affairs during his lifetime were transacted by a Hindú of the name of Chetr Bhoj. Sa'íd had a passion for eunuchs, of whom he had 1200*. One of these Khwájah­sarás, Hilál, joined afterwards Jahángír's service; he built Hilálábád, six kos N. W. from A´grah, near Rankaṭṭah,* regarding which the Maásir tells an amusing incident. Another eunuch, Ikhtiyár Khán was his Vakíl, and another, I'tibár Khán, the Faujdár of his jágír. For Sa'íd's brother, vide No. 70.

26. Shiha´b Kha´n, a Sayyid of Níshápúr.

His full name is Shihábuddín Ahmad Khán. He was a relation and friend of Máhum Anagah (p. 323) and was instrumental in bringing about Bairám's fall. From the beginning of Akbar's reign, he was Commander of Dilhí. When Akbar, at the request of Máhum, turned from Sikandarábád to Dihlí to see his sick mother, Shiháb Kán told him that his journey, undertaken as it was without the knowledge of Bairám Khán, might prove disastrous to such grandees as were not Bairám's friends; and the Chaghtái nobles took this opportunity of reiterating their complaints, which led to Bairám's disgrace.

As remarked on p. 321, Shiháb served in Málwah against 'Abdullah Khán.

In the 12th year (975), he was appointed Governor of Málwah, and was ordered to drive the Mírzás from that province. In the 13th year, he was put in charge of the Imperial domain lands, as Muzaffar Khán (No. 37) had too much to do with financial matters.

In the 21st year, he was promoted to a command of Five Thousand, and was again appointed to Málwah; but he was transferred, in the following year, to Gujrát, as Vazír Khán (No. 41) had given no satisfaction. He was, in the 28th year, succeeded by I'timád Khán (No. 119), and intended to go to Court; but no sooner had he left Ahmadábád than he was deserted by his servants, who in a body joined Sulṭán Muzaffar. The events of the Gujrát rebellion are known from the histories. When Mírzá Khán Khánán (No. 29) arrived, Shiháb was attached to Qulij Khán (Málwah Corps). He distinguished himself in the conquest of Bahroṉch (992), and received that district as tuyúl. In the 34th year (997), he was again made Governor of Málwah, in succession to M. 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21).