Towards the end of the same year he was appointed Vakíl, and received Jaunpúr as tuyúl; but in 999 his jágír was transferred to Multán, and he received orders to take T'hat'hah (Sind). Passing by the Fort of Sahwán,* he took the Fort of Lak'hí, “which was considered the key of the country, just as Gaḍhí is in Bengal and Bárah­múlah in Kashmír.” After a great deal of fighting, Mírzá Jání Beg (No. 47), ruler of T'hat'hah, made peace, which M.'A., being hard pressed for provisions, willingly accepted. Sahwán was to be handed over to Akbar, M. Jání Beg was to visit the emperor after the rains, and Mírzá I´rich, M.'A.'s eldest son, was to marry Jání Beg's daughter. But as M. Jání Beg after the rains, delayed to carry out the stipulations. M.'A. moved to T'hat'hah, and prepared himself to take it by assault, when M. Jání Beg submitted and accompanied M.'A. to Court.* Thus Sindh was annexed.

When Sulṭán Murád assembled, at Bahroṉch (Broach), his troops for the conquest of the Dak'hin, Akbar despatched M.'A. to his assistance, giving him Bhílsá as jágír. After delaying there for some time, M.'A. went to Ujain, which annoyed the Prince, though M.'A. wrote him that Rájah 'Alí Khán* of Khándes was on the point of joining the Imperialists, and that he would come with him. When M.'A., at last, joined head quarters at Fort Chándor, 30 kos from Ahmadnagar, he was slighted by the Prince; and, in consequence of it, he hesitated to take an active part in the operations, leaving the command of his detachment chiefly in the hands of M. Sháhrukh (No. 7). Only on one occasion after Murád's departure from Ahmadnagar, he took a prominent part in the war. Mu'tamiduddaulah Suhail Khán (Briggs, II, 274; III, 308) threatened Prince Murád, who had been persuaded by his officers not to engage with him. M. 'A., Rájah 'Alí Khán, and M. Sháhrukh, therefore took it upon themselves to fight the enemy. Moving in Jumáda II, 1005 from Sháhpúr, M.'A. met Suhail near the town of Ashtí, 12 kos from Pathrí. The fight was unusually severe. Rájah 'Alí Khán with five of his principal officers and five hundred troopers were killed (Briggs IV, 324). The night put an end to the engagement; but each party believing itself victorious, remained under arms. When next morning, M.'A.'s troopers went to the river [near Súpá, Firishtah] to get water, they were attacked by 25,000 of the enemy's horse. Daulat Khán who commanded M.'A.'s avantguard, said to him,” It is dying a useless death to fall fighting with but 600 troopers against such odds.” “Do you forget Dihlí?” asked M.'A. “If we keep up,” replied Daulat Khán, “against such odds, we have discovered a hundred Dihlís; and if we die, matters rest with God.” Qásim of Bárha* and several other Sayyids were near; and on hearing M.'A.'s resolution to fight, he said, “Well, let us fight as Hindústánís, nothing is left but death; but ask the Khán Khánán what he means to do.” Daulat Khán returned, and said to M.'A. “Their numbers are immense, and victory rests with heaven; point out a place where we can find you, should we be defeated.” “Under the corpses,” said M. 'A. There­upon they charged the flank of the enemy and routed them. After this signal victory, M.'A. distributed 75 lacs of Rupees among his soldiers. At the request of the Prince, M.'A. was soon after recalled (1006).

In the same year Mah Bánú, M. 'A.'s wife died.

In the 44th year. Prince Dányál was appointed to the Dak'hin, and M.'A. was ordered to join the Prince, and besiege Ahmadnagar. The town; as is known from the histories, was taken after a siege of 4 months and 4 days.* M.'A. then joined the Court, bringing with him Bahádur ibn i Ibráhím, who had been set up as Nizám Sháh. Dányál was appointed governor of the newly conquered territory, which was called by Akbar Dándes,* and married to Jáná Begum, M.'A.'s daughter. The Khán Khánán was also ordered to repair to Ahmadnagar, to keep down a party that had made the son of Sháh 'Alí, uncle of Murtazá, Nizám Sháh.

After the death of Akbar, matters in the Dak'hin did not improve. In the 3rd year of Jahángír (1017), M.'A. promised to bring the war to a close in two years, if he received a sufficient number of troops. Sháhzádah Parwíz, under the Atálíq­ship of A´çaf Khán, Mán Singh, Khán Jahán Lodí, and others, were appointed to assist M.'A. He took the Prince in the rains from Burhánpúr to Bálág'hát; but in consequence of the usual duplicity and rancour displayed by the Amírs, the imperial army suffered from want of provisions and loss of cattle, and M.'A. was compelled to conclude a treaty dishonorable for Jahángír, who appointed Khán Jahán Lodí as his successor, and sent Mahábat Khán, subsequently M.'A.'s enemy, to bring the unsuccessful commander to Court.

In the 5th year, M. 'A. received Kálpí and Qanauj as tuyúl, with orders to crush the rebels in those districts (vide p. 324, note). Some time afterwards, M.'A. was again sent to the Dak'hin, as matters there had not improved; but he did not gain any advantage either.

In the 11th year (1025) Jahángír, at last, despatched Prince Khurram, to whom he had given the title of Sháh.* Jahángír himself fixed his residence at Mándú in Málwah, in order to be nearer the scene of war, while Sháh Khurram selected Burhánpúr as Head Quarters. Here the Prince also married the daughter of Shahnawáz Khán, M. 'A.'s son. 'A´dil Sháh and Quṭbulmulk sent tribute and submitted, and Jahángír bestowed upon 'A´dil Sháh the title of Farzand (son); and 'Ambar Malik handed over the keys of Ahmadnagar and other Forts, together with the Parganahs of Bálág'hát which he had conquered. Sháh Khurram then appointed M.'A. Çúbahdár of Khándes, Barár, and Ahmadnagar, whilst Shahnawáz Khán was appointed to Bálág'hát. Leaving 30,000 horse and 7,000 artillery in the Dak'hin, Sháh Khurram joined his father at Mándú, where new honors awaited him.*

In the 15th year, Malik 'Ambar ‘broke’ the treaty, and fell upon the T'hánahdárs of the Mughuls. Dáráb Khán, M. 'A.'s second son, retreated from Bálá'ghát to Bálápúr; and driven from there, he went to Burhánpúr, where he and his father were besieged. On Sháhjahán's approach, the besiegers dispersed.

In the 17th year, (1031), Sháh 'Abbás of Persia attacked Qandahár, and Sháhjahán and 'Abdurrahím were called to Court, to take the command against the Persians; but before they joined, Prince Parwíz, through Núr Jahán's influence, had been appointed heir-apparent, and Mahábat Khán had been raised to the dignity of Khán Khánán. Sháhjahán rebelled, returned with M.'A. to Mándú, and then moved to Burhánpúr. On the march thither, Sháhjahán intercepted a letter which M. 'A. had secretly written to Mahábat Khán, whereupon he imprisoned him and his son Dáráb Khán, and sent him to Fort A´sír, but released them soon after on parole. Parwíz and Mahábat Khán had, in the meantime, arrived at the Narbaddah to capture Sháhjahán. Bairám Beg, an officer of Sháhjahán's, had for this reason removed all boats to the left side of the river, and successfully prevented the imperials from crossing. At M.'A.'s advice, Sháhjahán proposed, at this time, an armistice. He made M. 'A. swear upon the Qorán not to betray him, and sent him as ambassador to Parwíz. Mahábat Khán, knowing that the fords would not now be so carefully watched as before, effected a crossing, and M.'A., forgetful of his oath, joined Prince Parwíz, and did not return to Sháhjahán, who now fled from Burhánpúr, marching through Talingánah to Orissa and Bengal. Mahábat and M. 'A. followed him up a short distance beyond the Taptí. M. 'A. wrote to Rájah Bhím, a principal courtier of the Daulatsháhí party, to tell Sháhjahán, that he (M. 'A.) would do every thing in his power to detain the imperial army, if the prince would allow his sons to join him. Rájah Bhím replied that the prince had still from five to six thousand followers, and that he would kill M.'A.'s sons, should it come to a fight. Sháhjahán then moved into Bengal and Bihár, of which he made Dáráb Khán, who had evidently attached himself to the prince, Governor. Mahábat Khán had in the mean time returned to Iláhábád to oppose Sháh­jahán, and had plaeed M.'A., who looked upon him with distrust, under surveillance.