‘Nothing else is known of him’ (Maásir). He had been dead for some time in 1001, when the Ṭabaqát was completed. Husain Khán Tukriya (No. 53) was the son of his sister and his son-in-law.

He had a villa at Láhor, which was called Bágh i Mahdí Qásim Khán, vide Badáoní II, 90, 292, and Calcutta Review for October, 1869 (Jahángír's Death).

37. Muzaffar Kha´n i Turbati´.

Turbat is the name of a tribe (ulús) in Khurásán. His full name is Khwájah Muzaffar 'Alí Khán i Turbatí. He was Bairám's Díwán. Bairám delegated him from Dípálpúr to Sher Muhammad Díwánah (p. 317), who sent him in chains to Akbar. Though several courtiers advised the Emperor to kill Muzaffar, he pardoned him, and made him 'A´mil (Collector) of the Parganah of Parsaror. Subsequently Akbar made him Díván i Buyútát (Collector of the Imperial Stores, &c.), and at last Díván of the Empire, with the title of Muzaffar Khán (971). Rájah Todarmall was then under him. According to Badáoní, the two quarrelled incessantly, though people said that the Rájah was a better financier than Muzaffar, whose accession to office was honored by the short táríkh <Arabic>, zálim (= 971), or ‘Tyrant.’

In the 11th year, he abolished the Jam' i Raqmí. This is the name of the assessment of the Dihlí empire, which had existed since the time of Bairám; but the rent roll shewed an assessment very different from the actual state of things; ‘for, on account of the number of men (kasrat i mardum, i. e. Jágír holders) and the unsettled state (qalb i wiláyat) of the country, the revenue was increased in name (banám afzúdah) for the sake of mere shew (barái mazíd i i'tibár)’. This Jam' i Raqmí was now abolished (vide Third Book, A´ín i Dahsálah), and Muzaffar prepared a rent roll according to his experience and the returns of Qánúngos. The new rent roll was called Jam' i Háçil i Hál, or the Roll of the present actual income (vide p. 352). As the Dágh law (pp. 255, 256, and p. 242) did not then exist, Muzaffar Khán fixed the number of soldiers which the contingents of the Amírs and the Mulázims (friends of the king) should contain, and the soldiers were divided into three classes.*

In the 12th year, it was reported that Muzaffar loved a boy of the name of Quṭb. Akbar had the boy forcibly removed, whereupon Muzaffar assumed the garb of a Faqír, and went into the forest. Akbar was thus obliged to recall him, and restored the beloved.

In the 17th year, a mania for Chaupar (p. 303) had seized Akbar's Court Muzaffar lost not only his goldmuhurs, but also his temper, and annoyed the Emperor so much, that he was told to go to Makkah. But he was re-called, and joined the Court at Súrat, which Akbar then besieged. In the 18th year (981), after having been for some time in Sárangpúr in Málwah, he was appointed Vakíl of the Empire, with the title of Jumlatul Mulk. But he did several things which Akbar did not approve of, and when the Emperor returned from Patna, from where he had despatched a corps to take Rahtás in South Bihár, he ordered Muzaffar to join the expedition, without allowing him first to pay his respects (vide Briggs II, 249). Like his companion, Khwájah Shamsuddín Kháfí (No. 159), M. distinguished himself in the campaign, punished the rebels on several occasions, and took Hájípúr, of which the Afgháns had again taken possession. For these services, M. was appointed, in the 20th year, Governor of Bihár, from Chausá to Gaṛhí. Soon after the taking of Hájípúr, M. was nearly caught by a party of Afgháns, who saw him reconnoitering the banks of the G'handak.

In the 22nd year, M. returned to Court, where Sháh Mançúr (No. 122) and Rájah Todar Mall continued, under his superintendence, their financial reforms.

On the death of Khán Jahán (No. 24) in 986, he was made Governor of Bengal.

In the 25th year (988), Sháh Mançúr subjected the Amírs of Bihár and Bengal to strict enquiries, and called on them to refund sums which they had spent without permission. When he insisted on his demands, Ma'çúm i Kábulí and several other grandees that held jágírs in Bihár, rebelled. Muzaffar imitated Sháh Mançúr's policy in Bengal, and when he commenced vigorously to collect outstandings, Bábá Khán Qáqshál and other Jágírdárs of Bengal rebelled likewise. M. defeated them on several occasions, but would not listen to proposals of peace. At last the Bihár rebels joined those of Bengal, and mustered a sufficient force to take the field against Muzaffar. Notwithstanding this, the rebels would have gladly come to terms and gone to Oṛísá, had not Muzaffar betrayed his weakness by moving to the Fort of Ṭánḍah, which, according to Badáoní, consisted of nothing but four old walls. The rebels thus emboldened demanded full pardon, permission to go to Makkah, and restoration of one-third of their property. At this juncture, Sharafuddín Husain (No. 17) escaped from Muzaffar's custody, joined the rebels, and informed them of M.'s miserable condition. They moved therefore against Ṭánḍah, took it, captured M., and killed him (Rabí' I, 988*).

The Jámi' Masjid in A´grah was built by Muzaffar. I am told the Masjid is now in ruins which still go by the name of Nawáb Muzaffar Khán kí Masjid or Kálí Masjid. The Maásir says, it stood in the Kaṭrah Miyán Raqíq, but this name does not appear to be now-a-days in use. The Masjid now called the Jámi' Masjid of A´grah was built, in 1058, by Jahán A´rá Begum, Sháhjahán's daughter, at a cost of five lacs of Rupees.

According to the Mir-át ul 'A´lam, his youngest daughter was married to Sháh Fathullah of Shíráz.

38. Saif Kha´n Kokah, elder brother of Zain Khán Kokah (No. 34).

His mother had only daughters, and when she was pregnant with Saif Khán, her husband threatened to divorce her, should it again turn out to be a daughter. She complained of this to Akbar's mother, and Akbar, though then a child, told her husband that he would incur his displeasure if he should do so; ‘besides,’ said he, ‘it shall be this time a fine boy.’ The mother looked upon Prince Akbar's words as a prophecy from heaven, and in course of time Saif Khán was born.

Akbar was very fond of Saif Khán, and made him, though quite young, a Commander of Four Thousand. He distinguished himself by his bravery, especially in the 17th year, at the taking of Súrat, where he was wounded by a bullet. In the beginning of the next year (981), he accompanied Akbar on his forced march from A´grah to Ahmadábád (p. 325), and was killed bravely fighting with Muhammad Husain Mírzá.

How Akbar appreciated his services may be seen from the fact, that having heard that Saif Khán was heavily involved, he paid, on his return to A´grah, every debt due by him.

His two sons, Sher Afkan (355), and Amánullah (356) are mentioned below as Commanders of Two Hundred and Fifty.

39. Ra´jah Todar Mall, a Khetrí.