Sayyid Ya'qúb, son of S. Kamál, was a Commander of Fifteen Hundred, 1000 horse, and died in the third year of Sháhjahán's reign. The Maásir says, in the 2nd year.
The two lists of Sháhjahán's grandees given in the Pádisháhnámah (I, b., 322; II, 740) mention another son of Sayyid Hámid, of the name of Sayyid Báqir, who held a Command of Five Hundred, 400 horse.
79. Dastam Kha´n, son of Rustam i Turkistání.
The correct name of this grandee is Dastam <Arabic>, a very unusual name, though most MSS. of the A´ín and many of the Akbarnámah give <Arabic>, Rustam. The Maásir correctly places his name under the letter D.
His father's name was Rustam. His mother—her name is not clearly written in the MSS. of the Maásir and Akbarnámah, which I have seen, either Najíbah or Bakhyah—was a friend of Máhum Anagah (vide No. 19), and had free access to the Harem. Dastam appears to have been a play-fellow of Prince Akbar.
Dastam Khán, in the 9th year, served under Mu'izzul Mulk (No. 61) against 'Abdullah Khán Uzbak (No. 14). In the 17th year, he served under Mírzá 'Azíz Kokah in the battle of Patan (vide No. 77), distinguished himself in the war with Muhammad Husain Mírzá, and got a flag. In the 22nd year, he was appointed to the Çúbah of Ajmír, and got Rantanbhúr as tuyúl. His administration was praiseworthy: he kept down the rebellious, and protected the oppressed.
In the 25th year, Uchlá, son of Balbhadr, and Mohan, Súr Dás, Tilúksí, sons of Rájah Bihárí Mall's brother, came without permission from the Panjáb to Lúní (?), their native town, and caused disturbances. Dastam, from a wish not to be too hard on Kachhwáhahs, advised them to return to obedience; but his leniency only rendered the rebels more audacious. Akbar then ordered D. to hold out threats, and if this was not sufficient, to proceed against them. D. had at last to do so; but he did it hastily, without collecting a sufficient number of troops. In the fight,* the three nephews of the Rájah were killed. Dastam received a wound from Uchlá, who had attacked him from an ambush. Wounded as he was, he attacked Uchlá, and killed him. Immediately afterwards he fainted and fell from his horse. His men put him again on horseback—a usual expedient, in order not to dishearten the soldiers. The rebels were totally defeated and their estates plundered (988).
Dastam died of his wounds, two days later, at Sherpúr. Akbar said that even D.'s mother could not feel the loss of her son as much as he did, because D., with the exception of three years, had never been away from him.
The Maásir says, he was a Commander of Three Thousand. Rantanbhúr was then given to Mírzá 'Abdurrahím (No. 29) as jágír.
A son of Dastam is mentioned below (No. 362).
80. Shahba´z Kha´n i Kambú.
Regarding the tribe called Kambú, vide Beames' Edition of Sir H. Elliot's Glossary, I, 304. The Persian hemistich quoted (Metre Hazaj)—
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‘The Afgháns are the first, the Kambús the second, and the Kashmírís the third, set of scoundrels' must be very modern; for during the reigns of Akbar and Jahángír, it was certainly a distinction to belong to this tribe, as will be seen just now.
The sixth ancestor of Shahbáz was Hájí Ismá'íl, a disciple of the renowned saint Baháuddín Zakariyá of Multán. Once a beggar asked the saint to give him an ashrafí, or goldmuhr, for the name of every prophet he would mention; but as Baháuddín could not pay the money, Hájí Ismá'íl took the beggar to his house, and gave him an Ashrafí for each of the ten or twenty names he mentioned. Another time, Hájí Ismá'íl acknowledged to the saint that his power of understanding was defective, whereupon the saint prayed for him, and from that time the Kambús are proverbial in Hindústán for sagacity and quickness of apprehension.
Shahbáz at first devoted himself to a life of abstinence and austerity, as his ancestors had done; but the excellent way in which he performed the duties of kotwál, drew Akbar's attention to him, and he was made an Amír and appointed Mír Tozak (quarter master).
In the 16th year, when Lashkar Khán (No. 90) fell into disgrace, Sh. was appointed Mír Bakhshí. In the 21st year, he was sent against the rebels in Jodhpúr, especially against Kallah, son of Rái Rám, and grandson of Rái Máldeo, and was ordered to take Fort Siwánah. Shahbáz first took Fort Daigúr (?)*, where a large num- of Ráṭhor rebels were killed; after this he took Dúnárah, from where he passed on to Siwánah, which on his arrival capitulated (984).
In the same year, Shahbáz was sent against Rájah Gajpatí.* This Rájah was the greatest Zamíndár in Bihár, and had rendered good services during Mun'im's expedition to Bengal. But when Dáúd, king of Oṛísá, invaded Bengal after Mun'im's death at Gaur in 983, Gajpatí rebelled and plundered several towns in Bihár. Farhat Khán (No. 145) tuyúldár of A´rah, his son Farhang Khán, and Qaráṭáq Khán, opposed the Rájah, but perished in the fight. When Shahbáz approached, Gajpatí fled; but Sh. followed him up, and gave him no rest, and conquered at last Jagdespúr, where the whole family of the Rájah was captured. Sh. then conquered Shergaḍh, which was held by Srí Rám, Gajpatí's son. About the same time, Sh. took possession of Rahtás. Its Afghán commander, Sayyid Muhammad, who commanded the Fort on the part of Junaid i Kararání, had been hard pressed by Muzaffar (No. 37); he therefore fled to Shahbáz, asked for protection, and handed over the Fort. Sh. then repaired to court, where he received every distinction due to his eminent services.
In the 23rd year (986), Sh. marched against the proud Ráná Partáb, and besieged the renowned Fort of Koṉbhalmír (called on our maps Komalnair, on the frontier between Udaipúr and Jodhpúr, Lat. 25° 10'). The Ráná, unable to defend it, escaped in the disguise of a Sannásí, when the Fort was taken. Gogandah and Udaipúr submitted likewise. Sh. erected no less than 50 t'hánahs in the hills and 35 in the plains, from Udaipúr to Púr Manḍal. He also prevailed upon the rebellious Daudá, son of Rái Surjan Háḍá (No. 96), to submit, and took him to Court. After this, Sh. was sent to Ajmír, where disturbances frequently occurred.
When the military revolt of Bengal broke out, Sh. was ordered to go to Bihár; but he did not agree with M. 'Azíz Kokah—for Sh. could not bear to be second or third —and carried on the war independently of him, defeated 'Arab Bahádur, and marched to Jagdespúr. At that time the report reached him that Ma'çúm Khán Farankhúdí (No. 157) had rebelled, and 'Arab Bahádur and Niyábat Khán had joined him. Sh. therefore marched to Audh, and met the enemies near Sulṭánpúr Bilahrí, 25 kos from Awadh (Faizábád). Ma'çúm, by a timely centre-attack, put Sh. to flight, and followed him up, Sh. fighting all the way to Jaunpúr, a distance of 30 kos. Accidentally a rumour spread in the army of the enemies, that Ma'çúm had been killed, which caused some disorder. At this moment, Sh.'s right wing attacked the enemies, Ma'çúm got wounded, and withdrew to Awadh (Faizábád). Sh. now pursued him, and seven miles from that town, after a hard fight, totally routed him. Ma'çúm could not hold himself in Awadh, and his army dispersed.
After this, Sh. went again to Court, where he was received by the emperor on his return from Kábul. At court, Sh. generally gave offence by his pride; and when once, at a parade, the Bakhshís had placed the young Mírzá Khán (No. 29) above him, he gave openly vent to his anger, was arrested, and put under the charge of Rái Sál Darbárí (No. 106).