86. Ikhla´s Kha´n I'tibár, the Eunuch.

The Maásir does not give his name. The list of Akbar's grandees in the Ṭabaqát has the short remark that Ikhláç Khán was a Eunuch, and held the rank of a Commander of One Thousand.

87. Baha´r Kha´n, (Muhammad) Açghar, a servant of Humáyún.

The name of this grandee is somewhat doubtful, as some MSS. read Bahádur Khán. The Maásir does not give his name. The list of the Ṭabaqát mentions a ‘Bahár Khán, a Kháçah Khail Afghán, who held a command of Two Thousand.’ Bahár Khán Kháçah Khail is also mentioned in several places in the Akbarnámah. He is therefore most probably the same as given by Abulfazl in this list. Perhaps we have to read Paháṛ Khán, instead of Bahár Khán; vide No. 407. The notice in the Ṭabaqát implies that he was dead in 1001.

88. Sha´h Fakhruddi´n, son of Mír Qásim, a Músawí Sayyid of Mashhad.

Sháh Fakhruddín came, in 961, with Humáyún to India. In the 9th year of Akbar's reign, he served in the army which was sent against 'Abdullah Khán Uzbak (No. 14). In the 16th year, he was in the manqalá, or advance corps, commanded by Khán i Kalán (No. 16). When Akbar arrived at Patan, he sent Sh. F. and Hakím 'Ainulmulk to Mír Abú Turáb and I'timád Khán (No. 67). On the road he fell in with the former, and went to I'timád whom he likewise induced to pay his respects to Akbar. He was among the auxiliaries of M, 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21) and was present in the battle of Patan (p. 396). He was also among the grandees who accompanied Akbar on his forced march to Gujrát (p. 325, note, where according to the Akbarnámah we have to read 24th Rabí' II., for 4th Rabí' I). After this, he was made Governor of Ujjain, and received the title of Naqábat Khán.* In the end of the 24th year, he was made Governor of Patan (Gujrát), vice Tarsoṉ Muhammad Khán (No. 32), where he soon after, probably in the beginning of 987, died (986, Ṭabaqát).

89. Ra´jah Ra´m Chand Baghelah.

A few MSS. read Bhagelah, which form Tod says is the correct one. Baghelah, however, is the usual spelling.

Rám Chand was Rájah of Bhat'h (or Bhattah, as the Maásir spells it). Among the three great Rájahs of Hindústán, whom Bábar mentions in his Memoirs, the Rájahs of Bhat'h are the third.

Rám Chand was the patron of the renowned musician and singer Tánsín, regard­ing whom vide the List of Musicians at the end of this book. His fame had reached Akbar; and in the 7th year, the emperor sent Jaláluddín Qúrchí (No. 213) to Bhat'h, to induce Tánsín to come to A´grah. Rám Chand feeling himself powerless to refuse Akbar's request, sent his favorite with his musical instruments and many presents to A´grah, and the first time that Tánsín performed at court, the Emperor made him a present of two lak'hs of Rupees. Tánsín remained with Akbar. Most of his composi­tions are written in Akbar's name, and his melodies are even now-a-days everywhere repeated by the people of Hindústán.

When A´çaf Khán (I.) led his expedition to Gaḍha (p. 367),* he came in con­tact with Rám Chand; but by timely submission the Rájah became ‘a servant’ of Akbar. In the 14th year, Rám Chand lost Fort Kálinjar, as related on p. 369. He sent his son, Bír Bhadr, to Court, but from distrust would not pay his respects person­ally. In the 28th year, therefore, when Akbar was at Sháhábád, he ordered a corps to march to Bhat'h; but Bír Bhadr, through the influence of several courtiers, pre­vailed upon the Emperor to send a grandee to his father and convey him to court. Rájah Bír Baṛ and Zain Kokah were selected for this office, and Rám Chand came at last to court, where he was well received.

R. Ch. died in the 37th year, and Bír Bhadr succeeded to the title of Rájah. But on his way from court to Bhat'h, he fell from his palanquin, and died soon after, in the 38th year (1001; vide p. 358). His sudden death led to disturbances in Bándhú of which Bikramájít, a young relation of Rám Chand, had taken possession. Akbar therefore sent Rájah Patrdás (No. 196) with troops to Bándhú, and the Mughuls, according to custom, erected throughout the district military stations (t'hánahs). At the request of the inhabitants, Akbar sent Ismá'íl Qulí Khán (No. 46) to Bándhú, to convey Bikramájít to court (41st year), their intention being to prevent Bándhú from being conquered. But Akbar would not yield; he dismissed Bikramájít, and after a siege of eight months and several days, Bándhú was conquered (42nd year).

In the 47th year, Durjodhan, a grandson of Rám Chand, was made Rájah of Bán­dhú. In the 21st year of Jahángír's reign, Amr Singh, another grandson of Rám Chand, acknowledged himself a vassal of Dihlí. In the 8th year of Sháhjahán, when 'Abdul­lah Khán Bahádur marched against the refractory zamíndár of Ratanpúr, Amr Singh brought about a peaceful submission. Amr Singh was succeeded by his son Anúp Singh. In the 24th year, when Rájah Paháṛ Singh Bundelah, Jágírdár of Chaurágaḍh, attacked Anúp, because he had afforded shelter to Dairám, a zamindár of Chaurágaḍh, Anúp Singh, with his whole family, withdrew from Rewá (which after the destruc­tion of Bándhú had been the family seat) to the hills. In the 30th year, how­ever, Sayyid Çalábat Khán, Governor of Iláhábád (vide p. 392) conducted him to Court, where Anúp turned Muhammadan. He was made a Commander of Three Thousand, 2,000 horse, and was appointed to Bándhú and the surrounding districts.

90. Lashkar Kha´n, Muhammad Husain of Khurásán.

He was Mír Bakshí and Mír 'Arz. In the 11th year, Muzaffar Khán (No. 37) had him deposed. In the 16th year, he came one day drunk to the Darbár, and challenged the courtiers to fight him. Akbar punished him by tying him to the tail of a horse, and then put him into prison.

He was subsequently released, and attached to Mun'im's Bengal corps. In the battle of Takaroí (p. 375), he was severely wounded. Though his wounds commenced to heal, he did not take sufficient care of his health, and died, a few days after the battle, in Oṛísá.

He is mentioned as having had a contingent of 2,000 troopers (Maásir, 1,000).

The Maásir has a long note in justification of the extraordinary punishment, which Akbar inflicted on him.

The title of Lashkar Khán was conferred by Jahángír on Abul Hasan Mash­hadí, and by Sháhjahán on Ján Nisár Khán Yádgár Beg.

91. Sayyid Ahmad of Bárha.

He is the younger brother of Sayyid Mahmúd (p. 392). In the 17th year, he served in the manqalá, which, under the command of Khán i Kalán (No. 16) was sent to Gujrát. After the conquest of Ahmadábád, he was ordered with other Amírs to pursue the sons of Sher Khán Fúládí (p. 396), who had removed their families and property from Patan to I´dar. A portion of their property fell into the hands of the Imperialists. When Akbar afterwards encamped at Patan, he gave the town to Mírzá 'Abdurrahím (No. 29), but appointed S. A. as Governor. In the same year, Muhammad Husain Mírzá, Sháh Mírzá, and Sher Khán Fúládí, besieged Patan; but they dispersed on the approach of M. 'Azíz.

In the 20th year, S. A. and his nephews S. Qásim and S. Háshim quelled the disturbances in which Jaláluddín Qúrchí (No. 213) had lost his life. In 984, he served under Shahbáz Khán (No. 80) in the expedition to Siwánah. According to the Ṭabaqát, which calls him a Commander of Three Thousand, he died in 985.

Abulfazl mentioned Sayyid Ahmad above on p. 289, l. 4 from below.