Akbar now resolved to invest Súrat, and left M. 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21) with a garrison in Ahmadábád, ordering at the same time Quṭbuddín (No. 28) to join 'Azíz with the Málwah contingent. Muhammad Husain M. and Sháh M. thereupon united their troops with those of Sher Khán Fúládí, a Gujrátí noble, and besieged Paṭan. 'Azíz marched against them, and defeated them (p. 396). Muhammad Husain M. then withdrew to the Dak'hin.

Ibráhím Husain M. and his younger brother Mas'úd Husain M. having met with resistance at Nágor (p. 357), invaded the Panjáb. The governor, Husain Qulí Khán (No. 24), at that time besieged Nagarkoṭ, and hearing of the inroad of the Mírzás, made peace with the Rájah, attacked the rebels, defeated them, and captured Mas'úd. Ibráhím Husain fled towards Multán, and was soon afterwards wounded and captured by some Balúchís. He then fell into the hands of Sa'íd Khán (No. 25), and died of his wounds.

After Akbar's return to A´grah, Muhammad Husain Mírzá left the Dak'hin, invaded Gujrát, and took possession of several towns. He was defeated at Kambháit by Naurang Khán (p. 334), and joined the party of Ikhtiyárulmulk and the sons of Sher Khán Fúládí. They then marched against Ahmadábád, and besieged M. 'Azíz Kokah. To relieve him, Akbar hastened in forced marches from A´grah to Paṭan, and arrived, on the 5th Jumáda I, 981 (p. 416), with about 1000 horse, at a place 3 kos from Ahmadábád. Leaving Ikhtiyár to continue the siege, Muhammad Husain opposed the emperor, but was defeated and wounded. In his flight his horse fell over a bramble, when two troopers captured him, and led him to Akbar. Each of the two men claimed the customary reward, and when Bír Baṛ, at Akbar's request, asked Muhammad Husain which of the two had taken him prisoner, he said, “The salt of the emperor has caught me; for those two could not have done it.” Ikhtiyár on hear­ing of the defeat and capture of Muhammad Husain, raised the siege, and fled with his 5000 troopers. Akbar at once pursued him. Ikhtiyár got detached from his men, and in jumping over a shrub fell with his horse to the ground, when Suhráb Turkmán who was after him, cut off his head, and took it to the emperor. Muhammad Husain also had, in the meantime, been executed by Rái Singh (No. 44), whom Akbar had put over him.

Sháh Mírzá had fled in the beginning of the battle.

In the 22nd year, Muzaffar Husain Mírzá, whom his mother had taken to the Dak'hin, entered Gujrát and created disturbances. He was defeated by Rájah Todar Mall and Vazír Khán (p. 353), and fled to Júnágaḍh. When the Rájah had gone, Muzaffar besieged Vazír in Ahmadábád. During the siege he managed to attach Vazír's men to his cause, and was on the point of entering the town, when a cannon ball killed Mihr 'Alí Kolábí, who had led the young Muzaffar into rebellion. This so affected Muzaffar, that he raised the siege, though on the point of victory, and withdrew to Nazrbár. Soon after, he was captured by Rájah 'Alí of Khándesh, and handed over to Akbar. He was kept for some time in prison; but as he shewed himself loyal, Akbar, in the 36th year, released him, and married him to his eldest daughter, the Sulṭán Khánum. He also gave him Sirkár Qanauj as tuyúl. Muzaffar, however, was addicted to the pleasures of wine, and when complaints were brought to Akbar, he cancelled the tuyúl, and again imprisoned him. But he soon after set him at liberty. In the 45th year (1008), when Akbar besieged A´sír, he sent Muzaffar to besiege Fort Lalang. But he quarrelled with Khwájah Fathullah, and one day, he decamped for Gujrát. His companions deserted him; and dressing himself in the garb of a faqír, he wandered about between Súrat and Baglánah, when he was caught by Khwájah Waisí and taken before the emperor. After having been imprisoned for some time, he was let off in the 46th year. He died, not long after, a natural death.

His sister, Núrunnisá, was married to Prince Salím (vide No. 225, note). Gulrukh Begum, Muzaffar's mother, was still alive in 1023, when she was visited on her sick-bed by Jahángír at Ajmír.

181. Qundu´q Kha´n, brother of the well-known Bairám Oghlán.

The Akbarnámah (I., 411) mentions a Qundúq Sulṭán, who accompanied Humá­yún on his march to India.

For Qundúq, some MSS. read Qundúz. A grandee of this name served in Bengal under Mun'im, and died at Gaur (p. 376).

182. Sulta´n 'Abdullah, brother (by another mother) of Quraish Sul­ṭán (No. 178).

183. Mi´rza´ 'Abdurrahma´n, son of Mírzá Haidar's brother (vide No. 179).

184. Qiya´ Kha´n, son of Çáhib Khán.

In the Ṭabaqát and the Akbarnámah he is generally called <Arabic>, which may mean ‘Qiyá, the beautiful,’ or ‘Qiyá, son of Çáhib Hasan.’ Proper nouns ending in a long vowel rarely take the Izáfat.* It looks as if the reading <Arabic> of the A´ín MSS. was a mistake. The words <Arabic> are intended to distinguish him from Qiyá Gung (No. 33).

Qiyá served under Shamsuddín Atgah against Bairám (p. 317). He was also present in the battle of Sárangpúr (vide No. 120).

185. Darba´r Kha´n, 'Ináyat [ullah], son of Takaltú Khán, the Reader.

Darbár's father was Sháh Ṭahmásp's reader. 'Ináyat, on his arrival in India, was appointed to the same post by Akbar, and received the title of Darbár Khán. He served in the 9th year (end of 971) in Málwah, and in the 12th year, in the last war with Khán Zamán. He accompanied the emperor to Rantanbhúr, and when Akbar, in the 14th year, after the conquest of the fort, made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Mu'ín i Chishtí in Ajmír, Darbár Khán took sick leave, and died on his arrival at A´grah.

According to his dying wish—to the disgust of the author of the Maásir—he was buried in the mausoleum of one Akbar's dogs, which he had built. The dog had shewn great attachment to its imperial master.

186. 'Abdurrahma´n, son of Muayyid Dúldai.

The name Dúldai had been explained above on p. 388. 'Abdurrahmán's great grandfather, Mír Sháh Malik, had served under Timur. 'Abdurrahmán was killed in a fight with the Bihár rebel Dalpat. Vide under his son Barkhurdár, No. 328, and under No. 146. Another son is mentioned below, No. 349.

187. Qa´sim 'Ali´ Kha´n.

When Akbar, in the 10th year, moved against Khán Zamán (No. 13), Qásim 'Alí Khán held Gházípúr. In the 17th year, he served in the siege of Súrat, and in the following year, with Khán 'A´lam (No. 58) in the conquest of Patna under Mun­'im. For some reason he returned to Court, and took Shujá'at Khán (No. 51) a prisoner to Mun'im, whom he had slandered. In the 22nd year, he served under Çádiq (No. 43) against Madhukar Bundelah, and in the 25th year, under 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21) in Bihár. In the 26th year, he was employed to settle the affairs of Hájí Begum, daughter of the brother of Humáyún's mother (tagháí zádah i wálidah i Jannat-ástání), who after her return from Makkah (p. 441) had been put in charge of Humáyún's tomb in Dihlí, where she died. In the 31st year, when Akbar appointed two officers for each çúbah, Q. A. and Fath Khán Tughluq were sent to Audh. He returned, in the 35th year, from Khairábád to Court, and soon after received Kálpí as jágír. ‘Nothing also is known of him.’* Maásir. For his brother, vide No. 390.