He had a son, known as Hakím 'Abdulwahháb. He held a mançab. In the 15th year of Jahángír's reign, he claimed from certain Sayyids in Láhor the sum of 80,000 Rs. which, he said, his father had lent them. He supported his claim by a certificate with the seal of a Qází on it, and the statements of two witnesses. The Sayyids who denied all knowledge, seeing that the case went against them, appealed to the emperor. Jahángír ordered A´çaf Khán (No. 98) to investigate the case. 'Abdulwahháb got afraid, and tried to evade the investigation by proposing to the Sayyids a compromise. This looked suspicious, and A´çaf by cross-questioning found that the claim was entirely false. He therefore reported 'Abdulwahháb, and the emperor deprived him of his mançab and jágír. He seems to have been afterwards restored to favor; for in the Pádisháhnámah (I, 6., 328) he is mentioned as a commander of 500, 50 horse.

193. Gu´jar Kha´n, son of Quṭbuddín Khán Atgah (No. 28).

He was mentioned above on p. 334.

194. Sadr Jaha´n Mufti´.

Mírán Çadr Jahán was born in Pihání, a village near Qanauj.* Through the influence of Shaikh 'Abdunnabí he was made Muftí. When 'Abdullah Khán Uzbak, king of Túrán, wrote to Akbar regarding his apostacy from Islám, Mírán Çadr and Hakím Humám (No. 205) were selected as ambassadors. The answer which they took to 'Abdullah contained a few Arabic verses which 'Abdullah could construe into a denial of the alleged apostacy,—

“Of God people have said that He had a son; of the Prophet some have said that he was a sorcerer. Neither God nor the Prophet has escaped the slander of men—Then how should I?”

Mírán returned in the 34th year, and was made Çadr (vide p. 274). In the 35th year, at the feast of A´bánmáh, the Court witnessed a curious spectacle. The Çadr and 'Abdul Hai (No. 230), the Chief Justice of the empire, took part in a drinking feast, and Akbar was so amused at seeing his ecclesiastical and judicial dignitaries over their cups, that he quoted the well-known verse from Háfiz,—

Up to the 40th year, he had risen to the dignity of a commander of 700; but later, he was made an Amír, and got a mançab of 2000 (vide p. 208).

During the reign of Jahángír, who was very fond of him, he was promoted to a command of 4000, and received Qanauj as tuyúl. As Çadr under Jahángír he is said to have given away more lands in five years than under Akbar in fifty. He died in 1020, at the age, it is believed, of 120 years. His faculties remained unimpaired to the last.

His position to Akbar's ‘Divine Faith,’ has been explained above (p. 208). There is no doubt that he temporized, and few people got more for it than he. He also composed poems, though in the end of his life, like Badáoní, he repented and gave up poetry as against the spirit of the Muhammadan law.

He had two sons:—

1. Mír Badr i 'A´lam. He lived a retired life.

2. Sayyid Nizám Murtazá Khán. His mother was a Bráhman woman, of whom his father had been so enamoured, that he married her; hence Nizám was his favourite son. He was early introduced at Court, and, at the death of his father, was made a commander of 2500, 2000 horse. In the first year of Sháhjahán's reign, he was a promoted to command of 3000, and received, on the death of Murtazá Khán Injú (p. 451) the title of Murtazá Khán. He served a long time in the Dak'hin. His tuyúl was the Parganah of Dalamau, where he on several occasions successfully quelled disturbances. He was also Faujdár of Lak'hnau. In the 24th year of Sháhj.'s reign, he was pensioned off, and received 20 lacs of dáms per annum out of the revenue of Pihání, which was one kror. He enjoyed his pension for a long time.

His sons died before him. On his death, his grandsons 'Abdul Muqtadir and 'Abdullah were appointed to mançabs, and received as tuyúl the remaining portion of the revenue of Pihání. 'Abdul Muqtadir rose to a command of 1000, 600 horse, and was Faujdár of Khairábád.

195. Takhtah Beg i Kábulí [Sardár Khán].

He was at first in the service of M. Muhammad Hakím, and distinguished himself in the wars with India; but on the death of his master (30th year), he joined Akbar's service. He served under Mán Singh and Zain Kokah against the Yúsufzaís. As Thánahdár of Pasháwar he punished on several ocoasions the Táríkís. In the 49th year, he was made a Khán.

After Jahángír's accession, he was made a commander of 2000, and received the title of Sardár Khán. He was sent with Mírzá Ghází Tarkhán (p. 363), to relieve Sháh Beg Khán (No. 57) in Qandahár. As Sháh Beg was appointed governor of Kábul, Takhtah was made governor of Qandahár, where, in 1016, he died.

He had a villa near Pasháwar, called the Bágh i Sardár Khan. His two sons Hayát Khán and Hidáyatullah got low mançabs.

196. Rai Patr Da´s, [Rájah Bikramájít], a Khatrí.

Patr Dás was in the beginning of Akbar's reign accountant (mushrif) of the elephant stables, and had the title of Rái Ráyán. He distinguished himself, in the 12th year, during the siege of Chítor. In the 24th year, he and Mír Adham were made joint díwáns of Bengal. At the outbreak of the Bengal military revolt, he was imprisoned by the rebels (p. 439), but got off and served for some time in Bengal. In the 30th year, he was made díwán of Bihár. In the 38th year, he was ordered to occupy Bándhú (p. 407), the capital of which after a siege of 8 months and 25 days surrendered (42nd year). In the 43rd year, he was made díwán of Kábul, but was in the following year again sent to Bándhú. In the 46th year, he was made a commander of 3000. When Abulfazl, in the 47th year, had been murdered by Bir Singh, Akbar ordered Patr Dás to hunt down the rebel, and bring his head to Court. Patr defeated Bir Singh in several engagements, and shut him up in I´rich. When the siege had progressed, and a breach was made in the wall, Bir Singh escaped and withdrew to the jungles with Patr close at his heels. Akbar, at last, in the 48th year, called P. to Court, made him in the next year a commander of 5000, and gave him the title of Rájah Bikramájít.

After Jahángír's accession, he was made Mír A´tash, and was ordered to recruit and keep in readiness 50.000 artillery (topchí) with a train of 3000 gun-carts, the revenue of fifteen parganahs being set aside for the maintenance of the corps (Tuzuk, p. 10).

When the sons of Muzuffar of Gujrát created disturbances, and Yatím Bahádur had been killed, Patr was sent to Ahmadábád with powers to appoint the officers of the rebels who submitted, up to commands of Yúzbáshís, or recommend them, if they had held higher commands, for appointments to the emperor.

‘The year of his death is not known.’ Maásir.

The Rái Mohan Dás mentioned occasionally in the Akbarnámah and the Tuzuk p. 50) appears to be his son.

197. Shaikh 'Abdurrahi´m, of Lak'hnau.