In the second year, after punishing Jhujhár Singh, Kh. J. came to court, and was treated by the Emperor with cold politeness. Their mutual distrust soon showed itself. Sháhj. remarked on the strong contingent which he had brought to A´grah, and several parganahs of his jágírs were transferred to others. One evening, at a darbár, Mírzá Lashkarí, son of Mukhliç Khán, foolishly said to the sons of Kh. J., “He will some of these days imprison your father.” Kh. J. on hearing this, shut himself up at home, and when the Emperor sent Islám Khán to his house to enquire, he begged the messenger to obtain for him an amán-námah, or letter of safety, as he was hourly expecting the displeasure of his master. Sháhj. was generous enough to send him the guarantee; but though even A´çaf Khán tried to console him, the old suspicions were never forgotten. In fact it would seem that he only feared the more for his safety, and on the night from the 26th to the 27th Çafar, 1039, after a stay at court of eight months, he fled from A´grah. When passing the Hatiápul* Darwázah, he humbly threw the reins of his horse over his neck, bent his head forward on the saddle, and exclaimed, “O God, thou knowest that I fly for the preservation of my honor; to rebel is not my intention.” On the morning before his flight, A´çaf had been informed of his plan, and reported the rumour to the emperor. But Sháhj. said that he could take no steps to prevent Kh. J. from rebelling; he had given him the guarantee, and could use no force before the crime had actually been committed.

An outline of Kh. J.'s rebellion may be found in Elphinstone's history, where the main facts are given.

When he could no longer hold himself in the Dak'hin, he resolved to cut his way to the Panjáb. He entered Málwah, pursued by 'Abdullah Khán and Muzaffar Khán Bárha. After capturing at Sironj fifty imperial elephants, he entered the territory of the Bundelah Rájah. But Jagráj Bikramájít, son of Jhujhár Singh, fell upon his rear (17th Jumáda II, 1040), defeated it, and killed Daryá Khán (a com­mander of 4000) and his son, Kh. J.'s best officers (Pádisháhn., I., 339; I., b., 296.) On arriving in Bhánder,* Kh. J. met Sayyid Muzaffar, and sending off his baggage engaged him with 1000 men. During the fight Mahmúd Khán, one of Kh. J.'s sons, was killed. On approaching Kálinjar, he was opposed by Sayyid Ahmad, the commandant of the Fort, and in a fight another of his sons, Hasan Khán, was captured. Marching farther, he arrived at the tank of Sehoṉdá, where he resolved to die. He allowed his men to go away, as his cause was hopeless. On the 1st Rajab, 1040, he was again attacked by 'Abdullah Khán and S. Muzaffar, and was mortally wounded by Mádhú Singh with a spear. Before Muzaffar could come up, the soldiers had cut him and his son 'Azíz to pieces (Pádisháhn. I., 351). Their heads were sent to Sháhjahán at Burhánpúr, fixed for some time to the walls of the city, and then buried in the vault of Daulat Khán, Kh. J.'s father.

Kh. J. had been a commander of 7000 (Pádisháhn., I., b., 293).

Several of Kh. J.'s sons, as Husain, 'Azmat, Mahmúd, and Hasan, had perished during the rebellion of their father. Another, Açálat Khán, a commander of 3000, died during the rebellion at Daulatábád, and Muzaffar had left his father, and gone to court. Faríd and Ján Jahán were captured; 'A´lam and Ahmad had fled, and went after some time to court. ‘But none of his sons ever prospered.’

The historical work entitled Makhzan i Afghání, or some editions of it, contain a chapter in praise of Khán Jahán, after whom the book is sometimes called Táríkh i Khán Jahán Lodí.

310. Sha´h Muhammad, son of Quraish Sulṭán (No. 178).

311. Hasan Kha´n Miyánah.

He was at first a servant of Çádiq Khán (No. 43), but later he received a mançab. He died in the Dak'hin wars.

Of his eight sons, the eldest died young (Tuzuk, p. 200). The second is Buhlúl Khán. He rose to a mançab of 1500 under Jahángír (l. c., pp. 184, 200), and received the title of Sarbaland Khán. He was remarkable for his courage and his external appearance. He served in Gondwánah.

At the accession of Sháhjahán, B. was made a commander of 4000, 3000 horse and jágírdár of Bálápúr. He joined Khán Jahán Lodí on his march from Gondwánah to Bálághát. When he saw that Khán Jahán did not succeed, he left him, and entered the service of the Nizám Sháh.

A grandson of Buhlúl, Abul Muhammad, came in the 12th year of Aurangzíb's reign to court, was made a commander of 5000, 4000, and got the title of Ikhláç Khán (Maás. 'A´lamgírí, p. 81).

For other Miyánah Afgháns, vide Pádisháhn., I., 241; Maás. 'A´lamgírí, p. 225.

312. Ta´hir Beg, son of the Khán i Kalán (No. 16).

313. Kishn Da´s Tunwar.

He was under Akbar and Jahángír accountant (mushrif) of the elephant and horse stables. In the 7th year of J., he was made a commander of 1000. A short time before, he had received the title of Rájah (Tuzuk, p. 110).

314. Ma´n Singh Kachhwáhah.

The Akbarnámah (III., 333, 335) mentions a Mán Singh Darbárí.

315. Mi´r Gada´i´, son of Mír Abú Turáb.

Abú Turáb belonged to the Salámí Sayyids of Shíráz. His grandfather, Mír Ghiásuddín, had come to Gujrát during the reign of Quṭbuddín, grandson of Sulṭán Ahmad (the founder of Ahmadábád); but he soon after returned to Persia. The disturbances, however, during the reign of Sháh Ismá'íl i Çafawí obliged him to take again refuge in Gujrát, where he arrived during the reign of Sulṭán Mahmúd Bígarah.* He settled with his son Kamáluddín (Abú Turáb's father) in Champánír-Mahmúdábád, and set up as a teacher and writer of school books (darsiyah kitáb). Kamáluddín also was a man renowned for his learning.

The family had for a long time been attached to the Salsalah i Maghribiyah, or Maghribí (Western) Sect, the “lamp” of which was the saintly Shaikh* Ahmad i Khaṭṭú. The name ‘Salámí Sayyids’ is explained as follows. One of the ancestors of the family had visited the tomb of the Prophet. When coming to the sacred spot, he said the customary salám, when a heavenly voice returned his greeting.

Abú Turáb was a highly respected man. He was the first that paid his respects to Akbar on his march to Gujrát, and distinguished himself by his faithfulness to his new master. Thus he was instrumental in preventing I'timád Khán (No. 67) from joining, after Akbar's departure for Kambháyat, the rebel Ikhtiyár ul-Mulk, Later, Akbar sent him to Makkah as Mír Hajj, in which quality he commanded a large party of courtiers and begums. On his return, he brought a large stone from Makkah, which bore the footprint of the prophet (qadam i sharíf, or qadam i mubárak); vide p. 198. The ‘táríkh’ of his return is khair ul aqdám (A. H. 987), or ‘the best of footprints.’ The stone was said to be the same which Sayyid Jalál i Bukhárí at the time of Sulṭán Fírúz had brought to Dihlí. Akbar looked upon the whole as a pious farce, and though the stone was received with great éclat, Abú Turáb was graciously allowed to keep it in his house.

When I'timád was made governor of Gujrát, Abú Turáb followed him as Amín of the Çúbah, accompanied by his sons Mír Muhibbullah and Mír Sharafuddín.

Abú Turáb died in 1005, and was buried at Ahmadábád.