‘Mír 'Abdullaṭíf, however, immediately on receipt of his brother's communication, fled to Gílán,* and afterwards at the invitation of the emperor Humáyún went to Hin­dústán, and arrived at Court with his family just after Akbar had ascended the throne. By him he was received with great kindness and consideration, and appointed in the second year of his reign as his preceptor. At that time Akbar knew not how to read and write, but shortly afterwards he was able to repeat some odes of Háfiz. The Mír was a man of great eloquence and of excellent disposition, and so moderate in his religious sentiments,* that each party used to revile him for his indifference.’

‘When Bairám Khán had incurred the displeasure of the emperor and had left A´grah and proceeded to Alwar, with the intention, as it was supposed, of exciting a rebellion in the Panjáb, the emperor sent the Mír to him, to dissuade him from such an open breach of fidelity to his sovereign.’ Elliot, Index, l. c.

Mír 'Abdullaṭíf died at Síkrí on the 5th Rajab, 981,* and was buried at Ajmír near the Dargáh of Mír Sayyid Husain Khing-Suwár.

'Abdullaṭíf had several sons. The following are mentioned—1. Naqíb Khán; 2. Qamar Khán; 3. Mír Muhammad Sharíf. The last was killed in 984 at Fathpúr by a fall from his horse while playing hockey with the emperor (Bad. II., 230). For Qamar Khán, vide No. 243.

Naqíb Khán arrived with his father in India, when Akbar after his accession was still in the Panjáb (Akbarn. II., 23), and soon became a personal friend of the emperor (II., 281). In the 10th year, he conveyed Akbar's pardon to Khán Zamán, for whom Mun'im Khán had interceded (II., 281). In the 18th year, N. accompanied the emperor on the forced march to Patan and Ahmadábád (p. 435, note), and in the following year to Patna. In the end of the 21st year, he took part in the expedi­tion to I´dar (III., 165), and was sent in the following year to Málwah or Gujrát, after the appointment of Shiháb to the latter province. After the outbreak of the Military Revolt in Bengal, N. with his brother Qamar Khán served under Todar Mall and Çádiq Khán in Bihár against Ma'çúm i Kábulí (III., 273). In the 26th year, he received the title of Naqíb Khán.* Though during the reign of Akbar, he did not rise above the rank of a Hazárí, he possessed great influence at Court. He was Akbar's reader, and superintended the translations from Sanscrit into Persian, men­tioned on p. 104. Several portions of the Táríkh i Alfí also (p. 106) are written by him.

Naqíb had an uncle of the name of Qází 'I´sá, who had come from I´rán to Akbar's Court, where he died in 980. His son was Sháh Ghází Khán (vide No. 155). Akbar married the latter to Sakínah Bánú Begum, sister of Mírzá Muhammad Hakím (Akbar's half-brother); and as Naqíb Khán, in the 38th year, reported that Qází 'I´sá had expressed a dying wish to present his daughter to Akbar, the emperor married her. Thus two of Naqíb's cousins married into the imperial family.

On the accession of Jahángír, N. was made a Commander of 1500 (Tuzuk, p. 12). He died in the 9th year of J.'s reign (beginning of 1023) at Ajmír, and was buried at the side of his wife within the enclosure of Mu'ín i Chishtí's tomb (Tuzuk, p. 129). His wife was a daughter of Mír Mahmúd, Munshí ulmamálik, who had been for twenty-five years in Akbar's service (Badáoní III., 321).

Naqíb's son, 'Abdullaṭíf, was distinguished for his acquirements. He was married to a daughter of M. Yúsuf Khán (No. 35), and died insane.

Naqíb Khán, like his grandfather, excelled in history. It is said that he knew the seven volumes of the Rauzatuççafá by heart. Jahángír, in his Memoirs, praises him for his remarkable memory, and Badáoní, who was Naqíb's school fellow and friend, says that no man in Arabia or Persia was as proficient in history as Naqíb. Once on being asked how many pigeons there were in a particular flock then flying, he responded instantly, without making a mistake of even one.

162. Mi´r Murtaza´ Kha´n, a Sabzwárí Sayyid.

Mír Murtazá Khán was at first in the service of 'A´dil Sháh of Bíjápúr. Murtazá Nizám Sháh called him to Ahmadnagar, and made him Military Governor of Barár, and later Amírul Umará. He successfully invaded, at Nizám Sháh's order, 'A´dil Sháh's dominions. But Nizám Sháh suffered from insanity, and the government was left in the hands of his Vakíl, Sháh Qulí Çalábat Khán; and as he reigned absolutely, several of the nobles, especially the tuyúldárs of Barár, were dissatisfied. Çalábat Khán being bent on ruining them, Mír Murtazá, Khudáwand Khán (No. 151), Jamshed Khán i Shírází, and others, marched in 992 to Ahmadnagar. Çalábat Khán and Sháhzádah Mírán Husain surprised them and routed them. Mír Murtazá lost all his property, and unable to resist Çalábat Khán, he went with Khudáwand Khán to Akbar, who made him a Commander of One Thousand.

M. M. distinguished himself under Sháh Murád in the Dak'hin invasion. When the Prince left Ahmadnagar, Çádiq Khán (No. 43) remained in Mahkar (South Barár), and M. M. in I´lichpúr, to guard the conquered districts. During his stay there, he managed to take possession of Fort Gáwíl, near I´lichpúr (43rd year, 1007), persuading the commanders Wajíhuddín and Biswás Ráo, to enter Akbar's service. Later, M. M. distinguished himself in the conquest of Ahmadnagar under Prince Dányál, and received a higher Mançab, as also a flag and a naqqárah.

Mír Murtazá is not to be confounded with the learned Mír Murtazá Sharíf i Shírází (Badáoní III., 320), or the Mír Murtazá mentioned by Badáoní, III., 279.

163. Shamsi´, son of Khán i A'zam Mírzá Kokah (No. 21).

He was mentioned above on pp. 327 and 328. At the end of Akbar's reign, Shamsí* was a Commander of Two Thousand.

In the third year of Jahángír's reign, he received the title of Jahángír Qulí Khán, vacant by the death of Jahángír Qulí Khán Lálah Beg, Governor of Bihár, and was sent to Gajrát as náib of his father. Mírzá 'Azíz had been nominally appointed Gover­nor of that Çúbah; but as he had given the emperor offence, he was detained at Court. Subsequently Shamsí was made a Commander of Three Thousand, and Gover­nor of Jaunpúr. Whilst there, Prince Sháhjahán had taken possession of Bengal, and prepared himself to march on Patna, sending 'Abdullah Khán Fírúz-Jang and Rájah Bhím in advance towards Iláhábád. On their arrival at Chausá, Shamsí left Jaun­púr, and joined Mírzá Rustam (No. 9), Governor of the Çúbah of Iláhábád.

On Sháhjahán's accession, Shamsí was deposed, but allowed to retain his Mançab. A short time after, he was appointed to Súrat and Júnágaḍh, vice Beglar Khán. He died there in the 5th year of Sháhjahán's reign (1041).

Shámsí's son, Bahrám, was made by Sháhjahán a Commander of 1000, 500 horse (Pádisháhn. I., b., 309), and appointed to succeed his father. Whilst in Gujrát, he built a place called after him Bahrámpúrah. He died in the 18th year of Sháhjahán's reign (Pádisháhn. II., p. 733).