Sheroyah Khán served at first under Mun'im (No. 11) in Bengal and Oṛísá. In the 26th year, he was appointed to accompany Prince Murád to Kábul. In the 28th year, he served under 'Abdurrahím (No. 29) in Gujrát, and was present in the battle of Sarkich (Akbarnámah III., 408, 422). In the 30th year, he served under Maṭlab Khán (No. 83) against Jalálah Táríkí (p. 403). In the 39th year, he was made a Khán, and was appointed to Ajmír. According to the Ṭabaqát, he was a Hazárí in 1001.

169. Nazar Be Uzbak.

The Akbarnámah (III., p. 500) says, ‘On the same day* Nazar Be, and his sons Qanbar Be, Shádí Be (No. 367), and Báqí Be (No. 368), were presented at Court, and were favourably received by the emperor.’

Shádí Be distinguished himself in the expedition under Maṭlab Khán (No. 83) against the Táríkís. He may be the Shádí Khán Shádí Beg, mentioned in the Pádisháhnámah (I., b., 308) as a commander of One Thousand. Be is the abbrevia­tion of Beg. Nazar Be is not to be confounded with Nazar Beg (No. 247).

170. Jala´l Kha´n, son of Muhammad Khán, son of Sulṭán A´dam, the Gakk'har.

171. Muba´rak Kha´n, son of Kamál Khán, the Gakk'har.

The Gakk'hars are a tribe inhabiting, according to the Maásir, the hilly districts between the Bahat and the Indus.* At the time of Zainul'ábidín, king of Kashmír, a Ghaznín noble of the name of Malik Kid (<Arabic>, or <Arabic>), who was a relation of the then ruler of Kábul, took away these districts from the Kashmírís, and gradually extended his power over the region between the Níláb (Indus) and the Sawáliks and the frontier of modern Kashmír.* Malik Kid was succeeded by his son Malik Kalán, and Malik Kalán by Malik Bír. After Bír, the head of the tribe was Sulṭán Tatár, who rendered Bábar valuable service, especially in the war with Ráná Sánká. Sulṭán Tatár had two sons, Sulṭán Sárang, and Sulṭán A´dam. Sárang fought a great deal with Sher Sháh and Salím Sháh, capturing and selling a large number of Afgháns. The Fort Rohtás was commenced by Sher Sháh with the special object of keeping the Gakk'hars in check. Sher Sháh in the end captured Sulṭán Sárang and killed him, and confined his son Kamál Khán in Gwáliár, without, however, subjugating the tribe. Sulṭán A´dam was now looked upon as the head of the clan. He continued to oppose the Afgháns. Once Salím Sháh gave the order to blow up a portion of the Gwáliár Fort, where the state prisoners were kept. Kamál Khán, who was still confined, had a miraculous escape and was in consequence pardoned. Kamál went to his kinsfolk; but as Sulṭán A´dam had usurped all power, he lived obscurely with his brother Sa'íd Khán, avoiding to come in conflict with his uncle. Immediately after Akbar's acces­sion, however, Kamál paid his respects to the emperor at Jálindhar, was well received, and distinguished himself in the war with Hemú, and during the siege of Mánkoṭ. In the 3rd year, he was sent against the Miyánah Afgháns, who had revolted near Saronj (Málwah), and was made on his return jágírdár of Karah and Fathpúr Huswah. In the 6th year, he served under Khán Zamán (No. 13) against the Afgháns under the son of Mubáriz Khán 'Adlí (p. 320). In the 8th year (970), he was called to Court, and as Akbar wished to reward him, Kamál Khán begged the emperor to put him in possession of the Gakk'har district, which was still in the hands of his usurping uncle. Akbar ordered the Khán i Kalán (No. 16) and other Panjábí grandees, to divide the district into two parts, and to give one of them to Kamál Khán; if Sulṭán A´dam was not satisfied with the other, they should occupy the country and punish Sulṭán A´dam. The latter alternative was rendered necessary by the resistance of Sulṭán A´dam. The Panjáb army, therefore, and Kamál Khán entered the Gakk'har district, and defeated and captured A´dam after a severe engagement near the ‘Qaçbah of Híláṉ.’* Sulṭán A´dam and his son Lashkarí were handed over to Kamál Khán, who was put in possession of the district. Kamál Khán killed Lashkarí, and put Sulṭán A´dam into prison, where he soon after died. (Akbarnámah, II, 240ff.)

It is stated in the Ṭabaqát that Kamál Khán was a commander of Five Thousand, distinguished for courage and bravery, and died in 972.*

Mubárak Khan and Jalál Khán served in the 30th year under Mírzá Sháhrukh, Bhagwán Dás, and Sháh Qulí Mahram, in Kashmír (Akbarnámah, III, 485). The Ṭabaqát calls both, as also Sa'íd Khán, commanders of Fifteen Hundred. A daughter of Sa'íd Khán was married to Prince Salím; vide No. 225, note.

172. Ta´sh Beg Kha´n Mughul, [Táj Khán].

Tásh Beg served at first under Mírzá Muhammad Hakím, king of Kábul, and entered, after the death of his master, Akbar's service. He received a jágír in the Panjáb. According to the Akbarnámah (III, 489), he went with Bír Baṛ (No. 85) to Sawád and Bijor, and distinguished himself under 'Abdul Maṭlab (No. 83) against the Táríkís (III, 541).

In the 40th year, he operated against the 'I´sá Khail Afgháns, though with little success. Two years later, he served under A´çaf Khán (No. 98) in the conquest of Mau, and received the title of Táj Khán. When Rájah Bású again rebelled (47th year), Khwájah Sulaimán, Bakhshí of the Panjáb, was ordered to march against him with the contingents of Qulij Khán (No. 42), Husain Beg i Shaikh 'Umarí (No. 167), Ahmad Beg i Kábulí (No. 191), and Táj Khán. Without waiting for the others, T. Kh. moved to Paṭhán. Whilst pitching his tents, Jamíl Beg, T. Kh.'s son, received news of Bású's approach. He hastily attacked him, and was killed with fifty men of his father's contingent.

Jahángír on his accession, promoted him to a command of 3000. In the second year of his reign, he officiated as governor of Kábul till the arrival of Sháh Beg Khán (No. 57). He was afterwards appointed governor of T'hat'hah, where he died in the ninth year (1023).

173. Shaikh 'Abdullah, son of Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus [of Gwáliár].

Shaikh 'Abdullah at first lived a retired and saintly life, but entered subsequently the Emperor's service. He distinguished himself, and is said to have risen to the dignity of a commander of Three Thousand. He died when young.

His brother Ziáullah lived as Faqír, and studied during the lifetime of his father under the renowned saint Wajíhuddín in Gujrát, who himself was a pupil of Muhammad Ghaus.

Biographies of Muhammad Ghaus (died 970 at A´grah, buried in Gwáliár) will be found in the Maásir, Badáoní (III., p. 4), and the Khazínatullaçfiá (p. 969). He was disliked by Bairám Khán, Shaikh Gadáí, and Shaikh Mubárak, Abulfazl's father. Vide also Maásir i 'A´lamgírí, p. 166.

174. Ra´jah Ra´jsingh, son of Rájah Askaran, the Kachhwáhah.