The Institutes of Akbar 2.4.7

2.4.7

The early history, to the vexation of the Sunnís, was related from a Shí’ah point of view, and worse still, the chronology had been changed, inasmuch as the death of the Prophet had been made the starting point, not the hijrah, or flight, of the Prophet from Makkah to Madínah. Towards the middle of A.H. 1000 (beginning of 1592, A.D.), Akbar promoted Abul Fazl to the post of Duhazárí, or commander of two thousand horse. Abul Fazl now belonged to the great Amírs (umarái kibár) at court. As before, he remained in immediate attendance on the emperor. In the same year, Faizí was sent to the Dak’hin as Akbar’s ambassador to Burhán ul-Mulk and to Rájáh ’Alí Khán of Khándesh, who had sent his daughter to Prince Salím. Faizí returned after an absence of more than sixteen months.