The Institutes of Akbar 2.8.4

2.8.4

3. Shaikh Abul Barakāt, born 17th Shawwāl, 960 (1552). “Though he has not reached a high degree of learning, he knows much, is a practical man, and well versed in fencing. He is good-natured and fond of dervishes.” He served under Abul Fazl in Khāndesh. 4. Shaikh Abul Khair, born 22nd Jumāda I, 967. “He is a well informed young man, of a regulated mind.” He, too, must have entered the Imperial service; for he is mentioned in the Akbarnāmah as having been sent by the emperor to the Dak’hin to fetch Prince Dānyāl. 5. Shaikh Abul Makārim, born 23rd Shawwāl, 976. He was wild at first, but guided by his father he learned a good deal. He also studied under Shāh Abul Fath Shīrāzī. The above five sons were all by the same mother, who, as remarked above, died in 998. 6. Shaikh Abu Turāb, born 23rd Zil Hijjah, 988. “Though his mother is another one, he is admitted ‘at Court, and is engaged in self-improvement.” Besides the above, Abul Fazl mentions two posthumous sons by surriyyahs, or concubines, viz. Shaikh Abul Hamid, born 3rd Rabi’ II, 1002, and Shaikh Abú Rashid, born 1st Jumádal, 1002, “They resemble their father.” Of Mubárak’s daughters, I find four mentioned in the histories— 1. One married to Khudáwand Khán Dak’hiní; vide p. 442. Badáoní calls her husband a Ráfizí, i. e., a Shí'ah, and says he died in Karí in Gujarát. 2. One married to Husámuddín; vide p. 441.