The Institutes of Akbar 229: 8. Mírzá Muzaffar Husain, son of Bahrám Mírzá, son of Sháh Ismá’íl i Çafawí.

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In 965, Sháh Tahmásp of Persia (930 to 984) conquered Qandahár, which was given, together with Dáwar and Garmsír as far as the river Hirmand, to Sultán Husain Mírzá, his nephew. Sultán Husain M. died in 984, when Sháh Ismá’íl II (984 to 985) was king of Persia, and left five children, Muhammad Husain Mírzá, Muzaffar Husain Mírzá, Rustam Mírzá, Abú Sa’íd Mírzá, and Sanjar Mírzá. The first was killed by Sháh Ismá’íl in Írán. The other four in Qandahár had also been doomed; but the arrival of the news of the sudden death of the Sháh saved their lives. The new Sháh, Khudábandah, gave Qandahár to Muzaffar Husain Mírzá, and Dáwar as far as the Hirmand to Rustam Mírzá, who was accompanied by his two younger brothers, their Vakíl being Hamzah Beg Zúl Qadr, or Kór Hamzah, an old servant of their father. The arbitrary behaviour of the Vakíl caused Muzaffar Husain Mírzá to take up arms against him, and after some alternate fighting and peace-making, Muzaffar had the Vakíl murdered. This led to fights between Muzaffar and Mírzá Rustam who, however, returned to Dáwar.
Not long after, the invasion of Khurásán by the Uzbaks under Dín Muhammad Sultán and Bágí Sultán (a sister’s son of ’Abdullah Khán of Túrán) took place, and the Qandahár territory being continually exposed to incursions, the country was unsettled. Most Qizilbásh grandees fell in the everlasting fights, and the Sháh of Persia promised assistance, but rendered none; Mírzá Rustam who had gone to Hindústán, was appointed by Akbar Governor of Láhor, and kept Qandahár in anxiety; and Muzaffar hesitatingly resolved to hand over Qandahár to Akbar, though ’Abdullah Khán of Túrán advised him not to join the Chagátái kings (the Mughuls of India). At that time Qará Beg (an old servant of Muzaffar’s father, who had fled to India, and was appointed Qúrbégí by Akbar) returned to Qandahár, and prevailed upon Muzaffar’s mother and eldest son to bring about the annexation of Qandahár to India.
Akbar sent Beg Khán Arghún, Governor of Bangash, to take prompt possession of Qandahár, and though, as in all his undertakings, Muzaffar wavered the last moment and had recourse to trickery, he was obliged by the firm and prudent behaviour of Beg Khán, in 1003, to go to Akbar. He received the title of Farzand (son), was made a Commander of five thousand, and received Sambhal as Jágír, “which is more worth than all Qandahár.”
But the ryots of his jagir preferred complaints against his grasping collectors, and Muzaffar, annoyed at this, applied to go to Makkah. No sooner had Akbar granted this request than Muzaffar repented. He was reinstated, but as new complaints were preferred, Akbar took away the jaigir, and paid him a salary in cash (1005). Muzaffar then went to Makkah, but returned after reaching the first stage, which displeased Akbar so much, that he refused to have anything to do with him.
Muzaffar found everything in India bad, and sometimes resolved to go to Persia, and sometimes to Makkah. From grief and disappointment, and a bodily hurt, he died in 1008.
His daughter, called Qandahár Mahall, was in 1018 married to Sháhjahán, and gave birth, in 1020, to Nawab Parhez Bánú Begum.
Three sons of his remained in India, Bahrám Mírzá, Haidar Mírzá, (who rose to dignity under Sháhjahán, and died in 1041), and Ismá'íl Mírzá. The Maásir mentions two other sons, Alqás Mírzá and Tahmásp Mírzá.
Muzaffar’s younger brothers, Mírzá Abú Sa’íd, and Mírzá Sanjar, died in 1005. They held commands of Three hundred and fifty. (Vide Nos. 271 and 272.)