[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 231.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 231.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 231.1 - **Language:** English ### [231.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.231.1) Baharlu is the name of a principal clan of the Qaraqulu Turks. During the time of their ascendancy, under Qara Yusuf, and his sons Qara Sikandar and Mirza Jahan Shah, rulers of ’Iraq i ’Arab and Azarbaijan, ’Ali Shukr Beg held Dainur, Hamadan, and Kurdistan, “which tracts are still called the territory of ’Ali Shukr.” His son Pir ’Ali Beg stayed some time with Sultan Mahmud Mirza, and attacked afterwards the Governor of Shiraz, but was defeated. He was killed by some of the Amirs of Sultan Husain Mirza. Pir ’Ali Beg’s son, in the reign of Shah Isma’il i Cafawi, left ’Iraq, settled in Badakhshan, and entered the service of Amir Khusrau Shah at Qunduz. He then joined, with his son Saif ’Ali Beg, Babar’s army as Amir Khusrau had been deposed. Saif ’Ali Beg is Bairam’s father. Bairam Khan was born at Badakhshan. After the death of his father he went to Balkh to study. When sixteen years old, he entered Humayun’s army, fought in the battle of Qanauj (10th Muharram, 947), and fled to the Rajah of Lak’hnor (Sambhal). Sher Shah met Bairam in Malwah, and tried to win him over. But Bairam fled from Burhanpur with Abul Qasim, governor of Gwaliar, to Gujrat. They were surprised, on the road, by an ambassador of Sher Shah who just returned from Gujrat. - [Previous: 230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.230) - [Next: 231.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.231.2) - [Up: 231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.231) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.231.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.231.1) · Pramāṇa