The Institutes of Akbar 245.3

245.3

The victorious general received the title of Khan Jahan, ‘a title in reputation next to that of Khan Khanan.’ About the same time Sulaiman, ruler of Badakhshan (p. 312) had come to India, driven away by his grandson Shahrukh (No. 7), and Khan Jahan was ordered to assist him in recovering his kingdom. But as in 983 Mun’im Khan Khanan died, and Bengal was unsettled, Khan Jahan was recalled from the Panjab, before he had moved into Badakhshan, and was appointed to Bengal, Rajah Todar Mall being second in command. At Bhagalpur, Khan Jahan was met by the Amirs of Bengal, and as most of them were Chaghtai nobles, he had, as Qizilbash, to contend with the same difficulties as Bairam Khan had had. He repulsed the Afghans who had come up as far as Garhi and Tandah; but he met with more decided opposition at Ak Mahall, where Daud Khan had fortified himself. The Imperialists suffered much from the constant sallies of the Afghans. Khan Jahan complained of the wilful neglect of his Amirs, and when Akbar heard of the death of Khwajah ’Abdullah Naqshbandi, who had been purposely left unsupported in a skirmish, he ordered Muzaffar Khan, Governor of Bihar (No. 37) to collect his Jagirdars and join Khan Jahan (984). The fights near Ak Mahall were now resumed with new vigour. During a skirmish a cannon ball wounded Junaid i Kararani, Daud’s cousin, which led to a general battle (15th RabI' II, 984).