The Institutes of Akbar 246: 25. Sai’d Kha’n, son of Ya’qub Beg, son of Ibrahim Jabuq.

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He is also called Sa'id Khan-i Chaghta'i. His family had long been serving under the Timurides. His grandfather Ibrahim Beg Jabuq was an Amir of Humayun’s and distinguished himself in the Bengal wars. His son Yusuf Beg, was attacked near Jaunpur by Jalal Khan (i. e., Salim Shah), and killed. His other son also, Ya'qub, Sa'id’s father, distinguished himself under Humayun. According to the Tabaqat, he was the son of the brother of Jahangir Quli Beg, governor of Bengal under Humayun.
Sa'id rose to the highest honors under Akbar. He was for some time Governor of Multan, and was appointed, in the 22nd year, ataliq of Prince Danyal. Some time after, he was made Cubahdar of the Panjab, in supersession to Shah Quli Mahram (No. 45), of whom the inhabitants of the Panjab had successfully complained. Sa'id again was succeeded in the governorship by Rajah Bhagwan Das (No. 27), and received Sambhal as tuyul. In the 28th year, he was called to Court, was made a commander of Three Thousand, and was sent to Hajipur (Patna) as successor to Mirza ’Aziz Kokah (No. 21). In the 32nd year, when Vazir Khan (No. 41) had died in Bengal, Sa’id was made Governor of Bengal, which office he held till the 40th year. He was also promoted to the rank of Panjhazari. In the 40th year, Man Singh (No. 30) being appointed to Bengal, he returned to Court, and was, in the following year, again made Governor of Bihar. In the 48th year (1011), when Mirza Ghazi rebelled in T’hat’hah after the death of his father Mirza Jani Beg (No. 47), Sa’id was appointed to Multan and Bhakkar, and brought about the submission of the rebel.
After the accession of Jahangir, he was offered the Governorship of the Panjab on the condition that he should prevent his eunuchs from committing oppressions, which he promised to do. (Tuzuk, p. 6, l. 2). He died, however, before joining his post, and was buried ‘in the garden of Sarhind.’
His affairs during his lifetime were transacted by a Hindu of the name of Chetr Bhoj. Sa’id had a passion for eunuchs, of whom he had 1200. One of these Khwajah-siras, Hilal, joined afterwards Jahangir’s service; he built Hilalabad, six kos N. W. from Agrah, near Rankattah, regarding which the Maasir tells an amusing incident. Another eunuch, Ikhtiyar Khan was his Vakil, and another, I’tibar Khan, the Faujdar of his jagir. For Sa’id’s brother, vide No. 70.