[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) › 289 # The Institutes of Akbar 289: 61. Mír Mu’izzul-Mulk-i Músawí, of Mashhad. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 289 - **Language:** English ### [289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.289) He belongs to the Músawí Sayyids of Mashhad the Holy, who trace their descent to ’Alí Músá Raz̤á, the 8th Imám of the Shí’ahs. A branch of these Sayyids by a different mother is called Raz̤awís. In the 10th year, Akbar moved to Jaunpúr to punish Khán Zamán (No. 13), who had despatched his brother Bahádur and Iskandar Khán Uzbak (No. 48) to the district of Sarwár. Against them Akbar sent a strong detachment (vide No. 60) under Mu’izzulmulk. Bahádur, on the approach of the Imperialists, had recourse to negotiations, and asked for pardon, stating that he was willing to give up all elephants. M. M., however, desired war, and though he granted Bahádur an interview, he told him that his crimes could only be cleansed with blood. But he reported the matter to Akbar, who sent Lashkar Khán (No. 90) and Rajah Todar Mall to him, to tell him that he might make peace with Bahádur, if he was satisfied of his good intentions. But here also the rancour of Khurásánís towards Uzbaks decided matters, and Todar Mall only confirmed M. M. in his resolution. Although a few days later the news arrived that Akbar had pardoned Khán Zamán, because he sent his mother and his uncle Ibráhím Khán (No. 64) to Court as guarantees of his loyalty, M. M. attacked Bahádur near Khairábád. Muhammad Yár, son of Iskandar Khán’s brother, who commanded the van of the rebels, fell in the first attack, and Iskandar who stood behind him, was carried along and fled from the field. The Imperialists thinking that the battle was decided, commenced to plunder, when suddenly Bahádur, who had been lying in wait, fell upon M. M.’s left wing and put it to flight. Not only was Budágh Khán (No. 52) taken prisoner, but many soldiers went over to Bahádur. Flushed with victory, he attacked the centre, where the grandees either fled or would not fight from malice (vide No. 60). Todar Mall’s firmness was of no avail, and the day was lost. After the conquest of Bihár, M. M. got the Parganah of Arah (Arrah) as jágír. In the 24th year, the nobles of Bihár under Ma’çúm i Kábulí, jágírdár of Patnah, rebelled. They won over M. M., and his younger brother Mír ’Alí Akbar (No. 62); but both soon left the rebels, and M. M. went to Jaunpúr recruiting, evidently meditating revolt independently of the others. In the 25th year, Akbar ordered Asad Khán Turkman, jágírdár of Mánikpúr, to hasten to Jaunpúr, and convey M. M. with all his suspicious adherents to Court. Asad Khán succeeded in catching M. M., and sent him by boat to the Emperor. Near Itáwah, however, the boat ‘foundered,’ and M. M. lost his life. - [Previous: 288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.288) - [Next: 290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.290) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.289) · Pramāṇa