[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) › 292 # The Institutes of Akbar 292: 65. Khwájah Jaláluddín Mahmúd Bujúq, of Khurásán. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 292 - **Language:** English ### [292](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.292) The MSS. of the Áín have Muhammad, instead of Mahmúd, which other histories have, and have besides a word after Muhammad which reads like oat and =", This should be no doubt (9=? bujuq, the scriptio defectiva of the Turkish GF! bujúq, ‘having the nose cut,’ as given in the copy of the Maásir. Jaláluddín was in the service of M. ’Askarí. He had sent him from Qandahár to Garmsír, to collect taxes, when Humáyún passed through the district on his way to Persia. The Emperor called him, and Jalál presented him with whatever he had with him of cash and property, for which service Humáyún conferred on him the title of Mír Sámán, which under the circumstances was an empty distinction. On Humáyún’s return from Persia, Jalál joined the Emperor, and was ordered, in 959, to accompany the young Akbar to Ghaznín, the tuyúl of the Prince. His devotion to his master rendered him so confident of the Emperor’s protection, that he treated the grandees rudely, and incessantly annoyed them by satirical remarks. In fact, he had not a single friend. Akbar on his accession made him a Commander of Two Thousand Five Hundred, and appointed him to Ghaznín. His enemies used the opportunity and stirred up Mun’im Khan, who owed Jalál an old grudge. Jalál soon found his post in Ghaznín so disagreeable, that he determined to look for employment elsewhere. He had scarcely left Ghaznín, when Mun’im called him to account. Though he had promised to spare his life, Mun’im imprisoned him, and had a short time after his eyes pierced. Jalál’s sight, however, had not been entirely destroyed, and he meditated a flight to India. Before he reached the frontier, Mun’im’s men caught him and his son Jaláluddín Mas’úd. Both were imprisoned and shortly afterwards murdered by Mun’im. This double murder is the foulest blot on Mun’im’s character, and takes us the more by surprise, as on all other occasions he shewed himself generous and forbearing towards his enemies. - [Previous: 291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.291) - [Next: 293](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.293) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.292](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.292) · Pramāṇa