The Institutes of Akbar 328.6

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3. Mirza ’Ali Asghar. He was a hasty youth, and could not bridle his tongue. In the Parendah expedition, he created dissensions between Shah Shuja’ and Mahabat Khan. He served in the war against Jujhar Bundelah, and perished at the explosion of a tower in Fort Dhamuni, as related in the Padishahnamah. He had just been married to the daughter of Mu’tamid Khan Bakhshi (author of the Iqbalnamah i Jahangiri); but as no cohabitation had taken place, Shahjahan married her to Khan Dauran. He was a Commander of Five Hundred, 100 horse. 4. Mirza ’Askari. He was in the 20th year of Shahjahan a Commander of 500, 100 horse. The lists of grandees in the Padishahnamah mention two relations of Asaf— 1. Muhammad Salih, son of Mirza Shafi, brother or nephew of Jafar. He was a Commander of One Thousand, 800 horse, and died in the second year of Shahjahan’s reign. 2. Muqim, a Commander of Five Hundred, 100 horse.