The Institutes of Akbar 347: 116. Asadullah Khán, of Tabríz.

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His name is not given in the Maásir and the Tabaqát. An Asadullah Khán is mentioned in the Akbarnámah (end of the 12th year). He served under Khán Zamán (No. 13), and commanded the town of Zamániá (p. 320, l. 4 from below). After Khán Zamán’s death, he wished to make over the town to Sulaimán, king of Bengal. But Mun’im (No. 11) sent a man to him to convince him of his foolishness, and took quickly possession of the town, so that the Afgháns under their leader, Khán Khánán Lodí, had to withdraw. This incident, however, brought the Afgháns into contact with Mun’im; and as they found him a tractable man, a meeting was arranged, which took place in the neighbourhood of Patná. This meeting was of importance, inasmuch as Khán Khánán Lodí, on the part of Sulaimán, promised to read the Khutbah, and to strike coins in Akbar’s name. Bengal therefore enjoyed peace till the death of Sulaimán in 980.
The Akbarnámah mentions another officer of a similar name, Asadullah Turkmán. He was mentioned above on p. 382.