The Institutes of Akbar 365: 134. Jagma’l, younger brother of Rajah Biha’ri Mall (No. 23).
The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 365
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He must not be confounded with No. 218. Jagmal was mentioned on p. 329. In the 8th year, he was made governor of Mir’tha. In the 18th year, when Akbar marched to Patan and Ahmadabad, he was put in command of the great camp.
His son Kangar. He generally lived with his uncle Rajah Bihari Mall at Court. When Ibrahim Husain Mirza threatened to invade the Agrah District, he was ordered by the Rajah to go to Dihli. In the 18th year, he joined Akbar at Patan. In the 21st year, he accompanied Man Singh’s expedition against Rana Partab. Later, he served in Bengal, chiefly under Shahbaz Khan (No. 80). When Shahbaz returned unsuccessfully from Bhati (p. 401), Kangar, Sayyid ’Abdullah Khan (No. 189), Rajah Gopal, Mirzadah ’Ali (No. 152) met a detachment of rebels and mistook them for their own men. Though surprised, the Imperialists held their ground and killed Naurūz Beg Qāqshāl, the leader. They then joined Shāhbāz, and arrived after a march of eight days at Sherpūr Mūrcha.
According to the Tabaqāt, Kangār was in 1001 a Commander of Two Thousand. The phraseology of some MSS. implies that he was no longer alive in 1001.