The Institutes of Akbar 389.3

389.3

Naqib Khan arrived with his father in India, when Akbar after his accession was still in the Panjab (Akbarn. II., 23), and soon became a personal friend of the emperor (II., 281). In the 10th year, he conveyed Akbar's pardon to Khan Zaman, for whom Mun’im Khan had interceded (II., 281). In the 18th year, N. accompanied the emperor on the forced march to Patan and Ahmadabad (p. 438, note), and in the following year to Patna. In the end of the 21st year, he took part in the expedition to Idar (III., 165), and was sent in the following year to Malwah or Gujrat, after the appointment of Shihab to the latter province. After the outbreak of the Military Revolt in Bengal, N. with his brother Qamar Khan served under Todar Mall and Cadiq Khan in Bihar against Ma’cum i Kabuli (III., 273). In the 26th year, he received the title of Naqib Khan. Though during the reign of Akbar, he did not rise above the rank of a Hazárí, he possessed great influence at Court. He was Akbar’s reader, and superintended the translations from Sanscrit into Persian, mentioned on p. 104. Several portions of the Táríkh i Alfí also (p. 106) are written by him.