The Rashīdī History 99.1.3

99.1.3

When my uncle, Sayyid Muhammad Mirza, went to Farghana and attacked the Uzbeg under Jani Beg Sultan, he cleared the country entirely of Uzbeg impurities, and sent a messenger to the Padishah in Kunduz, who brought him back Sultan Said Khan. Abdur Rashid Khan had fallen into the unclean hands of the Uzbeg, but in consequence of these successes, he recovered his liberty and joined his noble father. When my sister, Habiba Sultan Khanish, came from Samarkand, the Khan married her, and entrusted Abdur Rashid Sultan to her care. She reared him with motherly attention and love, and Amir Ghuri Barlas was appointed his governor [Atabeg]. He was at that time three years of age. Two years later Amir Ghuri Barlas died, and according to the Moghul usage, his office was given to his uncle, Ali Mirak Barlas Khan. Thus Ali Mirak Barlas was appointed Atabeg to Abdur Rashid Sultan, and the charge of his education was given to Maulana Mohammad Shirazi, a learned and noble-minded man, who passed all his valuable life in the service of the Moghul Khakans. He was chief judge [Sadr-i-Sudur] at the court of Sultan Said Khan, where he exercised great influence. This Maulana was in truth the Atabeg of Rashid Sultan, while Ali Mirak Barlas held the office only nominally. Rashid Sultan was born in the year 915 [1509-10]. In 928, when he was thirteen years of age, the Khan brought him into Moghulistan.