The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.150

v4.c15.150

While the emperor was engaged in the siege of Chitor Mun‘im Khān paid a visit to Sulaimān Kararānī at Patna. Sulaimān was the younger brother and successor of Tāj Khān Kararānī, who had risen to power on the ruins of the Sūr dynasty. The results of this interview were most satisfactory. Some outstanding frontier disputes were settled and Sulaimān caused the *khutba* to be recited and money coined in Akbar’s name,¹ but Mun‘im Khān ran considerable risk. Some of the more adventurous spirits among Sulaimān’s Afghān officers were in favour of arresting and detaining the imperial governor, but the news of the fall of Chitor brought these short-sighted politicians to their senses and Mun‘im Khān returned in safety to Jaunpur.