The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.57

v4.c15.57

In November Atga Khān was summoned from Kābul and appointed minister of the empire, though the formality of dismissing Mun‘im Khān, who had acted in that capacity ever since the fall of Bairam Khān, was not observed. The appointment was extremely distasteful, not only to Mun‘im Khān but also to Māham Anaga, “who regarded herself as the virtual lieutenant of the empire”, and she was still further annoyed by the recall of her son, Adham Khān, from Mālwā, where his sensuality and tyranny had rendered him obnoxious to all. His recall was welcome to none more than to the still less scrupulous ruffian Pīr Muhammad Khān, who desired freedom even from supervision so lax as Adham Khān’s.