The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.137

v4.c16.137

The year 1595 was one of the most eventful in Akbar's reign. The road to Qandahār had been opened by the capture of the fortress and district of Sibī, and the Safavid prince, Muzaffar Husain Mīrzā, who held Qandahār nominally as fief of the Persian empire but in fact as an independent ruler, having quarrelled with his royal kinsmen and being menaced by the Uzbegs, surrendered Qandahār to Shāh Beg Khān, who had been deputed by Akbar to receive it. On 27 August the Persian prince arrived at Lahore with his escort of 2000 *Qizilbāsh*, and received the command of 5000 horse and an assignment at Sambhal, "which was worth more than all Qandahār".