The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.154

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Akbar set out from Lahore on 20 November, and on 1 January, 1599, put to death Shaikh Sultān, the governor of Thānesar, an orthodox old officer who had expressed himself too freely on the subject of the Divine Faith. On 15 February Akbar dispatched Abu-’l-Fazl from Āgra to summon Sultān Murād to court, and to order the Khān Khānān to march, with all the force which he could muster, to the Deccan. Abu-’l-Fazl was received near Burhānpur by Bahādur of Khāndesh, but the meeting was not cordial. Bahādur offered Abu-’l-Fazl some gifts, which were not accepted, but refused to join the imperial army in person, offering a contingent of 2000 horse under the command of his son, Kabīr Khān.