The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.39

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Earlier in the year Mīrzā Sulaimān of Badakhshān, having been expelled from his principality by his rebellious grandson, Shāh Rukh, had sought an asylum at the imperial court and Akbar had generously but thoughtlessly promised to recover his throne for him. The loss of Bengal postponed indefinitely the fulfilment of this rash promise, and Akbar attempted to console the disappointed exile with the chief command in Bengal, but the offer was rejected. In 1576 Sulaimān set out for Mecca, and the government of Bengal was bestowed upon Khān Jahān, governor of the Punjab, whose army had already been mobilised for the recovery of Badakhshān, and Todar Mal accompanied him. They found the officers of the Bengal army in an intractable mood. They trembled for the safety of the wealth which they had amassed in Bengal, they dreaded Akbar's wrath, and many, who were Sunnīs, resented their subordination to the Shiah, Khān Jahān, but he, with the assistance of Todar Mal, reduced them to obedience and established his authority. Dāūd, now re-established at Tāndā, had sent a force to occupy Teliyāgarhī, but Khān Jahān captured both the fortress and the pass and slew half of the force which garrisoned them.