The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c27.5

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Asad Khān, *vazīr* of Aurangzīb at siege of Gingee, 292; bribes Rājā Rām and retires, 293; his personal friendship with Aurangzīb, 302; supports A‘zam, 319; becomes minister of Bahādur Shāh, 325; imprisons Jahāndār Shāh, 329–30; deprived of office by Farrukh-siyar and dies, 330–1 Āsaf Jāh, title of Nizām-ul-Mulk (*q.v.*), 350; desires peace with Marāthās, 378; compounds for *chauth*, 379; supports Shambhūjī, 380, 400; makes peace at Shevgāon, 381; his methods of administration, 382, 385; his death, poetry and buildings, 384–5, 428; his character, 385 Āsaf Khān, sent against Afghāns, 81; reduces Bhath, 87; subdues Gonds, 88; sent against Uzbegs, 91; returns to Chaurāgarh, 92; driven from Gondwāna and joins Uzbegs, 93; forgiven by Akbar, 94; in command against Uzbegs, 96; made governor of Mewār, 99; tutor to Parvīz in new attack on Mewār, 158; also in Deccan, 159; Roe’s views on, 163–4; abandons cause of Shāh Jahān, 171; his enmity with Mahābat Khān, 174; flies to Attock, 175; a hostage with Mahābat Khān, 176; proclaims Dāwar Bakhsh, but supports Shāh Jahān, 183; 185; invades Bijāpur, 189, 197; fails and returns to court, 190; made Khān Khānān, 194; his death, 201–2; a picture of, 219 n. 1; his fortune, 450; makes Nishāt Bāgh, 549 Āsaf-ud-Daula, title of Salābat Jang, 387 *Āsār-i-sharīf*, 286 Ashraf Khān, 91, 93 Ashtapradhān, 394 Asīr, Asīrgarh, besieged by Khān A‘zam, 146; taken, 147; yields to Shāh Jahān, 172; surrendered by him, 174; obtained by Nizām-ul-Mulk, 343; by Salābat Jang, 389; by Marāthās, 413 Askaran (of Mārwār), 247 Askaran, Rāwal, 117 ‘Askarī, governor of Qandahār, 22; defeats Tātār Khān, 23; viceroy of Gujarāt, 25; defeated by Bahādur Shāh, 26; rebels but forgiven by Humāyūn, 27; joins Humāyūn in Bihār, 31; escapes with Humāyūn from Chausa to Āgra, 33; 35; goes to Kābul, 36; governor of Qandahār and expelled by Humāyūn, 40; rebels with Kāmrān but captured and exiled to Mecca, 42 Asoka, 556 Assam, races in, Mughul incursions in, 200; Aurangzīb’s early conquests in, 230, 233–5 Assaye, 426 Assessment, general, 455; under Sher Shāh, 457; under Akbar, 458–61; under Jahāngīr, 466; under Shāh Jahān, 467; in Deccan, 468; raised by Aurangzīb, 469; by villages, 470, 471–2