The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.108

v3.c24.108

In 1565 the minister, Khān Zamān Khān, fell into disgrace, and was urged by some of his supporters to seize the royal palace while the king was hunting, and to raise Ahmad, who had not yet been blinded, to the throne. Khān Zamān attacked the palace, but his son, Bahādur Khān, was slain by the king’s servants while attempting to force an entry and he himself was captured and suffered death by impalement, his ears, nose, hands, and feet having first been amputated.