Later Mughals v1.c9.s10.2

v1.c9.s10.2

As stated a few pages back, when speaking of Muhammad Amin Khan, the family of Nizam-ul-mulk came from Samarqand. His great grand-father was Alam Shaikh, son of Allahdad, son of Abdur-rahman Shaikh Azizan. They are said to have come originally from Sahrward. Khwaja Abid, son of Alam Shaikh, moved to Bukhara, where he was first of all Qazi, then Shaikh-ul-islam. A year or two before Alamgir ascended the throne (1066-67 H., 1655-56), he passed through India on his way to Mecca. He returned at the time when Alamgir was about to start from the Dakhin to seize his father's throne. Alamgir accepted his services and gave him a high command. He filled various offices, such as that of Sadar-i-kul, or superintendent of endowments, governor of Ajmer, then of Multan. In the twenty-fourth year (1091-2 H., 1680-1) he fell into disgrace, but was soon pardoned and again given the Sadarat-i-kul. A year afterwards he was sent to the Dakhin, and then in the twenty-ninth year (1096-7 H., 1685-6), he became governor of Zafarabad Bidar. He continued to serve with distinction in the Dakhin, until on the 24th Rabi I. 1098 H. (30th January, 1687), at the siege of Golkonda, he was shot in the arm and died of the wound. In the twenty-third year (1090-1) he had received the title of Qilich Khan. He had five sons, the two youngest of whom died comparatively early in life without rising very high. The second and third sons, Muizz-ud-daulah Hamid Khan, and Nasir-ud-daulah Abdur-rahim Khan, were men of some fame and distinction. But the greatest of all was the eldest son, Ghazi-ud-din Khan Firuz Jang, and to him we now turn.