Later Mughals v1.c9.s21.20

v1.c9.s21.20

* According to Mirza Muhammad, 319, Sayyid Amir Khan's name was Abdul-karim; he was the son of Amir Khan, son of Qasim Khan Namakin. His father died when he was very young; he long received a daily allowance, and eventually obtaining a small mansab, rose gradually under Alamgir, and gained the title of Tanak (or Multifat) Khan. He succeeded Anwar Khan as superintendent of the pages, an office that he held for more than fifteen years and up to the death of Alamgir. He had become Khanazad Khan Hafiz, and finally Amir Khan. In Bahadur Shah's reign he was subahdar of Agra, up to the end of the reign. In Jahandar Shah's reign he was replaced by Muhammad Mah (Azam Khan), and transferred to charge of the Agra fort. From their residence in Sind, his family bore the epithet of Sindhi, although really they were Sayyids from Hirat. There are the following biographies in the Masir-ul-umara: Amir Khan Sindhi, i. 303, Qasim Khan (Mir Abul Qasim), Namakin, iii. 74, Amir Khan (Mir Abul Baqa), d. 1057 H., i. 172. For an explanation of the epithet "Namakin" (not "Tamkin"), see Blochmann Ain, i. 470, and table on p. 471. Amir Khan was not long at Court; on the 10th Rabi I. 1130 H. (Kamwar Khan, 176) he was replaced by Muhammad Murad; and on the 9th Jamadi I. 1130 H. (ibid, 177), was sent back to Agra as fort commandant. He died on the 28th Zul Qada 1132 H. (30th September, 1720), aged 77 years, and the Tarikh-i-Muhammadi describes him as the son-in-law of Mir Isa, Himmat Khan (d. 1092 H.) Mir Bakhshi, son of Islam Khan Badakhshi (d. 1072 H.)