| Asaf Khan I | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subahdar of Ilahabad | |||||
| Subahdar of Ilahabad | |||||
| Reign | c. 1560—c. 1580 | ||||
| House | Asaf Khan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Occupation | Mughal noble | ||||
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Asaf Khan presenting spoils from the Mughal conquest of Garha to Akbar at Jaunpur in 1565
Asaf Khan I was a Muslim Tajik nobleman of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar. He was governor of Ilahabad Subah and participated in many Mughal military expeditions, leading the Mughal conquest of Garha in 1564 and serving in the Battle of Haldighati in 1576.[1]
After personally attacking Garha and keeping the loot of war, including many precious gems and 800 war elephants, to himself, he rebelled fearing retribution by Akbar and joined many disaffected Uzbek noblemen in seeking independence from Mughal rule, fleeing to his subah on 17 September 1565. However, he soon submitted and was restored to his previous post in 1567.[2]
He probably died at Burhanpur aged 63 in the seventh year of Jahangir's reign (1611–12).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Chandra, Satish (2007). Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II. pp. 105–106.
- ^ Haig, Wolseley (1937). "Akbar, 1556-1573". In Burn, Richard (ed.). The Cambridge History of India. Vol. 4: The Mughul Period. Cambridge. p. 92.
- ^ Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627. Beveridge, Henry (ed.). The tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī, or, Memoirs of Jahāngīr. Translated by Rogers, Alexander. New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-7156-131-5. OCLC 993066506.
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