Khan Jahan I
Mughal Empire General, entitled as Khan-i-Jahan
Hussain Quli Beg (Persian: حسین قلی بیگ), also Husayn Quli Khan Zulqadr, was a Mughal military vassal (mansabdar) with the rank of 5000 soldiers. He was later given the title Khān-i-Jahān (Persian: خان جهان; lit. 'Khan of the World') by Emperor Akbar.
Early life
Hussain Quli Beg was of Shia Persian Qizilbash origin, a member of a Turkic tribe long settled in Persia. He was the son of Wali Beg Zulqadr with the sister of Bairam Khan, of Qara Qoyunlu Turkoman ethnicity. He began his career as an ordinary soldier in Akbar's army, but was then imprisoned for supporting his uncle Bairam's revolt against the Empire. He was later pardoned by Akbar and continued his work as a loyal soldier.
History
At the Battle of Talamba (1573), Husayn Quli Khan and some other officers surprise the Timurids Ibrahim Husayn Mirza and his brother Mas'ud Husayn in Tulamba near Multan. Masʿud is captured, Ibrahim escapes.
He was appointed as the Subahdar (Governor) of Bengal after the death of Munim Khan in 1575. Daud Khan Karrani, the final Afghan Sultan of Bengal, rebelled against the Mughal Empire for the second time.
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