238 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
Ing members of the above family, named Mahbib Khan and 
Baba Khan, who were third in descent from Amir Kamilu’d- 
Din. The account of these two brothers is to be found in the 
Chronicles of Akbar. From mother’s side they trace their 
descent to the family of Amir Timir. Fourth in descent 
from Baba Khan was Mirza Mazhar. On account of the 
rebellion of Baba Khan against Akbar’s Government, Mirza 
Jan, father of Mirza Mazhar was deprived—according to 
Akbar’s direction to his descendants—of any high mansab or 
dignity. Baba Khan’s descendants were punished for the sin 
of Baba Khan. Mirza Jan passed his days in the service of 
Aurangzib and at last gave up the world, and was initiated in 
the Qadiriya order. He died in 1130 H. (1717 A.D 
‘Abd’ur Rasiil of Dibli. He was initiated in the Naqsh- 
bandiya order of Sufis from Sayyad Nar Muhammad of Badaon 
who was initiated into the mystery of the order of the 
Mujaddad-i-Alf-i-Thani, being removed from the latter by two 
robe and permission of a devotee of the Qadiriya, Naqshbandiya 
and Chishtiya affiliations. He devoted his life in the pursuit of 
Sufism and died in 1195 H. (1781 A.D.). It is said that 
service, and was proceeding to Akbarabad. On the way, at 
Kalabagh, within the jurisdiction of Malwa, his illustrious son 
was born 
the latter named the child Janjanan. His nom-de-plume was 
‘Mazhar. 
I now come to my immediate purpose. In his fourteenth 
letter, quoted by Shah Ghulam ‘Ali [vide Appendix I(A)] Mirza 
poe ern Mazhar writes, in Persian, to one of his disciples, 
us :— 
crn erm ey eR ce ee 8 eee <a Ci; 
i i ng ee gg ene 
