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Mirza Mahomed Bakee was opposed by his youngest brother, Khan 

 Baber, who aspired to the government of the coun- 

 opposedby his bro- trv - He procured assistance from Mahmoud Khan, 

 ther Khan Baber. and attempte( j an at tack upon Tattah, in which he 

 failed ; he was afterwards treacherously murdered by his brother, who 

 proved himself, as his father had predicted, a great tyrant. Hearing 

 that Akbar Padshah had arrived at Lahore, and 

 sends his servants to na( ^ dispatched Mohib Ally Khan and Mujahid 

 conquer Bukkur. Khan to Bukhur, where they besieged Mahmoud 

 Khan, and fearing for the safety of his own possessions at Tattah, 

 he sent letters, acknowledging his fealty to Akbar, and according to 

 some historians, even sent his daughter, for the service of the king's 

 harem. 



Mahmoud Khan endured a close and harassing siege, during which 



the garrison suffered from pestilence and famine. In the year 982 h. 



1574 a. d., he began to suffer from dropsy, and wrote 

 982 h. 1574 a.d. A , _ _ - 7 , 



to the Padshah to send some one to whom he might 



deliver over the fort of Bukkur, which Mohib Ally Khan had not yet 



taken. The Padshah Akbar dispatched Kessoo Khan ; but Mahmoud 



Death of Mahmoud died before his arrival at Bukkur > on Saturday the 

 Khan. 8 th of the month Sufur in the above year. 



From this date Bukkur became a jahgeer of the power at Delhi, 

 and various rulers were sent to govern it. Mirza Mahomed Bakee be- 

 came insane ; at least the deeds of cruelty he committed were so 

 enormous, that they can only be ascribed to madness. The loss of a 



Mirza Mahomed Ba- iAvonrite son ' ( Shah ^ooM,) increased his malady, 

 kee destroys himself, and he destroyed himself by rushing on his own 

 993 h. 1585 a.d. sword. He died in the year 993 h. 1583 a. d. after a 



rule of 19 years. His eldest son, Pabundah Beg, inheriting the malady 

 of the father, was declared incapable of governing, and the power des- 

 cended to the son of Pahbundeh and grandson of Mirza Bakee. 



