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1556. But the text of Badaoni, printed by our Society, fixes the 

 thirteenth as the day of the battle,* and also shews that Bairam, toge- 

 ther with Akbar, was at some distance from Panipat, and could only 

 send reinforcements. For this victory, which enabled Akbar to enter 

 into Dihli and Agrah, 'All Quli received the title of Khan Zamdn 

 fan abbreviation for Khan i Zamdn), or the Khan of the age. After 

 this we find Khan Zaman driving the Afghans from the provinces east 

 of Agrah, and conquering Lak'hnau. In courage and martial genius 

 he is placed by Badaoni above Bairam ; but his unruly and overbear- 

 ing temper, which ultimately led him into open rebellion, seems to 

 have been the cause why Bairam was in greater favour with Huma- 

 yun, and was chosen as Regent for the young Akbar. Badaoni in his 

 praise of Khan Zaman, goes so far as to say that he. and his bi*other 

 Bahadur Shah, gained unparalleled victories in the Eastern tracts of Hin- 

 dustan, and that both would have been fit to be kings, if their rebellion 

 had not issued unsuccessfully. The booty which he collected in 

 these wars, was too tempting for Khan Zaman ; he withheld the share 

 of the Emperor, and mutinied. Though Akbar, in 1565, condoned 

 the offence, Khan Zaman remained dissatisfied, and again rebelled two 

 years later, when Akbar had to move personally against him. A 

 fight ensued ; Khan Zaman's horse was killed, and he himself thrown 

 to the ground. An elephant driver saw him, and attacked him. The 

 elephant crushed Khan Zaman to pieces, " so that his bones," says 

 Badaoni, " became like pounded antimony, and his body like a bag 

 full of chess figures." His head was recognized by his Hindu manager 

 Rai Arzani, who put the Khan's head over his own, and cried loud. 

 Khan Zaman's brother was also killed. The fight took place near 

 Jaunpur, on Monday, the 9th of June, 1567. 



Khan Zaman was a patron of men of learning, and of poets, many 

 of whom lived with him. Among the latter was the great poet 

 Ghazali of Mashhad. I do not know whether Khan Zaman's poems 

 exist in a collected form. Badaoni and Bakhtawar Khan have pre- 

 served a few of his passionate verses. In his poems he praises a 

 youth of the name of Shdham Beg, whose story, as related by 



* It would appear that Elphinstone read duwum, the second, instead of 

 dulium, the tenth, of the month of Mnharranij A. H. 964. Bakhtawar Khan, 

 in his Mir-at-ul 'A'lam, agrees with Badaoni. 



