Khan Jahan I

Hussain Quli Beg (Persian: حسین قلی بیگ), also Husayn Quli Khan, 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.^[1]

Subahdar Hussain Quli Beg Khan Jahani I
حسین قلی بیگ
Husayn Quli Khan (Khan Jahan), Mughal Jagir of Ajmer, in 1563
2nd Subahdar of Bengal
In office 23 October 1575 – 19 December 1578
Monarch	Akbar I
Preceded by	Munim Khan
Succeeded by	Ismail Quli
Personal details
Died	(1578-12-19)19 December 1578 Tanda, Bengal, Mughal Empire
Parent	Wali Beg Zul-Qadr (father)
Relatives	Bairam Khan (uncle)
Military career
Branch	Mughal Army
Service years	1575–1578 as Subadhar
Rank	General with the rank of 5000
Unit	5000 of his own sowars

Early life

Beg was the son of Wali Beg Zul-Qadr and the nephew 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.^[1]

History

Husayn Quli Khan presents Akbar with Masud Mirza and other prisoners from Gujarat, following his victory at the Battle of Talamba (1573)

At the Battle of Talamba (1573), Husayn Quli Khan and some other officers surprise the Timurids Ibrahim Husayn Mirza and his brother Masʿud Husayn in Tulamba near Multan. Masʿud is captured, Ibrahim escapes.^[2][3][4]

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. In November, the new governor Khan Jahan, along with Raja Todar Mal, arrived in Tanda. The following July, they faced Daud's forces near the Padma River in Bengal. On 12 July 1576, the Battle of Rajmahal commenced where the Afghans suffered a significant defeat.^[5] Their best commander was killed, and Daud was captured after his horse got stuck in the mud. The Mughals, determined to eliminate Daud, had him beheaded. Khan Jahan displayed Daud's body in Tanda and sent his head to Emperor Akbar in Agra as a trophy.^[6] Khan Jahan also took Satgaon under his control.^[1]

Khan Jahan led military expedition against the Baro-Bhuiyans in 1578. In a naval battle in Katsul against Isa Khan, the ruler of Bhati, he failed to capture the area and retreated. He later died in Tanda, the erstwhile capital of Bengal, in 1578.^[1]

Preceded by Munim Khan

Subahdar of Bengal 1575–1578

Succeeded by Ismail Quli