Note 29 — Chapter III · MUGHAL VICEROYS. a.d. 1573–1758.
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Islám Khán Nineteenth Viceroy, 1632.Sher Khán was re-called in a.d. 1632, but died ere he could be relieved by Islám Khán, the nineteenth viceroy of Gujarát, along with whom Khwájah Jehán was chosen minister. Islám Khán’s monthly salary was £400 (Rs. 4000), and his command was raised from 5000 to 6000. In a.d. 1632, Khwájah Jehán went on pilgrimage to Makkah, and was succeeded as minister by Ágha Afzal with the title of Afzal Khán. Afzal Khán was soon appointed commander of Baroda, and Riáyat Khán succeeded him as minister. The post of viceroy of Gujarát appears to have been granted to whichever of the nobles of the court was in a position to make the most valuable presents to the emperor. Disorder, 1632.Government became lax, the Kolis of the Kánkrej committed excesses, and the Jám of Navánagar withheld his tribute. Bákar Khán Twentieth Viceroy, 1632.At this time Bákar Khán presented the emperor with golden and jewelled ornaments to the value of Rs. 2,00,000 and was appointed viceroy, Riáyat Khán being continued as minister. In a.d. 1633 Sipáhdár Khán Twenty-first Viceroy, 1633.Sipáhdár Khán was appointed viceroy, and presented the emperor with costly embroidered velvet tents with golden posts worthy to hold the famous Takhti-Táús or Peacock Throne which was just completed at a cost of one kror of rupees. Riáyat Khán was continued as minister. Chapter III. Mughal Viceroys. Sháh Jehán Emperor, 1627–1658. Saif Khán Twenty-second Viceroy, 1633–1635. Saif Khán Twenty-second Viceroy, 1633–1635.In a.d. 1635 Saif Khán was appointed twenty-second viceroy, with Riáyat Khán as minister. During Saif Khán’s tenure of power Mírza Ísa Tarkhán received a grant29 of the province of Sorath, which had fallen waste through the laxity of its governors. Before he had been in power for more than a year Saif Khán was recalled. As he was preparing to start, he died at Áhmedábád and was buried in Sháhi Álam’s shrine to which he had added the dome over the tomb and the mosque to the north of the enclosure.