Asaf Khan (other)
Asaf Khan ( ur, آصف خان) may refer to several members of the nobility of the Mughal Dynasty of India: * Asaf Khan I, or Khwaja Abdul Majid, during the reign of Akbar * Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan Abu'l-Hasan ( 1569 - 12 June 1641) entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Asaf Khan, was the ''Grand Vizier'' (Prime minister) of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He previously served as the ''vakil'' (the highest Mughal administrative off ...

Asaf Khan I
Asaf Khan I was a Muslim Tajik nobleman of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar. He was governor of Ilahabad Subah and participated in many Mughal military expeditions, leading the Mughal conquest of Garha in 1564 and serving in the Battle of Haldighati The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber. The Mughals carried the day after inflicting significant casualties on Mewar fo ... in 1576. After personally attacking Garha and keeping the loot of war, including many precious gems and 800 war elephants, to himself, he rebelled fearing retribution by Akbar and joined many disaffected Uzbek noblemen in seeking independence from Mughal rule, fleeing to his subah on 17 September 1565. However, he soon submitted and was restored to his previous post in 1567. Asaf Khan played a pivotal role in Mughal conquest of Chittor in 1568 led by Akbar himself. After ...
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