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	Ali Quli's daughter, [[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]], was married to [[Prince Shahryar]], Jahangir's fifth son in 1620. Shahryar went on to briefly occupy the Mughal throne at Lahore, under the manoeuvring of Nur Jahan, after the death of Jahangir on 27 October 1627. He was later captured by Mughal forces led by [[Asaf Khan IV\|Asaf Khan]], and − first blinded by the orders of [[Dawar\|Prince Dawar]] − was later executed by Asaf Khan, at the order of [[Shah Jahan]], who finally ascended the Mughal throne after executing all his remaining brothers.		Ali Quli's daughter, [[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]], was married to [[Prince Shahryar]], Jahangir's fifth son in 1620. Shahryar went on to briefly occupy the Mughal throne at Lahore, under the manoeuvring of Nur Jahan, after the death of Jahangir on 27 October 1627. He was later captured by Mughal forces led by [[Asaf Khan IV\|Asaf Khan]], and − first blinded by the orders of [[Dawar\|Prince Dawar]] − was later executed by Asaf Khan, at the order of [[Shah Jahan]], who finally ascended the Mughal throne after executing all his remaining brothers.
	After Qutubuddin's death, the next subedar of Bengal was ~~Murshid~~ Quli ~~Khan~~ (1607–1608) and when he died, Islam Khan (June 1608–died August 1613).<ref>[http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/mughal.html Bengal under Mughals]</ref>		After [[Qutubuddin Koka]]'s and Sher Afgan Khan's death, the next subedar of Bengal was '''Jahāngīr Qulī Beg''' or '''[[Jahangir Quli Beg\|Jahāngīr Qulī Khān]]''' (1607–1608) and when he died, [[Islam Khan I\|Islam Khan]] (June 1608–died August 1613) was made the subhadar of bengal.<ref>[http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/mughal.html Bengal under Mughals]</ref>

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| office = Jagirdar of [[Bardhaman|Badh-e-Dewan]]
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| birth_name = Ali Quli Istajlu
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| monarch = [[Jahangir]]
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| spouse = [[Nur Jahan]]
| children = [[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]]
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'''Ali Quli Istajlu''', also known by his later, given name of '''Sher Afgan Khan''' ({{lang-fa|شيرافگن خان}}) was a [[Turkmens|Turkoman]] who initially served the [[Safavids]], and later became a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[courtier]], becoming the ''jagirdar'' of [[Burdwan]] in West Bengal (1605–1607). He was also the first husband of [[Nur Jahan]] (''Mehrunissa''), who later married [[Jahangir]] after Ali Quli Khan's death and became [[Emperor|Empress]] of [[India]].

He was given the title '''Sher Afgan Khan''' ("tiger [[grappler]]"), by [[Prince Salim]], Jahangir, after his meritorious actions, during a war with the Rana of [[Mewar]].{{sfn|Eraly|2000|page=272}}{{sfn|Chandra|2005|page=237}}<ref name=akbar/> Ali Quli Khan Istajlu, was educated under the instructions of Shah [[Ismail II]] of [[Safavid dynasty]] in Iran.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D80201016%26ct%3D147%26rqs%3D24 From the Memoirs of the Wázírs, Iqbalnama] [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period|The History of India]], Sir H. M. Elliot, London, 1867–1877, Volume 6, chpt. 148.</ref> Like his wife, Sher Afgan was also  an immigrant from Persia, who fled from Iran, to [[Kandahar]], then in India.<ref name=akbar/>

He was the father of a daughter called [[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]], after she married [[Prince Shahryar]], the fifth and youngest son of Jahangir and rival to [[Shah Jahan]].<ref name=akbar>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702015%26ct%3D309%26rqs%3D348 Ali Q (Beg, Istajlu, Sher Afgan Khan)] [[Ain-i-Akbari]], by [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak|Abul Fazl]], tr. [[Heinrich Blochmann]], The Asiatic Society of Bengal., Calcutta, 1873. Volume I, chpt. 310, "'Alí Q.'s daughter, who, like her mother, had the name of Mihrunnisa, was later married to Prince Shahryar, Jahángír's fifth son.". Istajlu (Ustajlu), a Turkmen tribe surname</ref>

==Biography==

===Life===
Ali Quli Khan Istajlu was a member of the Turkoman Ustajlu tribe, and was the ''safarchi'' (table-attendant) of [[Ismail II]], the third [[Safavid]] king (''[[shah]]'') of [[Persia]] (1576–78).{{sfn|Eraly|2000|page=272}} After the Shah's death, Ali Quli came to [[Kandahar]], and at [[Multan]] he met [[Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana]] who made him a royal employee while in the field.

Later, on Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana's recommendation, Ali Quli received a mansab, [[Thatta]] (in present-day Pakistan). During the following years he rendered distinguished services to [[Akbar]], and moved to the royal courts at Lahore.<ref>History of Begum Nur Jahan, by Sugam Anand, 1992, Radha Publications, Queens. {{ISBN|81-85484-39-2}}. Page 34-36.</ref>

Soon after his arrival at the royal courts in 1594, [[Ain-e-Akbari]] suggests, Akbar ordered his marriage to the seventeen-year-old [[Mehrunissa]] (the future Empress Nur Jahan), daughter of [[Mirza Ghias Beg]].<ref name=akbar/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rm9MC4DDrcC&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=Ali+Quli+Sher+Afgan+Khan&source=web&ots=oRe3SITgq-&sig=aZiJKoS7JT7dM8UarrZp_VkbAgI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Nur Jahan] Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part – II, by Satish Chandra, 2000, Har Anand Publications. {{ISBN|81-241-1066-2}}. Page 237.</ref> Ghias’s wife had access to the royal harem, and on her visits there she was often accompanied by Mehrunissa. There [[Jahangir|Prince Salim]] reportedly saw her and fell in love with her, and to avoid scandal, Akbar quickly married her to Ali Quli.<ref name=akbar/> Some historians suggest that when Prince Salim saw her, she was already engaged to be married to Ali Quli, and thus the prince couldn't marry her on that account.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

When Prince Salim revolted against Akbar, Ali Quli sided with Akbar against the prince, but when Salim finally ascended to the Mughal throne in 1605 and took the name Jahangir, he pardoned Ali Quli along with all those who favoured Akbar instead of him. Ali Quli was made a [[jagir]]dar and received the region of [[Bardhaman]] in West Bengal as his domain.

===Death===
[[File:Tomb of Sher Afgan Khan 05.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Sher Afgan Khan and Qutbuddin in Bahram Saqqa mosque complex]]
Shaikh Khubu, Qutbuddin Khan Koka, (Khan-i-Chishti), was the foster-brother of Jahangir, as his mother was a daughter of Shaikh Salim. When Jahangir ascended the throne of Mughal Empire in 1605, Qutbuddin was made the ''subedar'' (Governor) of Bengal, by replacing Raja Man Singh. Meanwhile, Sher Afgan Ali Quli Istajlu was tahvildar of Bardhaman, also in the province of [[Bengal]]. Numerous Mansabs and titles were bestowed on his son Sheikh Farid who eventually became the Governor of [[Budaun]]. His descendants still live in a fort (now in ruins) in [[Sheikhupur, Badaun|Sheikhupur, Budaun]].

In 1607, Qutbuddin Khan Koka was instructed to send Sher Afgan Khan to the court as he was accused of negligence and siding with Afghan rebels and transferred. Sher Afgan Khan refused to obey. Seeing this, Qutbuddin started off for Bardhaman, while he sent Ghiasa, the son of his sister, in advance to pacify Sher Afgan and bring him to the court. So upon his arrival on 30 May 1607, Sher Afgan duly went to meet him, accompanied by two men. At that moment Qutb signalled his men to arrest Sher Afgan, who stepped forward in alarm and attacked Qutbuddin sensing treachery. Qutbuddin was fatally wounded, and seeing this, his men surrounded Sher Afgan and killed him instantly.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702015%26ct%3D298%26rqs%3D712%26rqs%3D719%26rqs%3D720 Shaikh Khubu, ''Qutbuddin Khan i Chishti'' of Fatehpur Sikri] [[Ain-i-Akbari]], by [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak|Abul Fazl]], tr. H. Blochmann, The Asiatic Society of Bengal., Calcutta, 1873. Volume I, chapt. 299.</ref>

Qutbuddin, who was fatally wounded, died later in the night. This caused much grief to Jahangir as he mentions in his memoirs, [[Tuzk-e-Jahangiri]], where he also mentions his elation at the death of Ali Quli and hopes that "the blackfaced wretch will forever remain in hell".<ref name=jahangir>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D11001081%26ct%3D26%26rqs%3D425%26rqs%3D426%26rqs%3D448%26rqs%3D449%26rqs%3D691%26rqs%3D692 Ali Quli Istajlu] [[Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri]], The Memoirs of Jahangir (Rogers), Volume 1, chapt. 27.</ref>

The claim that Ali Quli was killed because the emperor coveted his wife has been discounted by many later historians, who cite the fact that if Jahangir had had any such intentions, he wouldn't have bestowed upon Ali Quli the title Sher Afgan, or pardoned him after he ascended the throne, or given him Bardhaman.<ref name=akbar/><ref name=jaffar>[https://archive.org/stream/mughalempirefrom032770mbp/mughalempirefrom032770mbp_djvu.txt Ali Quli Istajlu] The Mughal Empire: From Babar to Aurangzeb, by S. M. Jaffar, London, 1936, p. 195-196, marriage and thereafter. P. 197-198, death controversy.</ref>

Another historical writer, [[Khafi Khan]], mentions another tale about Ali Quli's death, which is said to have been related by Nur Jahan's mother. According to her, Sher Aghan did not die immediately when he was attacked by Qutbuddin's men, but wounded as he was, he managed to get to the door of his house with the intention of killing his wife, whom he did not wish to fall into the emperor's hands. But her mother would not let him enter, and told him to mind his wounds, especially as Mehrunissa had committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. "Having heard the sad news, Sher Afgan went to the heavenly mansions." Historians do not credit this tale, however.<ref name=jaffar/>

His tomb is situated within the shrine complex of the poet Bahram Saqqa, in the present day city of Bardhaman in West Bengal, next to the tomb of Qutbuddin.<ref>The Journal of the United Service Institution of India, by United Service Institution of India, 1872, Page 171. "..the unusual story behind the adjacent tombs of Sher Afgan and Qutb-ud-din at Bardhaman ..."</ref>

==Nur Jahan's remarriage==

After Ali Quli's death, his wife [[Mehrunissa]], was sent to the royal harem, where she spent next four years as ''lady-in-waiting'' to [[Ruqaiya Sultan Begum]]. As the story progresses, in March 1611, during the New Year Day [[Nauroz]] celebrations, Prince Salim happened to see Mehrunissa at Meena Bazar [[Agra]] and immediately proposed her for marriage but actually their connection was even before the marriage of Nurjahan and Ali Quli.
Mehrunissa and Prince Salim were married two months later, on 25 May 1611, which made her Jahangir's twentieth wife as Nur Mahal, 'Light of the castle', and in 1616, she was given the title [[Nur Jahan]], 'the Light of the World'.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D80201016%26ct%3D150%26rqs%3D189 ''The Marriage of Jahángír with Núr Jahán''] The History of India, Volume 6, chpt. 151.</ref>

Ali Quli's daughter, [[Mihr-un-nissa Begum]], was married to [[Prince Shahryar]], Jahangir's fifth son in 1620. Shahryar went on to briefly occupy the Mughal throne at Lahore, under the manoeuvring of Nur Jahan, after the death of Jahangir on 27 October 1627. He was later captured by Mughal forces led by [[Asaf Khan IV|Asaf Khan]], and − first blinded by the orders of [[Dawar|Prince Dawar]] − was later executed by Asaf Khan, at the order of [[Shah Jahan]], who finally ascended the Mughal throne after executing all his remaining brothers.
After Qutubuddin's death, the next subedar of Bengal was Murshid Quli Khan (1607–1608) and when he died, Islam Khan (June 1608–died August 1613).<ref>[http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/mughal.html Bengal under Mughals]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last1=Chandra|first1=Satish|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part - II|date=2005|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-8124110669}}
* {{cite book|last1=Eraly|first1=Abraham|authorlink1=Abraham Eraly|title=Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Mughals|date=2000|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780141001432}}

==External links==
* [http://www.kahany.com/writing/0198nurjahan.shtml Nur Jahan]
* [http://www.boloji.com/history/012.htm History]

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