Asaf Khan I

Asaf Khan I was a Tajik nobleman of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar.

[1][2][3] 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.

[4] Asaf Khan played a pivotal role in Mughal conquest of Chittor in 1568 led by Akbar himself.

After the fort was sacked in February 1568, Akbar handed it to Asaf Khan and returned to Agra.

[5] He probably died at Burhanpur aged 63 in the seventh year of Jahangir's reign (1611–12).