[1] Prior to this, he had served as the Thanadar of Bhawal, governor of Koch Hajo, Sardar of Sylhet and Subahdar of Orissa.
At the ascension of Emperor Jahangir, the Shaykh became a mansabdar of 3,000 and given the title of Mu'azzam Khan on the 1st of Jumada al-Thani.
[2] Due to this noble background, Emperor Jahangir referred to Mukarram as a Khana-zad (a houseborn individual).
Parikshit was defeated and Mukarram presented him and his sons to the new Subahdar, his uncle, Qasim Khan Chishti.
Qasim then plotted a plan for the next morning in which when Mukarram enters the court, not to allow many of his men to join him and then forcibly seize Parikshit.
However, after learning that Mirak had fled from his appointed territory, which had recently been conquered by Mubariz with a lot of difficulty, to Sylhet, Qasim was not impressed at what he viewed as "cowardice".
Only a few months after Sardarship, the Subahdar removed Mukarram from this post out of dissatisfaction and replaced him with Mirak Bahadur Jalair, as Sylhet's chief sardar and Sulayman Banarsi to govern Uhar and Taraf.
Here, Mukarram told his younger brother, Abd as-Salam, to take a boat to Patna and then travel by land to the capital, at Agra, to seek redress from Emperor Jahangir.
[2][5] Due to his experience in the military and in administration, Mukarram was able to attain the role as governor of Orissa Subah.
Mirza Muhammad Beg Abakash, the thanadar of Burdwan, was ordered to confront Bahadur, giving him a choice to peacefully go to the Subahdar's court or be beheaded.
As the Subahdar's army advanced towards Hijli and launched a heavy attack, Bahadur expected further aid from Mukarram.
[8] Mukarram later went to the imperial court of Jahangir where he was made the Subahdar of Delhi Subah as well as the Faujdar of Mewat in 1621.