There are some sources which tell that Do-Piaza was born as Muhammad Al Abdul Momin to Atgah Khan, the commander of Mughals and to Jiji Anga, a wet nurse.
[1] No Mughal-era records mention any courtier called Mulla Do-Piyaza, and pamphlets on his life and jokes were published only in the late 19th century.
One modern scholar, Hafiz Mahmood Shirani, states that Mulla Do-Piyaza was a historical personality whose original name was Abdul Momin, and who was born in India, left for Iran in 1582, returned after 36 years, died in 1620, and was buried in Handia.
[1] Mulla Do-Piaza is also told that he was chef in his past life and had mistakenly created the legendary dish Dopiaza.
A local legend narrates that upon seeing Birbal's impressive pagdi(turban), Do-piyaza became envious and approached his wife.