ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Lefèvre, Corinne
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ʿ Abd al-Raḥīm Khān , Khān-i Khānān (964-1036/1556-1627), was a major figure of the Mughal nobility under the emperors Akbar (r. 963-1014/1556-1605) and Jahāngīr (r. 1014-37/1605-27). Born in India, he was the son of Bayram Khān (d. 968/1561), a Turkoman amīr (nobleman) who had played a major part in the reconquest of India by Humāyūn (913-63/1508-56) and later became Akbar's first wakīl (deputy). After Bayram Khān's assassination in 968/1561, Akbar took the amīr'