Wali Beg Zulqadr
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Wali Beg Zulqadr was a faithful follower of the Mughal potentate Bairam Khan.[1] He married Bairam Khan's sister.[2]
Wali Beg Zulqadr was regarded by the Mughal Emperor Akbar as the chief instigator of Bairam's rebellion. He was killed in battle in Dikandar, a locality of Jalandhar in the Punjab.[3] Akbar had his head cut off, and paraded throughout Hindustan.[3]
His son was Hussain Quli Beg, who became known as Khan Jahan I, and became a major figure of the Mughal Empire.[2]
The surname "Zulqadr" comes from "Du'l-qadr", a Turkic Oghuz tribe that was established mainly in southeastern Anatolia under the Seljuqs.[4]