A 9th Month of Lunar Calendar ▶ Ramaḍān ‘Abd al-Qadir Bada’uni ▶ Badā’ūnī, ‘Abd al-Qādir (1540–1615) ‘Abd’l-Rah ˙ īm Khān-i-Khānān Audrey Truschke Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Synonyms Abd al-Rahim; Abdur Rahim; Abdurrahim; Khan-i Khanan; Rahim Definition ‘Abd’l-Raḥīm Khān-i-Khānān (1556–1626/7) was a powerful Mughal military commander, accomplished author in multiple languages, and renowned patron of the arts. Imperial Service ‘Abd’l-Raḥīm Khān-i-Khānān (1556–1626/7) was a powerful Mughal military commander, accomplished author in multiple languages, and renowned patron of the arts. He was the son of Bayram Khan, Akbar’ s regent for the first 4 years of his reign, and was raised in the Mughal court after the murder of his father in 1561 [10]. In his youth he accompanied Akbar on several military campaigns and was designated governor of the lucrative province of Gujarat in western India in the mid-1570s. After proving himself an able administrator, he displayed his battle prowess in Rajasthan and then led the Mughal reconquest of Gujarat in the 1580s. In 1584, he received the title Khān-i-Khānān (Lord of Lords), which had also been held by his father, in reward for subduing the rebellion of Muzaffar Shah III, the former ruler of Gujarat who had been first deposed in 1572–1573. During the early 1580s, Akbar also appointed ‘Abd’l-Raḥīm to the positions of Mī r-i ‘Arẓ (Lord of Courtly Petitions) and atālī q (tutor) to Prince Salim, who would later become Emperor Jahangir. Raḥīm returned to Gujarat as its gover- nor from 1584 to 1589. He was later appointed to the largely honorary but prestigious post of Vakī l al-Saltanat (Vice-Regent of the Empire) and received Jaunpur as a land grant. During the early 1590s he led the Mughals to victory in Qandahar and Sindh and thereafter was dispatched to assist Prince Murad in subduing the Deccan. # Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 Z. R. Kassam et al. (eds.), Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3