Page "Jahangir" Paragraph 21

In the year 1623, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, sent his Tahwildar, Khan Alam to Safavid Persia, accompanied by 800 Sepoys, scribes and scholars along with 10 Howdahs well decorated in gold and silver, in order to negotiate peace with Abbas I of Persia after a brief conflict in the region around Kandahar.

Khan Alam soon returned with valuable gifts and groups of Mir Shikar ( Hunt Masters ) from both Safavid Persia and even the Khanates of Central Asia.