{"id":"bairam-khan","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bairam-khan","language":"en","name":"Bairam Khan","name_en":"Bairam Khan","name_ne":null,"description":"Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561)","headline":"Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Muhammad Bairam Khan, commonly known as Bairam Khan or Bayram Khan was an important military commander, and later commander-in-chief of the Mughal army, a powerful statesman and regent at the court of the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar. He was also the guardian, chief mentor, adviser, teacher and the most trusted ally of Akbar. Akbar honoured him as Khan-i-Khanan, which means \"King of Kings\". Bairam was originally called Bairam \"Beg\", but later became honoured as Khan. Bairam Khan was an aggressive general who was determined to restore Mughal authority in India.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"18 January 1501","date":"1501-01-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Badakhshan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32056"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"31 January 1561","date":"1561-01-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Patan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579702"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Mughal Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33296"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"statesperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372436"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"},{"text":"soldier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4991371"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Salima Sultan Begum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404601"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"regent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477406"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairam_Khan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Bairam Khan born?","a":"Bairam Khan was born on 18 January 1501 in Badakhshan."},{"q":"What positions has Bairam Khan held?","a":"Positions held by Bairam Khan include: regent."}],"related":[{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Ferdinand II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Berengaria of Castile","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/berengaria-of-castile"},{"name":"John II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Pope Adrian VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-adrian-vi"},{"name":"Ferdinand I of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-i-of-aragon"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/bairam-khan-dc43293d4f.jpg","width":476,"height":968,"license":"Public domain","credit":"1590 artist","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bairam_Khan_at_the_1557_Siege_of_Mankot.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bairam Khan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairam_Khan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q455424","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455424","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bairam Khan at the 1557 Siege of Mankot.jpg by 1590 artist (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bairam_Khan_at_the_1557_Siege_of_Mankot.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bairam Khan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bairam Khan at the 1557 Siege of Mankot.jpg — 1590 artist, Public domain.","cite":"\"Bairam Khan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bairam-khan. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:57:48Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bairam-khan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bairam-khan","ne":null}}