Daulat Khan Mayi
Daulat Khan Mayi, also known as Khawas Khan, was a Mughal administrator who served as Subahdar of Thatta Subah during 1635–1640 and then of Kandahar during 1647–1649. He surrendered the fort of Kandahar to Safavid ruler Shah Abbas II on 22 February 1649 after a siege of 57 days; this marked the third and final loss of Kandahar by the Mughals.
Early life
Daulat Khan was born in the Subah of Lahore in and belonged to the Mayi clan of the Bhatti tribe of Punjab. He started his career in the service of Sheikh Farid Bukhari, a prominent noble, and owing to his physical beauty and valour soon caught the attention of emperor Jahangir. He was made the captain of imperial guard, and after distinguishing himself in the Deccan wars, rose to be the commander of 5000.Career
In 1635 Daulat Khan was appointed to the Thatta Subah with a rank of 3000/2000, where he remained until 1640. Much of his tenure at Thatta was uneventful other than an episode in 1636 in which he arrested an imposter of the rebel Mughal prince Baisunghar and sent him to the imperial court where he was put to death.In the 20th year of Shah Jahan's reign, Daulat Khan was appointed to the governorship of Kandahar, over which Safavids had claim since the time of Tahmasp I. Hearing of the disaster of the Mughal army at Balkh and Badakhshan, Shah Abbas II led an army of 40,000 to Kandahar and besieged it in December 1648. The Mughal garrison under Daulat Khan fought for one and a half months but by February defeatist attitude spread among the soldiers, who due to winter did not hope for reinforcement to arrive before spring. When Daulat Khan tried to enforce discipline it resulted in a mutiny. Ultimately, Daulat Khan surrendered the fort to Shah Abbas on 22 February, 1649. He died shortly after.