ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Khān-i Khānān (964–1036/1556–1627) was a statesman, a man of letters and renowned poet, during the time of the Mughal emperors Akbar (r. 963–1014/1556–1605) and Jahāngīr (r. 1014–1037/1605–1628). His father was Bayrām Khān-i Khānān (d. 968/1561), a great statesman and distinguished political and military figure in the time of Humāyūn and Akbar, whose lineage went back to ʿAlī Shikar Beg Bahārlū, a prominent figure of the Qarā-qūyūnlū Turkomans (Amīn Aḥm…