amida Banu Begum Sahiba, daughter of Shaikh 'Ali Akbar Jami [Mir Baba Dost] He was reported to be illiterate. He became Subadar of Ghazni (1551-1555), and Lahore (1555-1556). He was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father in June 1555. He succeeded his father on the death of the latter on 27th January 1556 and was proclaimed as Emperor by his guardian, Bairam Khan. He ascended the musnaid at the Takht-i-Akbari, in the Imperial Camp near Kalanaur, Gurdaspur, Punjab on 14th February 1556. At his accession, the Mughal power extended over Delhi, Agra, parts of the Punjab, Kabul