Born in Shahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Khan spent his earliest days in a relative idyllic setting before moving to study in Syedna Tahir Saifuddin School, an educational institute under Aligarh Muslim University.
In late 1586, , an English traveler and merchant, came to Sonargaon, Bengal's eastern districts and stated, They be all hereabout Rebels against the King Zebaldin Echebar for here are so many Rivers and Iands, that they flee from one to another, whereby his Horsemen cannot prevaile against them.
For others, things may look rosy on the outside.