Abdul Hai (''fl.'' late 1500s) was an

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who was chief justice (''Mir Adl'') in the

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during the reign of

Akbar Akbar (Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, – ), popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expa ...

(1556–1605). He is described in the ''

Tabaqat Tabaqat ( ''ṭabaqāt'') is a genre of Islamic biographical literature that is organized according to the century in which the notable individuals (such as scholars, poets, etc.) lived. Each century or generation is known as a ''ṭabaqah'', the ...

'' as an Amir, and in the ''

Ain-i-Akbari The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' (), or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl, in the Persian language. It forms ...

'' (Constitution of Akbar) as "the Qazi of the Imperial Camp". According to

Mesrovb Jacob Seth Mesrovb Jacob Seth ( or ; 15 March 187131 October 1939) was an Armenian author, historian and educator in Calcutta. He was examiner of Modern and Classical Armenian at the University of Calcutta. He is best known for his writings on the history o ...

, his daughter Lady Juliana (died 1598), a doctor in Akbar's

seraglio A seraglio, serail, seray or saray (from , via Turkish, Italian and French) is a castle, palace or government building which was considered to have particular administrative importance in various parts of the former Ottoman Empire. "The S ...

, married Armenian merchant Sikandar Mirza.Seth, p. 93.
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Lady Juliana of Agra Lady Juliana () was a woman who lived at the court of Mughal emperor Akbar. She is said to have been the physician in charge of Akbar's royal harem, and to have married the legendary Bourbon prince Jean-Philippe de Bourbon-Navarre, and to have be ...

Their son was

Mirza Zulqarnain Mirza Zulqarnain or Mirza Zul-Qarnain (c. 1594 – c. 1656) was a '' diwan'' and ''faujdar'' of Armenian descent in the court of the Mughal Empire. He was brought up in the royal harem and, after being appointed to official posts, spent mo ...

(c. 1594 – c. 1656), who was an important official within the court of

Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...

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