Ali Quli Istajlu, commonly known as Sherafghan Khan, initially served as the safarchi of Safavids, and later became a Mughal courtier, becoming the jagirdar of Burdwan in West Bengal. He was also the

Abu'l-Hasan entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Itiqad Khan in 1611 and Asaf Khan in 1614, was the Grand Vizier of the fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, a position he held from the time of death