Apr 9, 2024, 10:42 AM IST

Meet man who was made Mughal king for a day

Shivam Verma

Nizam Bhishti ruled Mughal empire for a day.

He saved the life of Mughal Emperor Humayun during Battle of Chausa 1539.

It was a bhisti who changed the history of India by saving the life of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, as the Mughal king was about to drown in the Ganga during a campaign against the Afghans.

He inflated his goatskin satchel, the mashaq, and used it as a float for Humayun to cross the river.

In gratitude, Humayun granted him the throne of Agra for a day. 

A bhisti thus ruled an empire once, if only for a day.