Mogul Akbar Period c 1590 From the Akbarnamah Manuscript Assassination of Bairam Khan beside the lake at Patan, Baroda, 1561 Artist: Tulsi the Elder (outline) Tiriya (painting) Bairam Khan was the prime minister of Akbar and the real founder of the Moghul Empire for him. He was the one who conquered many provinces for Akbar when he was a minor. When Akbar came of age he dismissed Bairam Khan from his post and Bairam Khan was forced to go to Makkah for pilgrimage, but was killed by Lohani whose father was slain by him.