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 Fatha 89 Fayyazi Fatiia 'Ali Shah, king of Persia, was an Afghan of the tribe of Kachar. He succeeded his uncle 'Aka Mijhamm.id Khan to the throne of Persia in 1797 A. D., 1212 A. H. He had received an excellent educa- tion, and possessed some literary accomplishments ; was a tolerable poet, and fond of the society of the learned, whom he generously patronized. He reigned nearly 40 years and died in the year 1834 A. D.. 1260 A. H. After him Muh-nimad Shah, the son of 'Abbas Mirza, and grand- son of Fatha 'Ah' Shah, mounted the throne and died in 1847 A. D.. when his son Nasi'r-uddi'n Ahmad Shah, the present king, succeeded him. It was to the court of Fatha 'All' Shah that Sir John Malcolm in 1800 led the magnifi- cent embassy which Lord W ellesly had despatched from Calcutta, with the view of trumping Bonaparte's cards in the East, and of playing off a Persian ally on our Indian frontiers against an Afghan ill-wisher, the ambitious Zaman Shah. Fatha Haidar, j-i^J;^ ^^i, tte eldest son of Tippii Sultan. Patha-puri Mahal, LS)H or Begam, one of the wives of the emperor Shah Jahan. She was the founder of the Fathapuri Masjid in Dehli. Pathi, a poet of Ardastan, who died in 1635 A. D., 1045 A. H. Patha Khan, the son of Sultan Fi'roz Shah Bar- hak, king of Dehli, and brother of Zafar Khan. Vide Firoz Shah Barbak. _ _ Patha Khan, ^^'> Nawab of Bhawalpur. Patha Khan, J-^ brother of Dost Muhammad Khan, nder of Kabul. The celebrated Wazir of Mahmud, ruler of Hirat, and chief of the Barakzai clan, whose family drove away the descendants of Ahmad Shah Abdali from Kabul. Patha Khan, lu'^ ^''■'^ the son of Malik 'Ambar, the Abyssinian chief of Ahmadnagar in the Dakhan, who had the Nizam Shahi dominions under his control for some years. After his father's death in 1626 A. D., 1035 A. H., he succeeded to his authority ; but Murtaza Nizam Shah II, being weary of his control, took him prisoner by trea- chery, and confined him in the fort of Khj^bar. Having made his escape, he rebelled, but was again taken, and confined in Daulatabad. He was released in time, and appointed generalissimo by the influence of his sister, mother to Nizam Shah. He shortly, to prevent another removal from ofBce, confined the Sultan under pretence of insanity, and put to death twenty-five of the principal nobi- lity in one day, writing to the emperor Shah Jahan, that he had thus acted, to prevent them from rebelling against him. The emperor in reply commended his attachment, and ordered him to put the captive prince to death, which he did about the year 1628 A. D., 1038 A. H., and placed his son Husain, an infant of ten years, on the throne. Fatha Khan, by offering a present of eight lacs of rupees, and agreeing to pay tribute, was allowed to keep what territory yet remained to the Nizam Shahi sovereignty. In the year 1634 A. D., 1044 A. H., Fatha Khan was forced to surrender ; and the fall of this place put a final period to the Nizam Shahi dynasty, which had swayed the sceptre for 150 years. Husain Nizam Shah was con- fined for life in the fortress of Gwaliar, but Fatha Khan was received into favour, and was allowed to retire to Labor on a pension of two lacs of rupees, which he en- joyed till his death. Patha Naek, '^i^'^ the father of Haidar 'All Khan, the usurper of Mysore and Seringapatam. He died in 1738 A. D., and was buried at Kolar, a capital of seven parga- nas, about 36 imles east of Bangalore. 23 Patha Shah, iS^J^i &^ Purbf, succeeded Yusaf Shah to the throne of Bengal in 1482 A. D., 887 A. H., and after a reign of about eight years was murdered in 1491 A. D.. 896 A. H., by the eunuch Sultan Shahzada, who succeeded him. Patha-uUah Imad Shah, .i'-^ ^•",originaUy in the service of Sultan Mahmud Shah II, Bahmam, king of Dakhan, was made governor of Berar. He became independent about the year 1484 A. D., and died about the year 1613. His son 'Ala-uddm 'Imad Shah succeeded him. Vide 'Imad-ul-Mulk. Patha-uUah, Mustaufi, (^j^'^ sumamed Faklir-uddi'n, was a good poet and served under Khwaja Eashid-uddi'n. Fazl-ullah and his son Ghayas-uddin Mu- hammad, as secretary. He is the brother of Khwaja Hamd-ullah Mustaufi, who died in 1349 A. D. Patha-uUah Shirazi Amir, ci'jlri* *^-'t j^^, one of the most learned men of his time. He came from Shi'raz to Dakhan and passed a few years in the service of Sultan AH Adil Shah of Bijapur. After the death of that kina-, he left Dakhan and came to Dehli in the year 1582 A. D., 990 A. H,, and had an honorable ofiice assigned to him by the em])eror Akbar. near his person, with the title of Azd-ud-daula. He died on Wednesday, the 3rd Shawwal 997 Hijri, the 24th Amardad Mah I'lahi', in the 34th year of Akbar's reign, corresponding with the 6th of August, 1589 0. S., at Sin'nagar the capital of Kashmir, where he had proceeded with his royal master. The king was much grieved at his loss ; and Sheikh Faizi wrote an appropriate epitaph on the occasion. Fifteen days after his death died also the Hakim Abu'l Fatha Gilani', the brother of Hakim Hamam, who was then with the king proceeding to Kabul. Sarfi Sawaji wrote the chronogram of their death. Fatima, ^*^^', the daughter of Muhammad and his wife Khudija. She was born at Mecca five years before her father gave himself out for a prophet, i. e., about the year 606 A. D., and died about six months after him in the city of Medina on the night of Monday, the 23rd of November, 632 A. D., 3rd Ramazan, 11 A. "H. She was married to All, Muhammad's cousin-german, and became the mother of the Imams Hasan and Husain. She passes for a very holy woman amongst the jIusalmans, and is also called by them Batul, Tahira, Mathara, and Zahra. Patima bint Asad, the daughter of Asad, the son of Hashim. She was the wife of Abu TaUb and mother of 'AH. Patima Sultan, one of the wives of Umar Sheikh Mirza, and mother of the prince Pir Muhammad Jahangir. Patimites, or kings of Barhary and Egypt of the Fatimite dynasty, vide Muizz-U-dfn-allah, and Obeid-ullah Almahdi. Pattahi Naishapuri Moulana, (SJJi^'^i^^'^'^j^, an author, who died 1448 A. D., 852 A. H., vide Yahia (Mulla). Pawad Muhammad Pasha, '^'j <^+^'* a Turkish statesman and litterateur of Constantinople, son of Izzat Mulla, and nephew of Laila Khatiin, a Turkish poetess. He is the author of several works. He was living in 1870 A. D., and has been loaded with distinctions by European sovereigns. Payyaz, (joLi^ 'Ahdul-Eazzak of Lahijan, Payyazi, ^^-^^ vide Faizi (Shaikh).