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 Firoz 92 Firoz the translation of the entire work hy General Briggs in four volumes 8vo., 1829, has (according to Elliot) thrown others into the shade, and is' by far the most valuable store-house of facts connected with Muhamma- dan dynasties of India. — [v. Dowson's Elliot, VI, 207.] Firoz, 3j a celebrated Sufi of Agra, author of a Persian work on Theology called "'Akaed Sufia," written in 1626 A. D., 1036 A. H. Piroz I, JJj^^i (the Pereses of the Greeks), a king of Persia of the Sa.sanian race, was the eldest son of Yezdijard II. He succeeded his younger brother Hurmuz, whom he dethroned and put to death in 468 A. D. He lost his life in a battle against the king of Transoxiana, after a reign of 26 years, in 484 A. D Balds or Palas or Balasus, his son, succeeded him ; and after his death his brother Kubad mounted the throne. Firozabadi, (S^^^ hj^-^^ surname of Majd-uddin Muham- mad-bin-'Yakub bin-Muhammad, a learned Persian, so called from his birth-place Firozabad, a village in Shi'raz. The stupendous work called Kamus or " Kamus-ul- Lughat," renowned as the most perfect Arabic Dictionary, was written by him. Those who are acquainted with the peculiarities of the Arabic language cannot open this work without feeling amazed at the literary wonders wrought by this learned man. He died 1414 A. D., 817 A. H. Vide Majd-uddfn Muhammad-bin-'Yakiib. Firozabadi, cft^'^' J^^..') a learned Musalman, author of "AlTanbidh," or Tanbiz, or general information on the Muhammadan law in the 1 1th century. Lempriere's Uni- versal Dictionary. Majd-uddin Muhammad-bin-'Ya'kub, author of the Kamus, is also called Firozabadi. Firoz MiiUa, (-r j'^ i^. jjjt' ^'O, son of Kaus, chief priest of the Parsi Kadimis of Bombay, author of the " George Nama," a history of India from its discovery by the Portuguese to the conquest of Puna by the English in 1817 A. D., 1233 A. H. Firoz Jang Khan, lu'^ '^^'^jiji:*, the inscription on the gate of the old fort of Patna, dated in the Hijra year 1042, attributes its erection to Firoz Jang Khan. Firoz Khan Khwaja Sara ly's^jj^*', held the rank of 300 in the time of Shahjahan. Firoz Shah, 2S^-* jj^i', the son of Salfm Shah, was raised to the throne of Dehlf at Gwaliar after the death of his father when he was only about 12 years old. He had scarcely reigned three months (or only 3 days) when his mother's brother Mubarik Khan murdered him on the 2nd May, 1554, A. D., 29th Jumada I. 961 A. H., and ascended the throne with the title of Muhammad Shah 'Adil. See Bibi Bai. Firoz Shah Bahmani S^dtan, ij^*^. ^^^jjjiP u^^j king of the Dakhan, was the son of Sultan Daud Shah. After having deposed and confined Sultan Shams-uddi'n, he a.scendcd the throne on the 15th November, 1397 A. D., 800 A. H., with the title of Sultan Firoz Shah K6z Afzun. He excelled his predecessors in power and magnificence, and in his reign the house of Bahmani attained its great- est splendour. On ascending the throne, he appointed his brother Ahmad Khan, Amir-ul-Umra, with the title of Khankhanan, and i-aised Mir Faizullah Anjii, his precep- tor, to the office of Wazi'r-us-Saltanat, with the title of Malik Naeb. He reigned 25 years, 7 months and 15 days, and died on the 25th of September, 1422 A. D., 15th Shawwal, 825 A. H., ten days after his resigning his crown in favour of his brother Ahmad Kh&n, who ascended the throne with the title of Sultan Ahmad Shah WaU Bahmani. Firoz Shah Khilji Sultan, jj^^i li^tfci*,^ sumamed Jalal-uddm, son of Kaem Khan, ascended the throne of Dehli after the murder of Sultan Muiz-uddin Kaikub&d in 1282 A. D., 688 A. H. He reigned about 8 years, after which he was obliged to go down to Kara Manikpur in the province of Allahabad to punish his nephew and son-in-law 'Ala-uddi'n, the governor of that place, who had rebelled against him. 'Ala-uddin hearing of the king's departure from Dehlf, crossed the Ganges and encamped near Manikpur upon the opposite bank. When the Idng reached the landing place, 'Ala-uddin appeared upon the bank with his attendants, whom he ordered to halt. He advanced alone, met his uncle and fell prostrate at his feet. The king taking him by the hand, was leading him to the royal barge, when 'Ala- uddin made a signal to his guards, and one of bis officers struck his head off. 'Ala-uddin caused it to be fixed on the point of a spear and carried through the camp and city. This circumstance took place on the 19th of July 1296, A. D., 17th Eamazan, 695 A. H., and 'Ala-ud- dfn ascended the throne of Dehlf with the title of Sikan- dar Sanf. Fii'oz Shah was the first Sultan of the second branch of the Turk of Afghan dynasty, called Ivhiljf. List of Kings of the Khi'ji dynasty. 1. Firoz Shah Khiljf. 4. Mubarik Shah Khiljf, the 2. 'Ala-uddin Khiljf. last of this dynasty, was 3. Shahab-uddin Umar. murdered in 1321 A. D., by Malik Khusro, a fa- vorite slave, who ascended the throne, but was soon after slain by Ghaias-ud- dfn Tughlak Shah, the first of the 3rd branch of Afghan. Firoz Shah Purbi, ^^-^ a king of Bengal, whose former name was Malik Andfl, an Abyssinian chief, who after killing the eunuch Sultan Shalizada, was ele- vated to the throne of Bengal in 1491 A. D., 896 A. H., with the title of Firoz Shah. He repaired the city of Gour, commonly called Lakhnautf, where he gave uni- versal satisfaction to all classes of his subjects. He died in 1494 A. D., 899 A. H. Firoz Shah Tughlak Sultan, called Ffroz Shah Barbak, was the son of Sipahsalar Eajab, the brother of Sultan Ghaias-uddin Tughlak, and cousin to Sultan Muhammad Tughlak, whom he succeeded to the throne of Dehli on the 20th March, 1351, A. D., 21st Mu- harram, 752 A H., at Thatta. He was a just and learned prince. His soldiers and his subjects were equally happy under his administration, nor did any one dare to exercise oppression in his time. He was himself the author of the work called "Fatuhat Ffroz Shahf," i. e., the conquests of Firoz Shah. In August, 1387 A. D., he abdicated the throne and resigned the reins of government to his son Nasir-uddin Muhammad, but the prince giving himself up entirely to pleasure, was soon after expelled and obliged to fly with a small retinue to the mountains of Sii-mour, and Firoz Shah again resumed his full authority. He con- structed numerous buildings and canals, as also the fort of Ffrozabad at old Dehlf, and after a reign of 38 lunar years and eight months, died on the 21st of September, 1388, A. D., 18th Eamazan, 790 A. H., aged upwards of 80 years. The words " Wafat Ffroz," (the death of Ffroz) comprise the numerical letters of the year of his demise. He was hui'ied on the banks of the Hauz Khas, built by him in old Dehlf, and was succeeded by his grandson Ghaias- nddfn (the son of Fatha Khan) who was slain after five months. After him another grandson of the late king, named Sultan Abii Bakr, the son of Zafar Khan, was raised to the throne. He had reigned one year and six months, when his imcle Nasir-uddfn Muhammad Shah, the son of Ffroz Shah deposed him and ascended the throne of Dehli in August 1390.