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 Firoz 93 George Piroz Shah, J^r^; one of the sons of the ex-king Ba- hadur Shah II, king of Dehh', and one of the chief rebels in the outbreak of 1857. He took a prominent part in the rebellion of 1857, and the British Government offered a reward of 10,000 rupees for his apprehension. It was reported in 1864 that he made his appearance in the Se- rony Jungles. Some Arabs, who have recently arrived at Haidarabad, state that he is now (1866) in Arabia, and supports himself by begging among the rich merchants. Fitrat, the poetical name of Mir Moiz-uddin Mu- hammad Muswi Khan, a mansabdar in the time of 'Alamgir employed as Diwan of Siiba Behar. He was a Sayyad and lineal descendant of 'All Musi Kaza. He subsequently chose for his poetical name, Muswi. He ■was born in Persia in 1640 A. D., 1060 A. H., and came to India, where he was much esteemed for his talents as a poet and a critic. He is the author of a Tazkira or bio- graphy called " Gulshan-i-Fitrat," also of a Di'wan. He died in 1690 A. D., 1100 A. H. Vide Muswi. Fouji, u'^J*) poetical name of Mirza Muhammad Mu- kim ; he was born at Shiraz, but came to India in the time of Shah Jahan, and was attached to the service of his son Shah Shuja'a in Bengal. After a long residence in India he returned to his father-land, but died in a short time after his arrival there. He was living in 1649 A. D., 1069 A. H., and has left a D'lwan in Persian verse. As he was employed in the army he derived his poetical title from " Fouj," i. e., army. jPoulad Khan (Shidi), tS''^'* ■^^j'j an Abyssinian who was a Xotwal in the time of the emperor Muhammad Shah, about the year 1737 A. D., 1160 A. H., and on whom a satire was written by the poet Sauda. He had built a fine garden in Agrah, of which no traces are to be seen now. roxirak, CJ^} surname of Abu Bakr Muhammad, bin- Hasan, bin-Fourak, commonly called ibn-Fourak, was a great Metaphysician and Schoolman, for which reason he is styled Mutkallim. He was born at Isfahan, and died in the city of Naishapur, ia Khui-asan, 1015 A. D., 406 A. H. _ Furati, cS^'Vj I'ide Mulla Furati. Furkati, <-^^-J*} whose proper name was Abu Turab, was a poet. He died in the year 1617 A. D., 1026 A. H. Fursat, '^'t^i poetical title of Muhammad Beg, a poet, who was in the service of Shah 'Abbas II, and died under Shah Sulaiman, kings of Persia. He has left a Diwan of Ghazals. Flirsi, l5'*!^j poetical title of Husaia AH Shah, author of the " Nisbat Nama Shahraiari," a history of the Kutb- shahi dynasty of Golkanda in 18,600 verses, from its commencement to Muhammad Kuli Kutbshah, who died in 1612 A. D., 1021 A. H. Fuzail Ayaz, O^''--^ ^"^^ a pious Musalman whose native country was either Kufa, Khurasan or Samarkand. He received instructions from Imam Ja'far Sadfk, and was the master of Bishr Hafi and Sari Sakti. He suddenly fell down and died at the time of prayers at Mecca in January, 803 A. D. Muharram 187 A. H. G. Gaj Singh Rathor, ^^jA'^^ jj^b ^, a rdjd of Mar war or Jodpur of the tribe of Rathor rajputs, was the son of Suraj Singh and the father of jaswant Singh. He 24 reigned about 18 years and died in the year 1630 A. 1). in Gujrat. The building called Kala Mahal at Pipal Mandi in A'grah, was constructed by him. His son Amar Singh killed Salabut Khan. Sultan Parwez married Gaj Singh's sister in 1624 A. D., and Sulaiman Shikoh, the son of Sultan Parwez, married the daughter of Gaj Singh in the year 1065 A. H. Gakkhar, jic^, a tribe whose residence is amongst the mountains that lie between Bhat and Sindh. Vide Kanial Khan Gikhar. Ganga Bai, i^^. Eani of Jhansi and widow of Raja Gangadhar Eao. At the outbreak of 1857, she joined the rebels, and was the cause of the massacre at Jliansi. She was killed in the battle of Gwahar on the 17th of June, 1858. She fell with her horse, and was cut down by a Hussar ; she still endeavoured to get over, when a bullet struck her in the breast ; and she fell to rise no more. The natives hastily burnt her dead body to save it from apprehended desecration by the FirLngis on the night of the 17th and 18th. Ganna Begam, vide Gunna Begam. Gajpati, LS^i a raja of Jagdespur in south Bihar, who, and his brother Bairf Sal, during the reign of the emperor Akbar, defied the Mughal armies for several years, though the unequal combat led to their destruction. Garshasp, ^^^^^j^, an ancient king of Persia, vide Kar- shasp. Gashtasp, y** l^-*^, was, according to Persian history, the son of Lohrasp, and the fifth king of the Kaianian dynasty of Persia. In his time flourished Zardasht or Zoroaster, who converted the Persians to the worship of fire. Gash- tasp, they say, reigned 60 years, and was succeeded by Bahman his grandson, whose father Isfandaiar was a great warrior and was killed by Eustam some time before. Gilan Shah, vide Kabus. Gesu Daraz, jb ^y^i Muhammad Geisu Daraz. George Thomas, U*'*'^ 2-'''^* district of Hurriana was once the field of the exploits of this famous adven- turer. The Jats are a stalwart and brave race, and showed what they could do under his leadership, but when left to themselves they are so divided by factions, that Hurriana has always fallen an easy prey to every ad- venturer who has taken it into his head to subdue it. Thus it was overrun by the Marhattas, under Messrs. Louis and Perron, by the Rohillas under Amir Khan, and another leader, and finally by the British. George Thomas came out to India as a common seaman, and having deser- ted his ship, first took service with Madho Eao Scindhia about the year 1770 A. D. The famous Begam of Sir- dhana was then in the zenith of her power, and he left Scindhia to serve her, and shortly after, having collected a body of men, he left her, and marched down to Hurriana, and in no time carved out a kingdom for himself. He made the city of Hansi his capital and built a strong fort in it. He built another fort about 20 miles to the south of the town of Eohtak, and called it after his own ^Chris- tian name Georgegarh, or as the natives call Jahajgarh. After a few years the Marhattas under Mens. Louis invaded his territories. He hastened to give them battle, and throwing himself into the small fort of Jahaj- garh, he fought them for three days, though his force was infinitely smaller than theirs. His cavahy, which ■was composed principally of that rascally tribe the Eau- ghars, having gone over to the enemy, and his Lieutenant, an Englishman, of the name of Hopkinson, being killed, his troops at length gave way, and he fled on a favourite Arab horse, to Hansi, a distance of about 60 miles. We are not aware how long he lingered in the neighbour-