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 Hakim 102 Hamid AIdu'I Fazl, asserts in his preface to the " Hajat Dara Shi- kohi," that he commenced his work in the 14th year of the reign of Shah Jahan 1642 A. D., 1052 A. H., the ahovc name of the book gives the year of the Hijra, and brought it to a conclusion in 1056 A. H. Hakim-ul-Mumalik, '^•''♦Jl f^^, title of Mir Mu- hammad Mahdf, a physician who held the rank of 4000 in the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir. Hakiri, L$>^^} poetical name of Moulana Shahab-uddui Mua'mmai. Halaki, t5^''^-»* c5^^j of Hamdan, a Persian poet, though illiterate, wrote a panegyric on the accession of Shah Is- ma'il Safwi II, to the throne of Persia, in the year 1576 A. D., 984 A. H., for which he received a handsome pre- sent from the king, while other poets who wrote on the same occasion, received nothing. Halaku Kaan or Khan, ly''^'^" j^^, also caUed El- khan, was the son of Tiili Khan, and the fourth successor and grandson of Changez Khan the Tartar. In the reign of his brother Mangu Kkin, king of Tartary, he was de- tached, in May, 1253 A. D., Eabf I, 651 A. H., attended by one hundred and fifty thousand horse to subdue Per- sia, which he soon conquered, after which he extirpated the power of the Isma'flis, the descendants of Hasan Sabbah, the founder of the sect, and destroyed their strong- holds in November, 1256 A. D., Zil-kada, 654 A. H. He next intended to march direct to Constantinople, but was persuaded by Nas'ir-uddi'n Tusi (whom he had made his prime minister) to turn his arms against Baghdad. He marched against that capital, and after a siege of some months, took it in February, 1258 A. D., 4th Safar, 656 A. H. The Khalifa Mustaa'sim Billah and his son were seized, and with 800,000 of its inhabitants were put to death. After these successes Halaku was desirous of returning to Tartary to take possession of the government of his native country, which had become vacant by the death of his brother, Mangu Kaan : but the great defeat which the general whom he had left in Syria suifered from Saif-uddin Fi'roz, the prince of the Mamluks of EgjT)t, compelled him to abandon his design : and after he had restored his afiairs in Syria, he fixed his residence at Maragha, in Azurbejan, where he died on Sunday the 8th February 1265 A. D., 19th Eabi' II, 663 A. H., after a reign of twelve years from his first coming to Persia, and eight years from the death of his brother. During his auspicious reign, the literature of Persia resumed its former flourishing state. The venerable Persian Bard Sa'df of Shiraz was living in his time. Halaku was suc- ceeded by his son Abakaan in the kingdom of Persia. Zist of Micgltal-Tartar or Tlkliaiii dynasty of Persia. Halaku Khan, the son of TuH Khan, succeeded his brother Mangu Kaan in the kingdom of Persia. Aba Kaan, the son of Halaku. Nikodar or Ahmad Khan, brother of Abaka. Arghun Khan, son of Abaka. Kaikhatu Khan, son of Abaka. Baidu, grandson of Halaku. Ghiizan Khan, son of Arghun Khan. Aljaitu, the son of Arghun Khan. Abu Said Bahadur Khan, the son of Aljaptu, after whose death the dynasty became dependent. Halati, ts^^, poetical title of K&sim Beg, who was bom and brought up in Teheran, and spent the greater part of his life at Kazwui. Pie flourished in the reign of Shah Tahmasp Safwf, and wrote the chronogram of the acces- sion of Shah Ismail II, in 1576 A. D., 984 A. H. .He is the author of a Diwan in Persian. Halima, the name of Muhammad's nurse, who, it is said, had formerly no milk in her breasts, but immedi- ately obtained some when she presented them to the new born prophet to suck. Hallaj, This word, which properly signifies the person that prepares cotton before it is manufactured, was the surname of Abu Mughi's Husain-bin-Mansur. Vide Mansvir Hallaj. Hamd-iillah Mustoufl-bin-Abu Bakr-al-Kazwi- ni, Khwaja, tj-i^y^^ y is^^^j^ also called Hamid-uddin Mustoufi', a native of Kazwm, and author of the " Tarikh Guzida," or " Selec- ted History," which he composed in 1329 A. D., 730 A. H., and dedicated to the minister Ghayas-uddin, the son of Eashid-uddin, author of the " Jama'-ut-Tawan'kh," to both of whom Hamd-uUah had been Secretary. The " Tarikh Guzida" ranks among the best general histories of the East. Eleven years after the completion of this his- tory, the author composed his celebrated work on Geo- graphy and Natural History, entitled " Nuzhat-ul-Kulub," " The delight of hearts," which is in high repute with Oriental Scholars, and which has obtained for him from D'Herbelot, the title of " le Geographe Persan." Hamd- uUah died 1349 A. D., 750 A. H. He was the brother of Fakhr-uddin Fath-uUah Mustoufi. See also Ahmad-bin- Abii Bakr. Hamid, <>^.*^, a poet, who is the author of a poem called " Ismat Nama," containing the loves of Satin and Mina, composed in the year 1607 A. D., 1016 A. H., during the reign of Jahangir. Hamida Bano, y''? i'^i-^, the daughter of Malika Bano, the sister of Mumtaz Mahal, was married to Khalil- uUah Khan, who died in 1662 A. D. Hamida Bano Begam, (*^y^X'^i*^, styled (after her death) Mariam Makani, and commonly called Haji Begam, was a great-granddaughter of Sheikh Ahmad Jam. She was married in 1541 A. D., 948 A. H., to the emperor Humayun, and became the mother of the emperor Akbar. She is the founder of the Sarae called Arab Sara, situated near the mausoleum of her husband at old Dehli. She had gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and on her return, brought with her 300 Arabs, for whom she built this place in 1560 A. D., 968 A. H. She died at Agrah on Monday, the 29th of August, 1603 A. D., 17th Shahrewar, 1012 A. H., aged about 78 years, and was buried in the mausoleum of Humayfin at Dehli. Hamid-uddin Kazi, LS^^'i i^i'^h'^x^'^ ^'^^'i, of Dehli, was the author of the " Sharah Hidaet-ul-Fikah," and several other works. He died in 1363 A. D., 764 A. H. Hamid-uddin Mustoufi, Khwaja, j^^^-^-^ l^'^-'' iX2^tj:L. Vide Hamd-uUah Mustoufi. Hamid-uddin Nagori, Kazi, lsj^^^ ini^^^ '^^^j^^, a native of Nagor who held the appointment of Kazf, and died on the 11th July, 1296 A. D., 11th Eamazan, 695 A. H., and is buried at Dehli close to the tomb of Khwaja Kutb-uddin Bakhtiar, commonly called Kutb Shah. He is the author of the book called " Tawala-ush-Shamus," containing religious contemplations and speculative opinions on the essence and nature of the divinity &c., &c. The year of his death is taken from an inscription over his tomb. Hamid-uddin Umar, Kazi, j*^ nH'^l flourished in the time of Sultan Sanjar, the Saljukf king