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 Hasan 106 Hayat-uUali Hasan, Shaikh, {^-^ ^-^^ the son of Shaikh Nazar- iillah. He is the author of a work called " Sarat Istakam." He died in Mirat in the year 1078 A. H. Hasan Khan Shamlu, ci^^ governor of Hirat under Shah Ahhas II, and his son Shah Sulaiman. He died in 1697 A. D., 1109 A. H., and is the author of a Diwan. Hasan, Sayyad, c£>i>^ uj'^'^ '^■i**, of Ghazni, a poet who flourished in the reign of Sultan Bahrain Shah the Ghaz- navida, and is the author of a Diwan. He is also called Sayyad Hasan-al-Husaini. He died in the way while returning fi-om Mecca, in the year 1170 A. D., 565 A. H. Hasham, ^1*^' "^-h^ f'^*, the son of Abdul MaUk, and the tenth [vhalif of the house of Uroaiya or Ummaides, succeeded his brother Yazid II in 724 A. D., 105 A. H. He conquered the Khakan of Turkistan, and made war against Leo III, the Isam-ian. He was always attended by 600 camels to carry his splendid wardrobe. He died after a reign of 19 years 7 months and 11 days in the year 743 A. D., 125 A. H., and was succeeded by Walid II, son of Yezi'd II. In his time lived the celebra- ted Majnun, the lover of Laili. Hashim, f*^^'^, a poet who flourished at Bm-hanpur in the Dakhan in the reign of the emperor Jahangfr and was a disciple of Shaikh Alimad Farukf, commonly called Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi'. He is the author of a Dywkn and se- veral other books, and was alive in 1646 A. D., 1056 A. H. Hashim, f*-^'-^, the son of Abdul Manaf, was the father of Abdul MuttaUb, who was the father of Abdullah and grandfather of Muhammad the prophet of the Musalm&ns. He succeeded his father as president of the Ka'ba, and raised the glory of his people to the highest pitch; inso- much that the neighbouring great men and heads of tribes made their coui-t to him. Nay. so great veneration is the memory of Hashim held in by the Arabs, that from him the family of Muhammad among them are called Hashi- mites. He died at Ghaza in Syria, and was succeeded by his son Abdul Muttalib, who became president of the Ka'ba. Hashimi Kirmani, ts''-^^ l5*'^'*j author of a poem or Masnawi called " Mazhar-ul-Asar." He died in 1541 A. D., 948 A. H. Hashmat, ^^^^^j the poetical name of Mir Muhtashim All Khan, whose ancestors were of Badakhshan, but he was born in Dehli. He died about the year 1748 A. D., 1161 A. H., and left a Diwan of 7000 verses. Hashmat, the poetical name of Bakhshi All Khan, which see. Hasrat, Cf/— the poetical name of Sayyad Muhammad, who died in the reign of the emperor Muhammad Shah. Hasrat, Or^^,^ poetical name of Mir JJEuhammad Hayat of Patna who had the title of Haibat Kuli Khan. He was for some time attached to the service of Nawab Shaukat Jang at Purania, and for some time to that of Siraj-uddaula of Murshidabad. He died in 1800 A. D., 1215 A. H., and left a Diwan of 2000 verses. Hasrat, poetical appellation of Mirza Ja'far 'All, an Urdu poet who flourished in the latter part of the 18th century, and gave instructions in the art of poetry to Nawab Muhabbat Khan at Lakhnau, Hasrati, Jir^S'-, vide Shefta, Hatifl, Moulana, l/^^ ^"^j^, the poetical name of Abd- ullah, the son of Moulana Abdur Eahman Jami's sister. He was born in Jam a city of Hir&t, and died there in the year 1521 A. D., 927 A. H., and was buried in the village of Kharjard. He was a good poet, and author of several works. Having finished his studies, under the patronage and instruction of his uncle, Hatifi, with his permission, secluded himself from the world. When Shah Isma'il Safwi' fought the Uzbak Tartars in Khurasan, and slew Shahibeg Khan their chief in 1508 A. D., 914 A. H., he prevailed on our poet to quit his cell, and come to court. Solely ambitious of rivalling the Khamsa or five poems of Nizami, he wrote in imitation of them his " Laili and Majnun," "Khusro and SMrin," "Haft Manzar," the " Taimur Nama," which is also called " Zafarnama," and in imitation of the Sikandar Nama, he undertook a heroic poem in praise of his patron, called " Fatuhat Shahi," which he did not live to finish. Among the nu- merous Persian poems on the story of Laili and Majnun, that of Hatifi seems universally esteemed the simplest and most pathetic. Hatim, (^■''■^ (^^^> commonly called Hatim Taf, a famous Arabian Chief of the tribe of Taf, celebrated for his liber- ality, wisdom and valour. He flourished before the birth of Muhammad, and his sepulchre may stiU be seen at a little village, called Anwarz in Arabia. There is an ac- count of his adventures in the Eomance entitled " Hatim Tai" in Persian, which has also been translated into Urdu. An English translation of this Romance was made by Duncan Forbes, A. M., from the Persian. Hatim, f"^^ surnamed Al-Asamm, that is to say, the deaf, was a great Musalman doctor, much-esteemed for his piety and doctrine. He was a disciple of Shaki^ Balkhi and master of Ahmad Khizroya. He died 851 A. D., 237 A. H., in the reign of Mutwakkil the Khalif of Baghdad, and was buried at Balkh in Khurasan his native country. Hatim Kashi, Maulana, i^^^ ^'^y, a poet of Kashan in Persia, who flourished in the reign of Shah Abbas the Great. Hatim, i*^^^? or Shah Hatim, poetical name of Shaikh. Zahir-uddin, a poet who was a contemporary of Wall. He was born at Dehli in 1699 A. D., llll A. H., and was a soldier by profession. He gave the first impulse to Urdu poetry in Dehli. Tn 1720 A. D., 1132 A. H., the Diwan of Wall was brought to Dehli and verses of it were on every body's lips ; this induced him and three friends of his, N&ji, Mazmun, and 'Abrti to apply them- selves to Eekhta poetry. Up to the time of Hatim, it would appear, that Indian poets wrote in Persian. He is the author of two Diwans in Urdu, one in imitation of Wall', and the other in imitation of Sauda and Mir Taki. Hatim ALL Beg, Mirza, ij^ ^jy, vide Mehr. Hawas, Uf^^y poetical title of Nawab Mirza Takf, son of Nawab Mirza All Khan. He is the author of the story of Laili and Majnun in Urdu, and of a Diwan in which every Ghazal contains the name of Laili and Majnun. Haya, 'i^, poetical title of Shio Edmdas, a Hindu, and brother of Eaja Daya Mai Imtiyaz. He was a pupil of Mirza Abdul Kadir Bedil, and is the author of a Di'wan of about 5000 verses. Hayat-ullah Ahrari, ti-jb' author of the work called " Hahata Alarfin," which contains the Hfe of Abrsala. He died in 1061 A. H., and his tomb is in Agrah.