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 Hurmuz 110 Husaln Hurmuz or Hvirmuzd I V, Sl; iy°J^, (theHormisdas III of the Greeks) was declared successor to his father the great Chosroes, surnamed Nausherwan the Just, and ascended the throne of Persia 579 A. D. His subjects revolted against him at the instigation of Bahram Chobin or Varanes his general, whom he had offended by sending him a female dress because he had been defeated by the Ro- mans. They confined Hurmuz and put out his eyes to disqualify him from ascending the throne, and soon after put him to death 590 A. D. His son Khusro Purvez having collected a force to oppose Bahram, who with the intention of taking the government into his own hands was advancing towards Madaia, was defeated ; and with great difficulty effected his escape to the territories of the Eomans, from whose emperor, Maurice, he met with the most friendly and "hospitable reception. Bahram Chobi'n took possession of the vacant government : but his rule was short : for within eight months from the period of his taking possession of Madain, he was defeated by an army of Romans and Persians commanded by Kiusro, and fled to Tartary. Husaiu, li>^!**^^ poetical name of Muzaffar Husain, an author who is also called Shahfd or Martyr. He is the author of the work called " Rayaz-us-Salikfm." Husain Ali Khan Bahadur, J'^W- '^^'^ (J^ second son of Alahwardi Khan, a nobleman of high rank who served under the emperor 'Alamgir, and died on the 3rd of October, 1686 A. D., 26th Zi-Ka'da 1097 A. H., a day after the fort of Byapur was taken. Husain Ali Khan, Saj^ad, t?^* <>^-*, Amir-ul-Umra. Vide Abdullah Kian (s'ayyad). Husain-bin-Alim, ^i)-" iifi (y^i-^j author of the " Nuz- hat-ul-Arwah," containing iateresting anecdotes of the most celebrated Sufis, vide Husain-bin-Hasan-al-Hasam. Husain-hin- Muhammad, as-Sama'ani, j_sjl**"«~'l •^^^ iifi trtr^, author of the " Khazanat-al-Sluttiin" which contains a large quantity of decisions, and is a book of some authority in India. It was completed in 1339. A. D., 740 A. H. J Husain-tain-Hasan-al-Husaini, t5^**^ ' i^'^^ i^^i"^) a native of Ghor and author of several works, viz. " Kanz-ul-Eamfiz," "Si Nama," " Nuzhat-ul-Arwah," " Zad-ul-Musafarin," " Tarab-ul-Majalis," " Ruh-ul-Ar- wah," " Sirat-ul-Mustakim," and of a Diwan in Arabic and Persian. He died, says Jami, in the year 1317 A. D., 717 A. H., and is buried at Hirat. Firishta calls him Amir Husaini Sadat, and says, that he with his father Sayyad Najm-uddin came to India as merchants and be- came the disciples of Shaikh Baha-uddin Zikaria at Mul- tan, and died at Hirat on 1st December, 1318 A. D., 6th Shawwal, 718 A. H. Husain Dost Sambhali, Mir, c5^«***» lyir*^ ji^j son of Abu Talib of Sambhal. He is the author of a biography of poets called " Tazkira Husaini," which ap- pears to have been compiled a few years after the death of Muhammad Shah the emperor of Dehli who died in 1748 A. D., 1161 A. H. Husaini, i^Hir^, author of the "Asmae Husaim" and " Maktiibat Husaini." Husain Ghaznawi, csH)* L ^ i—^^ author of the story of Padmawat in Persian poetry called " Kissae Padma- wat." Husain Hallaj, Shaikh, e?**-^ the son of Mansur Hallaj. Many fables have been invented to ac- count for the imprudence of this wise teacher. One of these states, that he observed his sister go out every even- ing : he followed her ; having seen her communicate with the Huries, and receive from these celestial nymphs a cup of nectar, he insisted on drinking one or two drops that remained of this celestial liquor. His sister told him he could not contain it, and that it would cause his death. He persisted ; from the moment that he swallowed it, he kept exclaiming An-ul-Hak ! that is, I am the truth !" till he was put to death. Vide Mansur Hallaj. Husain, Imam, c^Ji-^ i*^', the second son of 'All, the son-in-law of Muhammad. He was born at Medina in January, 626 A. D., Shaban, 4 A. H., and was the third Imam of the race of 'Ali. Having refused to acknowledge Yazid the son of Mu'awia, for the lawful Khalif, he was obliged to leave Medina, and to fly to Mecca, but was over- taken on his way and kUled by order of TJbaidullah-ibn- Zayad, one of Yazid's captains, on the 1 0th October, 680 A. D., 10th Muharram, 61 A. H. When his head was brought to Ubaidullah at Kufa, he struck it over the mouth with a stick, and treated it with great contempt. He then sent it along with his family who were made captives, to Damascus where Yazid then reigned. The day on which he was killed, is still a great day amongst the Musalmans. He is buried at a place called Karbala in Babylonian Irak or Chaldea near Kufa. Some pretend to show that Husain's head was buried near the river of Karbala ; others say, that there are no traces of it re- maining. However, the first Sultan of the race of Boyaides built on that spot a sumptuous monument, which is visited to this very day with great devotion by the Musalmans. It is called " Gunbaz Faiz," or the dome of grace. Husain-ibn-Muin-uddin Maibadi, ls<^^ (irf'^'^l i:^^^, author of a work on religion, entitled " Fawatah." Husain Jalayer, Sultan, ^d^'? tJ^i-=^ o^^, grand- son of Amir Hasan Buzurg, succeeded his father Sultan Awes Jalayer, to the throne of Baghdad in October, 1374 A. D., 776 A. H., and lost his life in an action with his brother Sultan Ahmad in 1382 A. D., 784 A. H. Vide Hasan Buzurg. Husain Kashi, l5'*'^ c;'i'"'=^j an author, who died in 1544 A. D., 951 A. H. Husain, Kashmiri, i:ri~'=>-, author of the Per- sian work, entitled, " Hidayat-ul-'Amf," the Guide to the Blind, containing essays on various religious subjects, Siifi doctrines, &c. Husain Khonsari, ^^^jUot^a. 4^^-^, was one of the celebrated philosophers of Persia, surnamed from his birth-place Khonsar, a town between Teheran and Kai shan. He flourished in the latter part of the 17th century. Husain Langa I, ^ <i?i-*^, third k5ng of Multan, succeeded his father Kutb-uddin Mahmiid Langa in 1469 A. D., 874 A. H. He entered into a treaty of alli- ance with Sikandar Lodi, king of Dehli, and died about the year 1498 A. D., 904 A. H., or according to some, on Sunday the 28th August, 1502 A. D., 26th Safar, 908 A. H., after a reign of 30 or 34 years. He was succeeded by his grandson Mahmud Khan Langa. Firishta says, that the "Tawarikh Bahadur Shahf," which contains the history of this prince, is full of errors, and the author of the " Mirat-Sikandari" declares it to be absolutely rmintelligible. Husain Langa II, ^ tyi-"*, fifth and last king of Multan, was, after the death of his father Mahmud Khan, Langa in 1524, raised to the throne, although a minor. He was only a pageant in the hands of his sister's hus- band, Shuja,a'-ul-Mulk, who assumed the ofiice of protec- tor. Shah Husain Arghun, king of Thatta, under the orders of the emperor Babar Shah, soon after besieged, the place which was at length, in the year 1526 A. D. 932 A. H., carried by escalade, after a siege of fifteen, months. Husain Arghun having nominated oue Lashkai;