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 'Izzat ( 125 ) Ja^ar A. H. He was buried there in a marble tomb mthin the area of Mo'in-uddm Chisbtf s mausoleum, where his wife also lies buried by his side. Nakib Khan was one of the compilers of the iirst portion of the " Tarikh Alfi," and the translator of the " Mahabharat," though this honour is usually ascribed to Faizi. He left a son named Mir 'Abdul Latif who was a person of great worth and ability and attained high honours, but died insane. lyar Muhammad Khan, Mir, c;'^ the son of Mir Murad 'AH, former ruler of the Haidarabad < portion of Sindh. He is a brother of Muhammad Khan, who being dispossessed and kept for some time a prisoner on the annexation of Sindh under Sir Charles Napier, was allowed to return, and now resides at Haidarabad as a private gentleman upon a pension from Government. Izid Bakhsh, Mirza, cr-^ •^y) llr'i'*- His poetical name was Easa ; he was the grandson of 'Asaf Khan Ja'far Beg who was Wazir to Jahangir. Izid Bakhsh was at first employed by the prince 'Azim Shah, and then by his father the emperor 'Alamgir in the capacity of Munshf. On the accession of Farrukh-siyar, he was disgraced by that emperor on account of his casting- some reflections on his father Azim-ush-Shan at the time of the battle which took place between 'Azim Shah and his brother Bahadur Shah. By the order of the emperor, the hairs of his mus- ' taches were plucked out one by one, and afterwards he was cruelly murdered. This event took place about the beginning of the year 1713 A. D., 1125 A. H. His tomb is still to be seen in the compound of the Agrah College. 'Izzat, '^^iT^i poetical name of (Shaikh) 'Abdul 'Aziz, which see. 'Izzat, '^kj^} poetical name of Sangham Lai, which see. 'Izzat, '^ir^j poetical title of Jaikishun, which see. 'Izzat, poetical appellation of Shaikh Wajfh-uddin. 'Izzat-uddaula Mirza Muhsin, &ij>c i^""^, brother of Nawab Safdar Jang. He was sent to Persia on an embassy to Nadir Shah after his invasion of Hindustan, by the emperor Muhammad Shah. Vide Najaf Khan and Muhammad KuH Khan. 'Izz-uddin Abdul Aziz-bin-Abdus-Salam Da- mishki. Shaikh, c^A'^ (^Jjrlj^J c^^hy JHr* ^s^>^^, author of the " Shajrat-ul-Ma'arif." He died in" the year 1261 A. D., 660 A. H. »Izz-uddin Husain, ut'^ t:>J'*^t Jc. He was created by Sultan Ibrahim of Ghazni, Amir Hajib, in which sta- tion he conducted himself so well, that the king gave him a princess of the house of Ghazni in marriage. He rose daily in favour and estimation, till Sultan Masa'ud the son of Ibrahim, put him in possession of the principality of Ghor. By the princess of Ghazni, he had seven sons entitled the seven stars. One of them, Fakhr-uddin Masa'ud, became king of Bamyan. The second was Kutb- uddin Muhammad, who married his cousin, a princess of Ghazni, the daughter of Sultan Bahram Shah. The third was 'Ala-uddin Hasan, prince of Ghor, who destroyed Ghazni. Izz-uddin during his lifetime paid tribute to the Saljuks as well as to the Ghaznavides. 'Izz-uddin Khalid Khani, e>i*-'l>*=, author of the work called " Dalael Firoz Shahi," which he translated into Persian by order of Firoz Shah, from a Hindi book which treated on philosophy, astrology and divination. 'Izz-uddaula Bakhtyar, j'-i^- *Jj<>Jlj^, the sou of Mu'izz-uddaula-ibn-B6ya. He succeeded to the kingdom of 'Irak the same day on which his father died, viz., Monday the 1st of April, 967 A. D., I7th Eabi' II, 356 A. H. The Khalif al-Taya BiUah in the year 974 A. D. gave him his daughter in marriage, on whom a dowry of one hundred thousand dinars was settled by her husband. He was a noble prince, and possessed such bodily strength that he would seize an enormous bull by the horns and throw him to the ground. A contest' which arose be- tween him and his cousLa 'Azd-uddaula relative to their respective possessions, caused a breach between them which led to a war, and on Wednesday the 29th May, 978 A. D., they met and fought a battle, in which Izz- uddaula was slain, aged 36 years. His head was placed on a tray and presented to 'Azd-uddaula, who on seeing it, covered his eyes with his handkerchief and wept. J. Jabali, iJ^, the son of Ayham, last king of the tribe of Ghassan, who were Christian Arabs. He became a Mu- hammadan, and afterwards attempted to assassinate TJmar, the second Khalif after Muhammad. He died 673 A. D., 53 A. H. Jabali, surname of Abti 'AH Muhammad-bin-' Abdul Wahab, who was the master of the celebrated Abii'l Hasan al-Asha'ri, chief of the sect of the Asharians, and one of the four Imams of Musalmanism. Jabali, t^'^'^j poetical name of 'Abdul Wasa, who was born in the mountains of Ghurjistan, hence his takhaUus which means mountaineer. He found a patron in Bahram Shah of Ghazni, and served Sultan Sanjar Saljuki four- teen years. He died in 1160 A. D., 555 A. H., and left a Diwan of Kasidas. Vide 'Abdul Wasa. Jabar,^;^, poetical name of AbuMusa Ja'far-al-Saff, which see. Jabila Ram Nagar, ^■'i^, a Hindu chief who was governor of Allahabad, and died there in the com- mencement of the reign of Muhammad Shah in 1720 A. D., 1132 A. H. His nephew Gii-dhar was appointed governor of Audh after his death, and in 1724 A. D., 1136 A. H., the government of Malwa was conferred on him, and the Siibadari of Audh was given to Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan. Eaja Girdhar died at Malwa during the invasion of Baji Eao Marhatta, the general of Eaja Sahu, about the year 1729 A. D., 1142 A. H., and was succeeded by Daya Bahadur his relation, who continued gaUantly to resist the enemy, and feU in battle about the year 1730 A. D., 1143 A. H., when Muhammad Khan Bangash was appointed governor of that province. Jabir, ^•'^j the son of 'AbduUah, was a com- panion of Muhammad and a traditionist. He was present in nineteen battles which Muhammad fought, and died in the year 692 A. D., 73 A. H., aged 94 years. Ja'far, poetical title of 'Asaf Ki.an, commonly called Mirza Ja'far Beg. Ja'far, a soldier by profession. He is the author of a JIasnawi, which he dedicated to the emperor Shah Jahan. 32