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 Jani 133 Jarullah Jani, (s'.> the poetical name of Mirza Jan, the father of Mirza Jan Janan. Jani Begam, daughter of 'Abdul Eahim Khan, Eian-Khanan, who was married to prince Danial, the son of the emperor Akbar in 1599 A. D., 1007 A. H. Jani Beg Sultan, jyttaJ-^ i^aj ^^jl^, son of 'Abdullah Khan Uzbak's sister. His son, Dm Muhammad Khan, •was raised to the throne of Samarkand after the death of 'Abdul Momin Khan, the son of 'Abdullah Khan Uzbak. Jani Beg Turkhan, Mirza, w'^^ ^-^i'. i^-'k- Ijj--*, ruler of Thatta, succeeded his grandfather Mirza Muham- mad Baki, in the government of Thatta, the remaining province' of Sindh, in 1684 A. D.,' 993 A. H. Akbar Shah who before the death of Muhammad Bakf had gone to Labor, and had remained there for some years, ex- pected a personal visit from Jani Beg; but being disap- pointed he proceeded to take measures for the subjugation of that country. He therefore in the year 1591 A. D., 999 A. H. directed his commander-in-chief 'Abdul Eahim Khan, the son of Bairam Khan to proceed and occupy the place in his name. The first action took place on the 3rd November, 1591 A. D., 26th Muharram 1000 A. H. when the Sindhis were totally defeated. Notwithstand- ing, daily skirmishes took place between the two armies ; at last Mirza Jani Beg offered to acknowledge fealty to the emperor and to proceed to the presence. Shortly after, 'Abdul Eahim Khan celebrated the nuptials of his son Mirza Trioh with the daughter of Jani Beg, and after the rainy season of the j'ear 1592 A. D., 1001 A. H. accompanied Mirza Jani Beg to the presence of Akbar who created the latter a noble of the realm ; and from that date the whole kingdom of Sindh reverted to the sovereignty of the empire of Dehli. Mirza Jani Beg died at Burhanpur in 1599 A. D., 1008 A. H., and the government of Thatta was conferred on his son Mirza Ghazi. Jan Pishan Khan Bahadur, ^^[^ ^ty, nawab, of Sardhana. He, for his conspicuous loyalty during the mutiny of 1857, was ordered by Gov- ernment to be rewarded with a pension of 1000 rupees a month in perpetuity to his male heirs, and a per- petuity in confiscated villages of 10,000 rupees per annum to be conferred upon him with remission of one half of revenue for his life, and a quarter for two generations. Jangez Khan, iJ-'^y^^^: vide Changez Khan. Jan Janan, Mirza, <J^^^ u'^' 'j^'", son of Mirza Jan, a learned Musalman and a good poet, distinguished no less for the grace and spirit of his compositions than for the independent spirituality and anti-idolatrous nature of his sentiments. His poetical name was Mazhar ; was born at Agrah about the year 1698 A. D., 1110 A. H., but resided at Dehli. In the month of Muharram or 3rd January, 1781 A. D., 7th Muharram, 1195 A. H. having expressed his contempt for a superstitious cere- mony — the commemoration of the death of Husain — he was shot on the terrace of his own house, by a vindic- tive partizan of that martyr, and died on the 6th of that month, 10th Muharram, 1195 A. H. He is the author of a Diwan. Jan Muhammad, Mujishi, author of an Insha or collection of letters which goes by his name. Jannat Ashyani, (j'^'^ '^r', the title given to the Emperor Humayun after his death. J annati, ts^^t a poetical name. Jan Nisar Khan, lU^^, title of Kamal-uddin Husain, an Amir of 3000 under the emperor Shah Jahan. At the time of his death he was governor of Sistan, and died there 1639 A. D., 1049 A. H. Jan Nisar Khan, Nawab, e;'^ j^j u'r- v'A was the brother-in-law to the wazir Kamar-uddin Khan who had married his sister. He was appointed Chakladar of the districts of Kora Jahanabad in the province of Allahiibad, and was assassinated by Araru named Bhag- want Singh, a zamindar of that place in 1731 A. D., 1144 A. H. Jan Wisar Khan, Sayyad, J-^ ly'^ oo-, son-in. law of the wazi'r Kamar-uddm Khan, was put to death, together with several others by Nadir Shah, on account of the resistance shewn by them in endeavouring to pro- tect their family in the general massacre. This event took place in March, 1739 A. D., ZH-hijja 1151 A. H. Janoji Bhosla, L5^y''^, the second raja of Berar, succeeded his father Eaghoji Bhosla in 1749 A. D., and died in 1772 A. D. He was succeeded by his younger brother Madhoji Bhosla. Vide Eaghoji Bhosla the fii-st raja of Berar. Janubi, ^JUULli.} ^Jy.=^j of Badakhshan, a poet and punster who flourished about the year 1521 A. D., 927 A. H. ' Januni, LS■V^, vide Jununj. Jan, V^''^ o'r', or Jan Sahib, poetical name of Mir Yar 'All, who is the author of a Diwan, Jansipar Khan Turkman, iv^-^^y an Amir of 4000 in the reign of the emperor Jahano-ir. He was appointed governor of Allahabad in the first year of Shah Jahan 1628 A. D., 1037 A. H., and died there the same year. Jansipar Khan, ly^J^^^i^j^, second son of Mukhtar Khan Sabzwarf, an amir of the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir. At the time of his death he held the suba- dari of Haidarabad, and died there in 1701 A. D,. 1113 A. H. Jarbardi, (S'^y.J^, surname of Fakhr-uddin Ahmad bin-Hasan, an author who wrote the " Sharah Shafia," and the marginal notes on the "Kashshaf." He died 1345 A. D., 746 A. H. Jarir, ^-^^i vide Jurir which is the correct pronunciation, Jarjis, ijr'i^j'^, George, and in particular St. George the martyr, very well-known in the East, and even by the Muhammadans, who put him amongst the number of the prophets, and confound him with Elias. Jarj Tamas, ^J''^) vide George Thomas. Jarraz, the surname of Ahmad bin-Ibrahim-al-Tabib- al-Afn'ki, who is often cited under the name of Ibn- Jarraz. He was a physician and an author, and a native of Africa. He died 1009 A. D., 400 A. H. Jarullah Zamakhshari, isj^^j *-^"'!;'^> surname of Mahmud bin-'Umar-al-Zamakhsharf, the Ma'tzalite of 34