Page:The Oriental Biographical Dictionary.djvu/149

 Kaan 137 Kadar K. Kaan, vide Khan. Ka'b, J^*3 U^' or Kaa't ibn-Zahir of Mecca, was an Arabian poet, and author of the " Kasaed Banat Sa'ad," a poem in Arabic held in the highest estimation, contain- ing a panegyric on Muhammad. A translation of part of it may be found in Sir William Jones's Second Volume of the Asiatic Eesearches. The author was a Jewish Rabbi, contemporary and opponent of Muhammad, and had written some satirical verses upon him ; but after- wards being desirous of a reconciliation with the prophet, he wrote the above poem, which had the desired eflFect. Some authors say that he died in the first year of the Hijra, that is, 622 A. D., 1 A. H. But, according to Ockley's History of the Saracens, " Kaa'b came in the ninth year of the Hijra, and made his peace with Muham- mad, with a poem in his praise." By this it appears that ho was living in 631 A. D. He is said to have assisted Muhammad greatly in the compilation of the Kuran. Wilkin's Biographical Dictionary under Coab. Ka'b-al-'Ahbar,^■^t*■'' "r^^ a famous traditionist of the tribe of Hamj'ar, who embraced Islamism in the reign of 'Umar, and died in 652 A. D., 32 A. H., during the reign of 'Usman. Kabir, j a celebrated Hindi poet, by trade a Musalman weaver, who, according to the Akbar-nama, was cotem- porary with Sikandar Shah Lodi, king of Dehlf. Kabi'r was a Sufi or Deist of the most exalted sentiments and of benevolence unbounded. His poems which are still universally esteemed, inculcate the purest morality, good will and hospitality towards all men ; and breathe so fine a spirit of toleration, that both Hindfis and Musal- mans contend for the honour of his having been born of their religion. From the disinterested, yet alluring, doc- trines his poems contain, a sect has sprung up in Hindu- stan, under the name of Kabir Panthi, who are so uni- versally esteemed for veracity, and other virtues, among both Hindus and Musalmans, that they may be with propriety considered the Quakers of this country. The time of Kabir' s death seems involved in equal obscurity with the manner of his decease and burial. They relate that he lived a long time at Kasi (Benaras) and Gaya, and sojourned also at Jagarnath, where he gave great offence to the Brahmans, by his conduct and tolerant doc- trine. When stricken in years, he departed this life among a concourse of his disciples both Musalmans and Hindus. He is buried at Ratanpur, where his tomb is said to be seen to this day. Kabir, Shaikh, surnamed Bala Pir, was the son of Shaikh Kasim Kadiri, whose tomb is at Chunar. Shaikh Kabir died at Kanauj on Monday, the 4th of November, 1644 A. D., 12th Ramazan, 1054 A. H., where a splendid Mausoleum was built on his tomb by one of his sons named Shaikh Mahdf who died in 1677 A. D., 1088 A. H., and is also buried there. Kabir-uddin, ij'b^ ^ ^^i^^^ j'^.^, son of Taj-uddin 'Iraki, lived in the time of Sultan Ala-uddin king of Dehlf, and wrote a book on his conquests. Kablai Kaan, ly^^^ or Khan, or more properly Kawaila Kaan, Grand Khan of the Mongols and Emperor of China, was the son or brother of IMangii Khiin emperor of Tartary, and great-grandson of Chingiz Khan. He succeeded his brother about the year 1259 A. D., 655 A. H., and founded the Yueen dynasty in China. Being- ordered by his brother Mangu, then Khakan of the 35 Mongols, to subjugate Corea and China, he entered China with an immense army in 1260 A. D., drove out the Tartars of the Kin dynasty and took possession of North China. In 1279 he completed the ruin of the Song dynasty by invading and subduing Southern China so that his dominion now extended from the Frozen Ocean to the Straits of Malacca and from Corea to Asia Minor— an extent of territory, the like of which had never before, and has never since, been governed by any one monarch. The rule of the Mughuls, hitherto severe and barbarous, changed its character in the reign of this prince, who adopted entirely the manners of the Chinese, and who is regarded, even by that people, as one of the best and most illustrious of their emperors. He died in 1294 A. D., 693 A. H. Kabul, the poetical appellation of Mirza 'Abdul Ghanf Beg of Kashmir, who was a Sfiff and a pupil of Joya, the brother of Goya. He died in 1726 A. D.. 1139 A. H. Kabus, U'y}^, a prince of the house of Shamgir, or Dash- magir, whose capital was Rei, and afterwards Jurjan in Khurasan. Shamgir was succeeded by his son Bistiin, of whom nothing particular is related. But the next of this family, Kabus, whose title was " Shama'-ul-Mulk," or the candle of the kingdom, is celebrated for his extra- ordinary wisdom and learning. He was, by the instiga- tion of his son Manuehchr, slain by his own mutinous officers 1012 A. D., 403 A. H., whose excesses he had probably desired to restrain. He was succeeded by his son Manuehchr, who submitted to the power of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni : but that monarch not only conti- nued him in his family possessions, but gave him his daughter in marriage. He died 1070 A. D., 463 A. H., and was succeeded in the government of Jurjan by his son Gflan Shah. Kabiis is the author of several works, one of which is called " Kamal-ul-Balaghat." Kabuli Mahal, ^"^^^J-^^, a wife of Shahzahan. Kachhwaha, the title of the Rajas of Amber or Jaipur. Tide Bhara Mai. Kadard, i>ji'^, the son of Ja'far Beg Daiid, and brother of Alp Arsalan of the race of Saljuk. He was installed by Tughral Beg his uncle in 1041 A. D., 433 A. H., and became the first Sultan of the Saljuk dynasty of Kirman where he reigned 32 years and died of poison in 1072 A. D., 465 A.^H., by order of Malik Shah. The following is a list of the Sultans of Kirmda of the race of Saljiik, A. D. A. H, Kadard, the son of Ja'far Beg Daud, began 1041 433 Sultan Shah, the son of Kadard 1072 465 Turan Shah, brother of Sultan Shah, 1074 467 Tran Shah, son of Turan Shah, a tyrant who was slain in 1100, 1096 489 Arsalan Shah, son of KLrman Shah, reigned 42 years 1100 494 Mughis-uddin Muhammad, son of Arsalan, 1141 536 Tughral Shah, son of Muhammad 1156 551 Bahram, Arsalan, and Tiiran Shah, sons of Tughral, dispute succession, 1169 565 Muhammad Shah, son of Bahram Shah who after the death of his father and two uncles ascended the throne of Kirman, was dispossessed by Malik Dinar, a Turk of the tribe of Ghuz in 1187 A. D., 583 A. H. Thus ended the Saljuk dynasty of Kirman of the race of Kadard. Kadar Khan, ci^^*^^. rt«?« Kadr Khan.