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 Kamal 141 Kaplan the poems. These pictures are not more than a square inch in size : there are two on each side of the conclud- ing verse ; and though so small, represent, with the greatest correctness, either allegorical ly or simply, the meaning of the poet. — JJuhlin University Magazine for 1840. Kamal-uddin Masa'ud, Maulana, t:^'^-'' J'^ ij^hj^ iij*-"^ of Shirwan, a celehrated logician and author of the marginal notes on the " Sharah Hikmat Ain." Kamal-uddin Miiharrimad bin-'Abdul Mtma'im Jujari, Shaikh, f**^- jl-^ tSj^rt^-T' an author who died in 1484 A. D., 889 A. H, Kamal-uddin Muhammad-al-Siwasi, trf'^-, ^^.wt^^t iX*s^ commonly called Humam and Ihn- Humam, author of a commentarj' on the Hidaya entitled " Fath-ul-Kadir lil 'Ajiz-al-Fakir." It is the most com- prehensive of all the comments on the Hidaya, and iucludes a collection of decisions which render it extremely useful. He died iu 1457 A. D., 861 A. H. Vide Humam and Ibn- Humam. Kamal-uddin Muhammad, Kbwaj a, poet, and flourished in the time of Sultan Ibrahim Mirza. For his poetical title he used Ibn-Ghayas. Kamal-uddin Musa bin-Tunas bia-Malik, t:^-! yj^-Ji li,"^ Jf'^'* e^r!"^' J '♦^^ name of an Imam, who was one of the most celebrated Musalman doctors. Kamal-uddin, Shah, i^JS, ^^j^Ji jUi"^ Lutf-uUah. Kamar-uddin, Mir, li;^'^! j*^, whose poetical title is Mionat, which see. Kamar-uddin Khan, wazir, ^3 J c/^'*-''^*^, whose original name was Mir Muhammad Fazil, was the son of Ya'tmad-uddaula Muhammad Amin Khan, wazir, and was himself appointed to that office with the title of Ta'tmad-uddaula Nawab Kamar-uddin Khan Bahadur Nasrat Jang, by the emperor Muhammad Shah, after the resignation of Kizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah, in 1724 A. D., 1137 A. H. He was sent under Prince Ahmad on the first invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali to oppose him, but was killed by a cannon ball, while at prayers in his tent diiring the battle of Sarhind on the 11th March, 1748 0. S., 11th Eabf I, 1161 A. H. Kam Bakhsh, iS^'^^ (prince) youngest son of the emperor 'Alamgir, a vain and -^-iolent young man, who had received from his father the kingdom of the Dak- hin, but as he refused to acknowledge the sovereignty of the emperor Bahadiu- Shah, his eldest brother, and struck coin in his own name, that monarch after attempting in vain to win him over by concessions, marched against him with a powerful army to the Dakhin, and defeated him in a battle near Haidarabad, where Kam Bakhsh died of his wounds on the same dav in the month of February or March, 1708 A. D., ZH-hijja, 1119 A. H. His mother's name was Udaipuri Muhal, and he was bom on the 25th February, 1667 A. D., 10th Ramazan 1077 A. H. Kambari, '/-^^ Kanban', a poet of Nai- shapur, flourished iu the time of Sultan Babar who died 1457 A. D., 861 A. H. Kami) lT*'^; whose proper name is Slirza Ala-uddaula Kazwini, was the son of Mir Yahya bin-'Abdul Latif, and is the author of the work caUed " Nafais-ul-Masir," a Biographical Dictionary of Persian poets. It contains notices of about 350 poets in alphabetical order. Most of them flourished in India during the reign of Akbar to whom the book is dedicated. It was finished in 1571 A. D., 979 A. H., but there occur- much later dates in it. He is supposed by some to have died in 1563 A. D., 971 A. H., and by others in 1573 A. D., 981 A. H., but the latter date appears to be correct. The discrepancy arises from the chronogram of his death, in which the number of the last word is considered by some to be 60 and by others 70, a difference of ten years. Vide Yahya biu-' Abdul Latff. KamU, author of a poetical work, entitled " Chrragh- nama." It consists of Ghazals all of which rhj-me in Chiragh (lamp) and the first letter of every verse of the first Ghazal is ( or A, of the second ^ or B, and so on. Kamran Mirza, lyir^fi', second son of the emperor Biibar Shah, and brother to the emperor Humayun who, after his accession to the throne in 1530 A. D., 937 A. H., conferred on him the government of Kabul, Kandahar, Ghazni and the Panjab. He was deprived of his sight by Humayun when at Kabul iu the year 1553 A. D., 960 A. H., on accoimt of his repeated oflences, and continu- ally raising disturbances in the government. The opera- tion was performed by piercing his eyes repeatedly with a lancet. Kamran bore the torture without a groan until lemon-juice and salt were squeezed into his eyes, when he called out " 0 Lord my God ! whatever sins I have committed I have been amply punished in this world, have compassion on me in the nest." Kamran eventually obtained permission to proceed to Mecca, where he resided three years and died a natural death in 1556 A. D., 964 A. H. He left three daughters and one son named Abii'l Kasim !llirza, who was imprisoned in the fort of GwaUar, and put to death by order of the emjjeror Akbar his cousia in the year 1565 A. D., 973 A. H. Kamran Shah, ciir*^ '^'^j the present ruler of Hirat, is the son of Mahmud Shah, the son of Timur Shah, the son of Ahmad Shah AbdaH. On the death of his father Mahmud Shah, ia (1829 A. D,) he succeeded him on the throne of Hirat. Kandahari Begam, (jsj-^^^, the first wife of the emperor Shah Jahan. She was the daughter of Muzaflfar Husain Mirza Safwf, of the royal house of Persia, who was the son of Sultan Husain Mii'za, the son of Bahram Mirza, the son of Shah Isma'fl I of Persia. When Akbar Shah, iu the third year of his reig-n, made ■ over Kandahar to Shah 'Abbas, king of Persia, the latter conferred the government of that province on his nephew Sultan Husain Mirza, after whose death his son Muzafikr Husain succeeded Mm. His three brothers came to India in the 38th year of Akbar (1592 A. D.), and Muzafifar Husain followed them afterwards, was received b}^ the emperor with the greatest kindness, and honoured with the rank of 5000, and the jagir of Sambhal. His sister Kandahari Begam, was married in September, 1610 A. D., Kajab, 1019 A. H. to Prince Khurram (afterwards Shah Jahan) the son of the emperor Jahangir, and re- ceived the title of Kandahari Begam, because she was born at Kandahar. The year of her death is unknown. She lies buried at Agrah, in the centre of a garden called Kandahari Bagh. The building on her tomb, which is in the vault, is converted into a dwelling place ; it is a beautiful edifice, and now belongs to the Eaja of Bhartpur. Kaus, vide Kaikaus. Kaplan Beg, li'^^i of the Kushchi family, was bom in India and served under Khan-Khanan in the Dakhin with great distinction, and was in high favour 36
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