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 Kathir 145 Zhadim Kastalanf who died 1495 A. D., 901 A. H, They were all bom at Kastala, a city in Persia. Kathir, vide Kasir. Katib Chilpi, {jt^ V^'-^j of Constantinople, author of several works, among which is one called " Kashf-uz- Zanun," and another " Tuhfat-ul-Kabar," this latter work was translated by James Mitchell, Esq. It contains a detailed account of the maritime wars of the Turks in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and on the Danube. He died in the year of the Christian era 1657 A. D., 1067 A. H. Katib Chilpf appears to be a Turkish title of Haji Khalfa, which see. Katibi, iS^'i^^y is!^^^ poetical name of Maulana Shams- uddin Muhammad bin-'Abdullah-al-Naishapuri and Tar- shizi. He wrote a very beautiful hand, on which account ho assumed the title of " Katibi." He came to Hirat in the reign of Baisanghar Mirza, and afterwards became one of the best poets of the court of the prince Sultan Mirza Ibrahim of Shirwan, in whose praise he once wrote a pa. negyric, and received from that prince a present of 10,000 dinars. We have several of his works in the Persian language. In the latter period of his life he fixed his residence at Astrabad, and died there in 1435 A. D., 839 A. H. His works which contain five poems are called " Majma'-ul-Bahryn," the story of Nasir and Mansur, which can be read in two difl'erent metres ; " Dah Bab," " Husnwa Ishk" and " Bahram and Gulandam." Katil, Mirza, ^^-i^ ^jy°} the poetical name of Mirza Muhammad Hasan. He was a native of Dehli, and a Hindu of the tribe of Khattri, but became a convert to Muhammadanism. He was an excellent Urdu and Per- sian poet, and died at Lakhnau in the time of Ghazi- uddin Haidar, then nawab of that country 1817 A. D., 1232 A. H. He is the author of several works, amongst which are : Nuskha Shajrat-ul-Amani, dedicated to Mir Aman 'AU. Nahr-ul-Fasahat, a Persian grammar. Chahar Sharbat, and a Diwan. Katran, cL/^-'j vide Kitran. Kawami Matarzi, lsjj'^'^ S?'*!^^^ ^ great poet who was a native of Mutaraz, a city in Persia, and is an author. He was a brother of Shaikh Nizami Ganjwi. Kawami Maidana Muzaffar, t^^ty^A^ ^h^, a celebrated poet. Kawam-uddin Hasan, Haji, ui'^^^ cb^ lt^^, wazir to Shah Shaikh Abii Is-hak, ruler of Shfraz. He was a man of great liberality, and one of the patrons of the celeljrated Persian poet Khwaja Hafiz, who has praised him in many of his odes. He died during the seige of Shiraz by Mubariz-uddin Muhammad Zafar, on Friday the 12th of April, 1353 A. D., 6th Kabf I, 754i A. H. Kawam-uddin, Khwaja, ui"^^^ ^^j=^, sufnamed Sahib Ayar, was the wazir and favourite companion of Shah Shujaa', the son of Mubariz-uddin IMuhammad Zafar, commonly called Muzaffar Shah, who took Shiraz in 1353 A. D. He was put to the rack and beheaded by Shah Shujaa' in August, 1363 A. D., Zi-Ka'da, 764 A. H. Kawela Kaan, ^-/.y vide Kiblai :^aan. Kayomurs, '^J^J^} vide Kaiomurs. Kaytlk Kaan, uX^'.^J^, or Kayuk Khan, was the son 37 of Oktai Kaan, the son of Changez Khan. He succeeded his father in January, 1242 A. D., 639 A. H., to the kingdom of Tartary, and his uncle Jughtai or Chughtai
 * ^aan to the kingdom of Transoxania, Badakhshau and

Kiishghar. He reigned one year, and died aboiit the beginning of 1243 A. D., 640 A. H., when Mangu Kaan, the eldest son of Tuli Khan, the son of Changez Khan, succeeded him and reigned nine years. Kaza, poetical name of Muhammad Hafi'z-uUah Khan. Kazi Khan, <J'"^') lie is commonly called by this name, but his full name is Imam Fakhr-uddfn Hasan bin- Mansur-al-'Uzjandi'-al-Farghani. He died in 1195 A. D., 592 A. H. He is the author of a work entitled " Fatawa Kazi Khan," a collection of decisions which is held in the highest estimation in India. Yiisuf bin-Junaid, generally known by the name of Akhi Chalabf-at-Tukati', epitomised this work and compressed it into one volume. Kazib-iO-Ban, ly'e-'l V^i-^', surname of Shaikh Muhm- uddi'n 'Abdul Kadir bin-Sayj-ad Muhammad, an Arabian author who died in 1630 A. D., 1040 A. H. Kazim, Hakim, a physician who had the title of Hazik-ul-Mulk and was the son of the Mujtahid Haidar AH Tushtari Najafi. He is the author of the work called " Farah-nama Fatima," which he composed in 1737 A. D., 1150 A. H. Kazim, Hakim, (*^^ '"'■^^ Sahib. Kazim Ali Khan, ly^^ He had built a garden at Agrah on the banks of the Jamna opposite to Kam Bagh. Some traces of this garden still remain called Hakim ka Bagh. It was built in the year 1551 A. D. Kazim Zarbaya, ^i^.jj c^^, a Persian poet who died at Isfahan in the year 1541 A. D., 948 A. H. Kazwini, i^-jy, author of the " 'Ajaeb-ul-Makhlukat," vide Zikaria bin-Muhammad bin-Mahmud. Kerat Singh, '^J^^, second son of Mirza Eaja Jai- singh. He served under the emperor 'Alamgi'r, and after his father's death was honoured with the rank of 3000. He was living in the Dakhin 1673 A. D., 1084 A. H. Kesari Singh, LSy^, raja of Jaipur who lived in the time of Muhammad Shah, emperor of Dehli. Kesho Das Rathor, Raja, j^^b ct'o j^i^ ^^f;, ^vho gave his daughter in marriage to the emperor Jahangir, by whom he had Bahar Bano Begam. Khadija, Muhammad's wife. Although this is the correct pronunciation of the name, yet, see under Khudyja. Khadim, f^^^, the" poetical name of Nazar Beg, a poet. He was a pupil of Muhammad Azfal Sabit, and died some time before the year 1760 A. D., 1174 A. H. Khadim, the takhallus or poetical appellation of Shaikh Ahmad 'Ali of Sandila and son of Muhammad Haji. He is the author of several works, amonn- which is one called " Anis-ul-'Ushsh;lk," an Anthologv. He flourished about the year 1752 A. D., 1165 A. H. See Hasan bin-Muhammad Sharif.