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 Khudyja 151 Khusro 'TJmra Shaista Khan. In the lifetime of his father he held the Faujdarf of Bahraich with the rank of 1000, and after his father's death, in 1694 A. D., he was recalled to the presence, and was married to the daughter of Jumlat-ul- Mulk Asad Khan. In the year 1700 A. D., 1112 A. II. he was appointed governor of Bidar in the Dakhin by the emperor 'Alamgir, and subsequently of Karnatic Bijapvtr. After the death of Eiih-ullah Khan II, in 1703 A. D., he was honoured with the post of grand steward of the household with the rank of 2,500 horse. At the time of 'Alamgir's death, he held the rank of 3000. He espoused the cause of 'Azim Shah against his brother Bahadur Shah, and died of his wounds a few days after the battle in June, 1707 A. D., 1119 A. H. Kliudyja, or Khadija, the first wife of Muham- mad. She was a widow and dealt in merchandise. She had employed Muhammad for some time to drive her camels, and afterwards married him. Muhammad had several children by her, but all of them died young, ex- cepting three daughters, one of whom was Fatima, who was married to 'AH. After her marriage with Muham- mad she lived 22 years, and died at Mecca three years before the commencement of the Hijrf era, and three days after the death of Abu Talib the feither of 'Ali, and uncle of Muhammad, in August, 619 A. D., aged 62 lujiar years. Mr. Burckhardt informs us that the tomb of Khudyja is still remaining, and is regularly visited by pilgrims. It is enclosed by a square wall, and presents no objects of curiosity except the tombstone, which has a fine inscription in Kuflc characters, containing a pas- sage from the Kuran, from the chapter entitled, " Surat- ul-Kursi". Khurdadbih, *■?>iL^;•^, or Ibn-Khurdaziba, surname of Abu'l Kasim 'Ubaid-ullah bin-Ahmad (or 'Abdullah) Ibn-Khurdiiziba. This author has been the object of considerable controversies among the orientalists of Eu- rope. Khurdaziba (the grandfather of our author) was a magian, and was converted to Islam by the Bar- makides. Abu'l Kasim (our author) was consequently appointed over the post and intelligence department in the provinces belonging to the Jabal, (mountain) ; sub- sequently he came to the court of the Khalifa Mo'tamid, and became one of his privy counsellors. He is the author of several works, among which are — 1, " Kitab Adab-us-Sama," (from which Masa'udi gives a very in- teresting extract in his life of Mo'tamid) ; 2, " Kitab Jamhur Ansab-ul-Fars" containing the most celebrated Genealogies of the Persians ; 3, " Kitab-al-Masalik- wal-Mumalik," a geographical work on the roads and kingdoms; 4, " Kitab-al-Sharab," on drink; 5, " Kitab- ul-Lahwwal-Malahi," on playing and amusements ; 6, " Kitab-al-Anwa," on the stars, and 7, " Kitab-ul- Nudama-wal-Julasa" on courtiers and companions. The Geography of Ibn-Khm-daziba, says Sir H. M. Elliot, is the only work which we possess of this author, and of this there is only one copy in Europe. The MS. in question is ancient, bearing the date of 1232 A. D., 630 A. H., but it wants in most instances the diacritical points. It is preserved in the Bodleian Library at Ox- ford, No. 993. Ibn-Khurdaziba died about the year 912 A. D., 300 A. H. Khurram Bakht, Mirza, ^jy>, the son of Mu-za Jahandar Shah, the son of Shah ' Alam, king of Dehlf. Khurram Begam, (♦^■i-f (V^j the wife of Mirza Sulai- man Badaldishi. Kimrram, Mirza, Cj'^ !ir^> original name of the em- peror Shah Jahan before he came to the throne. Khur- ram was built by him before he came to the throne. Khurshed Mirza, Nawab, b>'* '^i^jy^ 'r'^^, son-in.law to the late Nawab Said-'uddaula, eldest son of Nawab JIumtaz-uddaula, Bahadur, of Lakhnau. He died on the 19th of January, 1875 A. D. He had a Wasika of 1200 Ra. per annum, which it is stated, will be continued to his widow, a young woman of 20. Khursindi, (S'^^'^j'^, a poet of Bukhara, and author of the " Kanz-ul-Gharaeb,'' a commentary in verse on the " Mukhtasir" of Ahmad Mansurf, which can be read in different metres. Khushdil, J**-*?^, poetical name of Maulvi Mustafa 'Ali Khan. Khushgo, poetical title of 'Amar Singh of Bena- ras, which see, Khushgo, S^J^i poetical name of Bindraban, a Bania, who was a native of Benaras. He is the author of a Tazkira called " Safinae Khushgo ;" the title is a chro- nogram, and consequently contains the date when he completed it, i. «., in 1734 A. D., 1147 A. H. He was a pupil of 'Arzu, who by Khushgo's request in 1742 A. D., 1156 A. H., made some glosses and added a preface to it. Vide also Amar Singh of Benaras. Khushi, c5-*^=^, poetical title of a poet. Khushtar, J^-^y^, the poetical name of a poet who was the son of Mirza Muhammad Afzal Sarkhush. Khushtar, j'^'^^^, poetical name of Munshi Jagannath, a Kiiyeth of Lakhnau, and author of the Eamayan in Urdu verse translated from the Bhakha of Tulshf Das, in the year 1852 A. D., 1268 A. H. Vide Tulshi Das and Gir- dhar Das. Khushwakt Rae, Lsb '^'y^js^, he was for many years the agent and intelligencer of the British Government at Amritsar after the treaty with Maharaja Eanjit Singh, which was concluded in the year 1809 A, D. Khusro, Amir, JJ'^^'^U one of the most celebrated poets of Hindustan who served under several emperors of Dehli, and wrote 99 poetical works. His father Amir Mahmud Saif-uddi'n, a Turk of the tribe of Lachi'n, came from Balkh to India and fixed his residence at I'atiala where Khusro was born in the year 1253 A. D., 651 A. H. Khusro died six months after the death of Nizam-uddm Aulia, who was his spiritual guide, and was buried close to his tomb at Ghayaspur in old Dehli. His death hap- pened in September, 1325 A. D., Ramazan, 725 A. H. Khiisro unfortunately lived at a period, saj's Sir H. M. Elliot, when vice was triumphant throughout Hindustan. He, however, had the happiness, during the last few years of his life, to see a just prince, Ghaj'as-uddin Tughlak, on the throne, whose virtues he has commemorated in his history, called " Tughlak-nama," and whom he survived but a few months. The following beautiful poems are particularly admired by his countrymen ; and in fact they rival those of the most esteemed poets of Persia. 1. Tuhfat-ul-Saghir. 5. Hasht Bahisht. 2. Shatt-ul-Hayat. 6. Sikandar-nama. 3. Ghurrat-ul-Kamal. 7. Eisala Nasr. 4. Bakia Nakia. Besides these there are several other poems, viz., " Nuh Sipehr," or the nine spheres, a beautiful mystical poem ; the " Kiran-us-Sa'djTi" or the auspicious conjunction, a poem in praise of Sultan Mu'izz-uddin Kaikubad, king of Dehli, and his father Nasir-uddin Baghra Khan, king of