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 Kochak 155 Kudrat-ullah served under Mubariz Kliaii, governor of Haidarabad, and after his death under Nizam-ul-Mulk 'Asaf Jah, and died at Dehli in the year 1746 A. D., 1159 A. H. He ■was a good musician and knew the Indian and Persian systems of musical compositions. His poetical name is Umaid. Kocliak, *^^^} poetical name of Prince Mirz&, Wajih-uddin who died in the East, though his remains were brought to Dehli and buried close to the Dargah of Sultan-ul- Mashaekh which is about 6 or 8 miles distant from Dehli. Koukab, V^^^j poetical name of Munshi Mahdi in the service of Nadir Shah, author of " Durr-i-Nadira," " Ta- rikh Nadiri" and a poem entitled " Nadir-nama." Koukab, vO^j poetical name of a poet who died in the year 1840 A. D., 1256 A. H. Koula Devi or Kawaldali, iSJ^'^ tte beautiful wife of Rae Karan, riija of Gujrat, which place was taken by Sultan 'Ala-uddm Khilji in the year 1297 A. D., 697 A. H., and among the captives was Koula Devi whom the king married. Her daughter Dewal Devi also was taken captive in the year 1306 A. D., 706 A. H. A few days after her arrival, her beauty inflamed the heart of the king's son, Khizir Khan, to whom she was eventually given in marriage. The history of the loves of this illustrious pair is written in an elegant poem called " Ishkia," composed by Amir Khusro of Dehli. Muba- rik Shah, in the second year of his reign, put to death his brother Khizir Khan who was imprisoned at Gwaliar, and took Dewal Devi to be his wife. Koura Mai, Choudhari, d^ljy^ author of the story of Kamrup, a poem in Persian verse. He died on the 16th of May, 1848 A. D. Kousari Bukliari, (sM'^ (Sjrh^) an author who died in the year 1475 A. D., 880 A. H. Eousi, LS'^j'} poetical name of Majd-uddm 'AH, an author. Krislin, i^^J^^ a god of the Hindus, was in the world in the time of the Kauras and Pandus, or the Vth century after the commencement of the Kalijug, according to this Bhlok, "When somethiag more than 650 years of the Kalijug were expired, then were the Kauras and Pandus, In whose time the Great War took place." Krishna Eaj Odawar, Jjl>ij' (^J> ^'^j^, the lineal de- scendant of the ancient family of Mysore, whose power Haidar 'AH Khan had usurped in the year 1761 A. D. But after the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan, and the departure of his sons from Seringapatam to Vellore, Mysore was divided between the Ni/.am and the English. The EngHsh took the southern portion, and the city of Seringapatam, by which accession their territory reached from sea to sea. The Nizam took an equal portion on the north-east. Some districts on the north-west, equal La value to more than half of each of their own portions, were offered by the allies to the Marhattas, which they refused to take, and they were divided between the Nizam and the English. The remainder was given to Krishni Eaj a, then a child of three years of age, who was raised to the throne of his ancestors, on the 30th June, 1799 A. D., andPurania, a Brahman of great ability and reputation, who had been the chief iinancial minister of Tipu, was appointed Dfwan to the young prince by the British Government. He was afterwards created Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. He died on Friday the 27th of March, 1868 A. D., aged 72 years. His adopted son Chamrajaindra Odawar,has been recognized and proclaimed as Maharaja of Mysore. The young Maharaja now being a minor, the government and administration of the territo- ries of Mysore will, during his minority, be conducted under the direction of the Commissioner. Kuar Singh, ''^^'^ jj,'^^, or Kunwar Singh of Jagdisp6r, a rebel of 1857, was killed in battle in May or June, 1858. Kubad, •i^'i^, (Cavades of the Greeks), was the son of Firoz I, king of Persia of the Sassanian race, and the successor of his brother Palash. We are told that when his brother Palash came to the throne, Kubad, who had aspired to it, fled towards the territories of the Khakan, or king of Transoxania ; and as he passed Naishapiir, he spent one night with a beautiful young lady of that city, who, when he returned four years afterwards accompanied by a large army, presented him with a fine boy, the fruit of their casual amour. He was delighted with the appearance of the child ; and as he was contemplating him, he received accounts that his brother Palash was no more, and that the crown of Persia awaited his acceptance. This intelli- gence reaching him at such a moment, made him con- clude, that fortune already smiled on his son, whom he, from that day, treated with the greatest favour, and gave the infant prince the name of Nausherwan. Kubad succeeded his brother in 488 A. D., and carried on a successful war against the Eoman emperor Anastasius : and died, after a long reign of 43 years, 531 A. D. His son Nausherwan succeeded him. Kubadi, CS^'*> surname of Shis bin -Ibrahim, an Arabian author, who died in the year 1202 A. D., 599 A. H. Kublai Khan, {vicU Yule's Marco Polo) more properly Khublai, overthrew the Kin dynasty in 1260 A.D., and conquered the whole of China 19 years later ; died at Pekin 1296 A. D. Kudrat, <^j'^, the poetical name of Shah Kudrat-ullah of Dehli, a Persian and Urdu lyric poet, and author of the work called " Nataej ul-Afkar" and a Diwan. He was living at Murshidaba'd in 1782 A. D., 1191 A._ H. He was one of the most fertile Persian poets ; his Diwan consists of 20,000 verses. He died in 1791 A. D., 1205 A. H., at Murshidabad. Kudrat, oji^J, the poetical name of Shaikh Kudrat- uUah of Bhopal. Kudrat-ullah, Shaikh, '^J'^^ Superinten- dent of Stamps at Bhopal, and author of several works in Persian and Urdu which were published by him ia the year 1863 A. D., 1280 A. H., at Bhopal. List of Boolcs composed hj him. Poetry, Of Ghazals called, Diwan Kudrat. Of Panegyrics or Kasidas,. . Agwan Kudrat. Poems, Gulzar Kudrat. Ditto, Izhar Kudrat. Malcom's History, Majri Kudrat. Mutiny of 1857, Tamashae Kudrat. Promiscuous pieces, Kimiyao Kudrat. Frose. On Miracles, Ajaebat Kudrat. On Medicine, Mujarribat Kudrat. Letters, Eukkat Kudrat. Stories, Hikayat Kudrat.