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 Kiitb-uddin 158 Chiragh Dehli ; both of whom were disciples of Shaikh Kizam-uddm Aulia ; and both of whom died the same year. Nasir-uddm died on the 16th September, 1356 A. D., IStii JRamazan, 757 A. H., and Kwth-uddm on the 22nd November, 1356 A. D., 26th Zi-Ka'da, 757 A. H. The formei; Ues buried at Dehli and the latter at Hansi. Kutb-uddm, Sultan, l^^'^-'' ^ also called Kutb Shah, was the son of Muhammad Shah, king of Gujrat. After the death of his father in February, 1451 A. D., Muliarram, 856 A. H., he ascended the throne of Gujrat, reigned more than eight years, and died on the 2oth of May, 1459 A. D., 23rd Eajab, 863 A. H. He was buried in the vault of his father Muhammad Shah, and was succeeded by his uncle Daud Shah who reigned only a few days and was deposed. Kutbul-Mulk, '^^^^ the father of ?uH Kutb Shah I, which see. Kutbul-Mulk, V-^^ the title of 'Abdullah Khan (Sayyid) which see. Kutlamish, cA*^-^', a descendant of Saljuk, was taken prisoner by Malikshah Saljuki. Vide Sulaiman bin- Kvitlamish. Kutlagh Nigar Khanam, (*^^^ J*^' t^', daughter of Yunas Khan king of Mughalistan, and sister to Mahmud Khan, a descendant of the famous Changez Khan. She was married to 'Umar Shaikh Mirza, and became the mother of Babar Shah, king of Dehli. She died at Kabul on the 4th of June, 1505 A. D., 1st Muharram, 911 A. H. Kutlak Khan, (3^'^^, the title of Atabak 'Abu Bakr bin-Sa'd bin-Zangi. Kutran, vide Kitran. Kutrib, an author who was a cotemporary of Seboya the poet, and received this title from him, but his original name is Muhammad. He is the author of several works. He died 821 A. D., 206 A. H. Kutyba, ^^') the son of Mushni ibn-Amar, was gover- nor of Khurasan in the reign of khali'f 'Abdulmalik. _ He was slain in the time of Sulaiman, son of 'Abdulmalik in September, 715 A. D., Zil-ijijja, 96 A. H. Kya Muhammad, ^i^j vide Buzurg Umaid. Kyjaptu, second son of Sultan Abka Khan, the son of Halalu Khan, the Tartar king of Persia. He was raised to the throne by the voice of the majority of the Amirs on the death of his brother Arghun Khan in March, 1291 A. D., Eabi' I, 690 A. H. The resentment of a personal injury led Baidii Khan, a grandson of Halaku Khan, to rebel against him, and the unfortunate monarch was, after a short struggle, made prisoner, and put to death in January, 1295 A. D., Safar, 694 A. H. Baidu Khan succeeded him. L. Labid, "^^.^J, whose full name is Abu A'kil Labfd bin- Eabiat, was one of the most distinguished Arabian poets, and one of the seven whose verses constituted the Mua'l- lakat, a series of prizes suspended in the Ka'ba. He was still an idolater when Muhammad commenced publishing Lais his laws. One of his poems commenced with this verse : " All praise is vain which docs not refer to God : and all good which proceeds not from Him is but a shadow ;" no other poet could be found to compete with it. At length the chapter of the Kuran, entitled Bardt, was attached to a gate in the same temple, and Labfd was so overcome by the verses at the commencement, as to de- clare that they could only be produced by the inspiration of God, and he immediately embraced Islamism. When Muhammad was apprised of the conversion of Labfd, the finest genius of his time, he was exceedingly delighted, and requested him to answer the invectives and satires of Amra-alkys and other infidel poets who wrote against the new religion and its followers. The following sentence is also attributed to him, which is the finest which ever fell from the lips of an Arab : — " All is vain which is not of God." Labid is said to have lived to the age of 140 years, and died at the city of Kiifa in 141 of the Hijra (768 A. D.) (There is some mistake in the year of his death.) — OcJcleij's Ilistory of the Saracens. Ltbid is supposed to be the friend and tutor of Amra-alkys, commonly called Kaisand Majntin, the lover of Lylu. Lachhmi Narayan, S?*^^^ °^ Benares. He is tlio author of a biography or Tazkira called " Gul-e- Ka'na." Lachhmi Ram, l*b i^'^'c^^, a Hindu who was a poet and had adopted the word " Suriir" (happiness) for his poetical appellation. Lachhmi Bai, c^"'^ C5*t?ji the wife of Malhar Eao, raja of Baroda, who mariied her under suspicious circumstances ; a child was born in 1874 and it has been recognised as legitimate. Laddardeo, ^■■^J'^K a raja of Telangana who became tributary to Sultan 'Ala-uddi'n Sikandar Sani in the year 1310 A. D., 710 A. H. Ladli Begam, (♦^i? S^"*^^) the daughter of Shaikh Mubarik of Niigor, and sister to Abii'l Fazl the minister of the emperor Akbar. She was married to Nawab Islam Khan who had been governor of Bengal about the year 16U8 A. D., 1017 A. H. She died at A'grah, and is sup- posed to have been buiied tffere in the cemetery of her father, which is now called (1844) Eauza Ladli. Laila, or Laili, iis^i^) the name of the mistress of the celebrated Majnun, whose original name was Kais. These two lovers are very famous throughout the East. Laili was the daughter of a neighbouring Chief. She was equally accomphshed with her lover : and nothing seemed likely to disturb the happiness which their permitted attachment promised, till the avarice of her father de- stroyed at once all their hopes. LaiU was commanded to think of Kais no more, as she was destined to be the bride of one more rich and powerful ; and in spite of the grief and remonstrances of the unfortunate pair, they were separated. Kais became insane from disappointment, and his name was therefore changed to Majnun, (the dis- tracted). Death at length put a period to his miseries, and his faithful mistress soon followed him, leaving her cruel parent to his late and vain remorse, and the memory of these victims of avarice to eternal honour and regret. Vide Majnun. Lais, or Laith, is the proper name of a brazier, who by his valour raised himself to the highest posts in the dominions of Darham, who then reigned in Sajistan. He left three sons, Ya'kub, A'mrii, and 'AH, of whom the