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 Mansur in Marghinani Mansur, J}^'^, the son of Baikara Mirza, and father of Sultan Husain Mirza of Hiiut. Mansur, jy^", a poet, who is the author of a Di'wan in •which are some Kasidas in praise of Shah Ahbas II, who died in 1666 A. D,, 1077 A. H., and of Abbas KuH Beg. Mansur I, S a m a n i, Amir, ls^^*^-' J^'*^" ^i^"^, a prince of the race of the Samanides, was the son of Amir Nuh I, and brother to Ami'r 'Abdul Malik whom he succeeded 961 A. D., 350 A. H. He compelled the Dilami ruler of Fars and 'Irak to pay him an annual tribute of loO,000 dinars of gold: and the peace, by which this tribute was fixed was cemented by his mar- riage with the daughter of Rukn-uddaula, the reigning . prince of that family. Amir Mansur died after a reign of 15 lunar years on the 16th of March, 976 A. D., 11th Eajab, 365 A. H., and was succeeded by his son Amir Nuh II. His wazir Abu 'AH bin-Muhammad translated into Persian the Tarikh Taban'. Mansur II Samani, Amir, ij^^ jj'^^ ji^U succeeded his father Ami'r Nuh II, in 997 A. D., 387 A. H., on the throne of Khurasan. He occupied it for a short period (little more than a year) which was marked with disgrace and misfortune. He was obliged to fly before his rebellious nobles, who afterwards deprived him of his sight and elevated his younger brother, 'Abdul Malik II, to the throne 998 A. D., 388 A. H. Mansur ' Ali Khan, (J-^ Jy'^'"^} Nawdb of Audh, vide Safdar Jang. Mansur 'Ali Khan, Sayyad, "^^^ iJ-^Jj^^'^, the present Nawab of Murshidabad. He was living in 1868. Mansur Hallaj, ^^^Jy-^'^'°, the surname of Shaikh Husain Hallaj, a celebrated ascetic, who was a native of Baiza, and originally a cotton-thrasher. The Musalmans differed in their opinions about the character of this person. Some took him to be a saint, and gave out that he performed miracles ; others believed him to be a sorcerer or a juggler, and that he only deceived people with his tricks. He was, however, condemned and sen- tenced by the khalif of Baghdad, Maktadir, and was put to death, because he used to proclaim " An-ul-hak," i. e., "I am the truth," or in other words, "I am God." When they had taken him to the place-of execution, they first cut off both his hands, and then his legs ; they pluck- ed out his eyes, cut out his tongue, and separated his head from his body. They then burned his mangled corpse to ashes, and threw it into the Tigris. This circumstance took place in the year 919 A. D., 306 A. H , but according to Ibn-KhalliUan, on tbe 2-lth Zi-Ka'da, 309 A. H., corresponding with 26th March, 922 A. D. Shaikh Husain is commonly called Mansur Hallaj though it is the name of his father. He is considered by the Sufis to be one of their most eminent spiritual leaders, who, they believe, had attained the fourth or last stage of Siifiism. An inspired Sufi is said to have demanded of the Almighty why he permitted Mansur to suffer ? The reply was, " This is the punishment for the revealer of secrets." Mansur ibn-Alkaem ibn-Almahdi, f*.-!^'^;^' j^'^.xt a prince of Africa who died on Friday the 19th of March, 953 A. D., Friday 29th Shawwal, 341 A. H. Mansur, Shah, ^ JJ'^^, vide Shah Mansur. Mansur, Khwaja, ^^^-o vide Khwaja Mansur. Manu, IJ"*5 the son of Brahma, the first male according to the Hindus. Eapil was Manu's grandson, and the author of the Sankh Shastar in which he mentions the Gi'ta, which relates of transactions, which took place at the end of the Dwapar, and the beginning of the Kaljug. Manu is the author of the Institutes that goes by his name ; it is said that it existed in the Satjug according to this shlok, "When 1010 years of the Satjug were expired, I Manu, at the full moon of the month Bhadr, by the command of Brahma finished this Shastar." Manuchehr, J'^*, one of the ancient kings of Persia of the first or Pishdadian dynasty, who succeeded Fare- dun. He was a good and pious monarch : but the great prosperity which attended his reign was chiefly owing to the wisdom and courage of his prime-minister, Sam, the son of Nariman, whoso descendants Zal and Eustam, even during this reign obtained a celebrity which has led Peisian historians and poets to speak only of those events that are connected with their biography. Manuchehr died after a reign of 120 years, and was succeeded by his son Nauzar, in the latter part of whose reign died Sam, the son of Nariman. After the death of Sam, Pasbang the king of Turan invaded Persia with a force of 30,000 men, commanded by his son, Afrasiab. Two engagements and two single combats took place, Nauzar himself was discomfited by Afrasiab, who soon afterwards took him prisoner and slew him. This happened in the seventh year of the reign of that unfortunate monarch. Manuchehr, ^■^^^'"j ^'^Vfe Kabiis. Manuchehr, Malik or Khakan, o^'^^':".^^^ ruler of Shirwan whose panegyrist was Khakani the poet. He was a descendant of Bahram Chobin, and his title was Khakan, hence the takhallus of Khakani. Manuchehr reigned about the year 1180 A. D., 576 A. H., of the Christian era. Manuchehr, (prince) he was the son of Shaikh Ibrahim, ruler of Shirwan who died in 1417 A. D., 820 A. H. His panegyrist was Katibi who wrote a chrono- gram on his death which happened in the year 1412 A. D., 815 A. H., five years before his father. Manuchehr, j^^^^) vide Tousam. Manuchehri, (SJ^'^'^^j '^^'^ sobriquet of Shast Galla. His name was Hakim Najm-uddm Ahmad bin- Ya'kiib bin- Manuchehri. He lived at the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni and of his two sons Masa'ud and Muhammad. He acquired much wealth, and hence his sobriquet of Shast Galla, i. e., sixty flocks of sheep. He died in 1090 A. D., 483 A. H., and left a Diwan in Persian. Manwi, Maulwi, i^y^ t^y^^j an author. Manzari, <_5>^^-*-<« ^Sj^^, of Samarkand, a poet who was in the service of Bairam Khan at Agrah, and wi-ote a poem called " Shahnami Khayal," which contains an account of the war of Sikandar Shah Sir, iScc. Marghinani, tj'^^^^} his proper name was Burhan- uddi'n 'All bin-JIuhammad, but he derived this title from his native country Marghinan a city in Miiwarun-nahr. He is the author of the " Hidaj-a," and several other works. His death happened in 1197 A. D., 593 A. H. Vide Burhan-uddiu 'Ali.