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 Masa'ud 173 Ma'sum he says, that some of them found in the lowest part of the Pyramid a vase containing a quantity of fluid of an unknown quality. They also discovered in a large haU a quantity of golden coins put up in columns, every piece of -which was of the weight of 1000 dinars. In another place they found the image of an old man, made of green stone sitting upon a sofa, and wrapped up in a garment. Before him were statues of little hoys. Hav- ing proceeded further they met with the image of a cock made of precious stones and placed upon a green column. Continiung their researches they came to a female idol of white stone and lions of stone on each side. This, he says, occurred in the time of Tarid bin-'AbduUah, sup- posed, says Colonel Howard Vyse, to have been a king of EgJ'pt. Masa'ud Ghazi, Salar, (S)^ j^«wo ^JiL,, g, celebrated Muhammadan martj-r commonly called Ghazi Miyain, whose tomb is at Bahraich in Audh. He was the son of Salar Sahu, and related to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ; his mother being that monarch's sister. He had forcibly taken possession of a Hindu temple in Bahraich, upon which the Hindus surrounded him from all sides, a battle ensued in which Masa'ud Ghazi was slain, and several of his adherents cut to pieces. This circumstance took place on the loth of June, 1033 A. D., 14th Eajab, 424 A. H., at which time he was only 1 9 years old. To commemo- rate his martyrdom a festival takes place every year at Bahraich on the first Sunday in the month of Jeith, which falls exactly on the 29th day after our Easter Sunday, and veiy seldom on any other day. The festival terminates with the flying of kites. Masa'ud Hisari, Maulana, ^sj"'^ <>_^««.-« ^^j'o, a poet who was living in the commencement of Akbar's reign, and wrote the chronogram of the emperor Hiuna- yun's death which took place in 1556 A. D., 963 A. H. Masa'ud, Khwaja, ^ of Bak, a place near Bukhara. It is said that he was for some time a king in Mawarun-nahr, but a dervish at heart. He is the author of several jvorks on Sufj^ism, one of which is the " Umm al-Nasaeh." He has also composed a Diwan which he called "Niir ul-Aui," the light of the eye, containing more than 3,000 verses. Masa'ud, Khwaja, .5>*—^ Khwaj a Masa'ud. Masa'ud Sa'd Salman, cjUl« oywo^ ^ pgg^; and native of Jurjan. He flourished in the time of Manuchehr, ruler of that country, about the year 1060 A. D., 452 A. H. He is the author of a Diwan in Arabic and Persian. Mas-hafi, i^^'^^, an Urdu poet of Lakhnau, whose pro- per name is Ghulam Hamdani. His native country was Amroha in the district of iluradabad. He died about the year 1824 A. D., 1240 A. H. He is the author of several Diwans and biographies in Persian and Urdu. Masha-ullah, ^ the surname of an author who is also styled " Al-Misri," or the Egyptian. It is also the name of a Jew, who was a great astronomer, and lived in the time of the khalife Al-Mansur and Al-SIamun. Ma'shuk 'Ali, Maulana Muhammad ijs^-^ or**^ •^♦^^ ^'^^ of Jaunpur, a learned Musalman and author of several works in prose and poetry. He died in the year 1852 A. D., 1268 A. H. Masih, the poetical name of Hakim Eukna Kashi, which see. 44 Masih, whose proper name was Hatim, is the author of the poem caUed " Kissae Manuchehr," containing the story of Manuchehr, which he composed in 1660 A. D., 1070 A. H., and dedicated it to Shah Jahan the emperor of Dehli. Masiha, poetical title of Hakim Muhammad 'AH Khan, who is the author of an Urdfi Dfwan. Masihai, Akliund, of Kashan, whose poetical name is Sahib, a man who possessed every orna- ment of learning and accomplishments, had been a pupil and son-in-law of 'Aka Husain of Khwansar, and gained the admiration of all mankind by his good qualities and agreeable society. He composed much in verse, and has left elegant compositions in prose. He died at Isfahan in the beginning of the 1 8th century. Masihi, cs'^*"'} a Turkish poet of great repute at Con- stantinople, who flourished in the reign of the emperor Sulaiman II, styled the Lawgiver. His works are pre- served in the archives of the Koyal Society. Masihi died in 1512 A. D., 918 A. H. Masihi, Mulla, c?^^ also called Masihai, was the poetical name of Sa'd-ullah, an adopted son of Mukarrab Khan. He was a native of Panipat, and flourished in the time of the emperor Jahangir. He translated the " Ra- mayan," which contains the battle of Earn Chand with Eawan the ten-headed monster, from Hindi into Persian verse. Masihi, t5^'^j vide Eukn-uddin Masa'ud Masihi. Masir, J^'°f poetical name of prince Mirza Hamayun Kadr, the son of lilirza Elhurshaid Kadr, vide Taskhir. Masjidi, tS"^?^j poetical title of a poet of Persia. Masjid Moth, ^^^^ built by Mian Bhuya at Dehli. Tide Bhiiya. Maslah-uddin, i:;^'^' ^"^t proper name of the cele- brated Shaikh Sa'di of Shiraz, vid^ Sa'di. Maslah-uddin al-Lari, ijj^ uri'^t a native of Lar in Persia, and author of the work called "Mirat ul-Adwar," the Mirror of the "World. Masruf, poetical title of JTawab Khan Bahadur Khan, the son of Jalal-uddin or Zulfikar Khan, the son of Haiiz Eahmat Khan of BareH He is the author of a Diwan. He rebelled against the British in 1857, and consequently was obliged to leave his native country and go to Mecca. MasruJ, JJJ^'*> the poetical title of "Wali Muhammad Khan who was governor of Lar under Shah Tahmasp EE of Persia. Mast, the poetical appellation of Zulfikar 'All, which Ma'sum 'Ali Shah, Mir, «^ a celebrated Sufi teacher, who was a disciple of Sayyad 'Ali Eaza, a native of the Dakhin. During the reign of Karim Khan, he went from India to Shiraz, where his