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 Mazliar 175 Miran Mazhar, author of a poem containing the story of "Chandar Badan," which he dedicated to Aurangzib em- peror of Dehlf. Mazhar, y^-, the poetical designation of (Mirza) Jan Janan, which see. Mazhari, Maulana, cs^-i*-^^ lSj^'° ^'^y°i a poet of Kashmir who flourished in the time of Akbar. Mazhar ul-Hakk, 6'^' y(^, poetical name of Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad Fazil, author of the "Muthbir ul- Wasilfn," a poem containing the chronograms of the most celebrated persons among the Muhammadans. He flourished in the time of the emperor 'Alamgir and died in 1696 A. D., 1106 A. H., vide Abu 'AbduUah Muham- mad FazU. Mazmun, the poetical appellation of Shaikh Sharaf-uddm a descendant of Shaikh Farid-uddin Sha- karganj. When he was past forty, he took up his abode in the mosque at Shahjahanabad called Zinat ul-Masajid, and led the life of an ascetic. He was a pupil of Mazhar and 'Arzu, the latter called him " Shai'r-i-Bedana," be- cause he had lost all his teeth. He died about the year 1745 A. D., 1158 A. H. Mehr, j^, poetical title of Mirza Hatim 'Ali Beg of A'grah, formerly a Munsif of Chunar. He is the author of a Diwan and a book called " Panjae Mehr." He was still living at Agrah in 1873 A. D. Mehr, poetical name of Nawab Amin-uddaula Saj'yad 'Agha 'AH Khan, a son of Mo'tmid-uddaula 'Agha Mir, the ex-Nawab of Lakhnau. He was living at Kahnpdr in 1856, and is the author of an Urdu Diwan. Mehri, poetical name of an author. Mehr Nasir, J^.'^jY°> Mirza Mehr Nasir. Mehrun-nisa Begam, gth daughter of 'Alamgir. Her mother's name was Aurangabadf Mahal, She was born in August, 1661 A. D., 3rd Safar 1072 A. H., and married to Prince Ezid Bakhsh, the son of Sultan Murad Bakhsh, and died in 1704 A. D., 1116 A. H. Mehrun-nisa, ^'"^'^'^j daughter of Nur Jahan by Sher Afgan Khan. She was married to Shahriar, the young, est son of Jahangfr. Mian ]y[ir,^i*iiJ^i'*, vide Shaikh Mir of Labor and Shah Mir. Minhaj us-Saraj Jurjani, (^^'°, a native of Jurjan or Georgia, was an elegant poet and author of the " Tabkat Nasirf," which he wrote in 1252 A. D., and dedicated to Nasir-uddin Mahmud king of Dehli who reigned from 1246 to 1266 A. D. He is also called Kazi Sadr Jahan Minhaj-uddin Jurjani. Vide Abu 'Umar Minhaj. Miim^t, '^'^j poetical name of Mir Kamar-uddin Minnat, a native of Dehli. "Warren Hastings conferred on him the title of " Malik-ush-Shu'ara," or the king of poets at the recommendation of the Nawab of Murshidabad. He visited the Dakhan and received 5,000 rupees for a Kasida or panegyric which he wrote in praise of the Nizam of Haidarabad. He died at Calcutta in 1793 A. D., 1208 A. H., and left 150,000 verses in Persian and Urdu. Among his compositions is a " Chamanistaa" and a " Shakaristan." Mir, j'i^, this word is an abbreviation of Amir, which in Arabic signifies, a chief, prince and commander. The Sayyads of India are also called Mir. Mir, the poetical designation of Mir Muhammad Taki, a Hindustani poet who flourished in the time of the em- peror Shah 'Alam, and whose poetry is mostly Eekhta. He was a native of Akbarabad and nephew to Siraj-uddin 'Ali Khan 'Arzu. He is the author of six Diwans and a Tazkira or biography of poets. He died at Lakhnau in the year 1810 A. D., 1225 A. H., vide Faiz, and Taki (Mir). Mir Akhund, <^^^^' J^, vide Khawand Shah. Mir 'Alam, ^^^J^J", title of Mir Abii'l Kasim, the prime- minister of the Nizam of Haidarabad. This nobleman for upwards of thirty years had taken a lead in the ad- ministration of aifairs in the Dakhin. He died in the month of November, 1808 A. D., and was succeeded by Munir ul-Mulk. Mir 'Ali, iJ-^J^, surnamed Damad, or the bridegroom (because he was married to a favourite sister of the great Shah 'Abbas), was the teacher of a system of philosophy much more pure and sublime than had hitherto been known. His immortal scholar Sadrau has, by his nu- merous works, proved himself superior to Aristotle in abstract science, though that great philosopher had been hitherto the master of his preceptor and aU his prede- cessors in those branches of learning. Mir Amman, t:^*! a Hindustani lyric poet, whose poetical name was Lutf, which see. Miran, Cirb'^, surname of Mir Sadik, the son of Nawab Ja'far 'Ali Khan of Bengal, vide Mir Sadik. Miran 'Adil Khan Faruki, t5^j>;'-» o'^ Jo^* ^1^, third king of Khandesh, succeeded his father Malik Nasfr Khan in September, 1437 A. D. He reigned more than three years, expelled the Dakhanis from Khandesh in 1440 A. D., and was murdered in the city of Burhanpur on Friday the 28th of April, 1441 A. D., 8th ZU-hijja, 844 A. H. He was buried at Talner by the side of his father, and succeeded by his son Miran Mubarik Khan I. Miran Ghani, ij^ i^h-", commonly called 'Adil Khan Faruki I, succeeded his father Miran Mubarik Khan in May,'l457 A. D., Kajab, 861 A. H. to the government of Khandesh, which province under his rule attained a degree of prosperity which it had never known under any of its former rulers. This prince added considerably to the fortifications of Asir, and constructed the strong- out- ' wort called Malaigarh ; he also built the citadel of Bur- hanpur, and raised many magnificent palaces in that town. He died after a reign of 48 lunar years on Friday the 8th September, 1503 A. D., 14th Eabi' I, 909 A. H., and was buried at his particular request near the palace of the Daulat Maidan in Burhanpur. He was succeeded by his brother Daud Khan Faruki. Miran Husain Nizam Shah, ^^^^ a'j-i'", ascended the throne of Ahmadnagar ia the Dakhin after the murder of his father Murtaza Nizam Shah in June 1588 A. D., Eajab, 996 A. H. He being of an impetu- ous and cruel disposition, began his reign by tyranny and oppression, and was deposed and murdered after a reio-n of ten months and three days on the 18th of March, 1589 A. D., 11th Jumada I, 997 A. H., and his cousin Isma'il Nizam Shah, the son of his uncle prince Burhiin Shah (who was then at the court of the emperor Akbar at Dehli), was raised to the throne.