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 Muhammad 184 Muhammad Muhammad. Amin, C^-h^t <^*=^'^, son of Daulat Muham- mad al-Husainf al-Balkhi', is the author of the work called " Anfa' ul-Akhbar," or Useful Chronicle ; was in the service of Nawab Sipahdar Khan, who receives a long and laudatory notice at the close of the work. He concluded it in 1626 A. D., 1036 A. H., and styled it Anfa' uLAkhhar, because the Hijri year 1036 A. H. in which it was completed, is represented _ by the letters composing those words. He resided chiefly at Ahmad- nagar. Muhammad Amin, t^i*' •i'*'^, author of the work entitled " 'Asrar ul-Ma'anf," a collection of poems on the the conquests of the emperor 'Alamgir, and a panegyric on several cities of the Dakhin, which previous to its being subdued by his arms, was esteemed the garden of India. He also wrote another work on Theology entitled " Eakf- kat Ilm Ilahi." Muhammad Amin Khan, ly''^^ son of Muhammad Sa'id Mir Jumla. He served under the em- perors Shah Jahan and 'Alamgir, and was raised to the rank of 5000. He died on the 6th May, 1682 0. S., 8th Jumada I, 1093 A. H. at Ahmadabad Gujrat. Muhammad Amin Khan, iDt'^^ '^■♦s'o^ entitled Ya'tmad-uddaula, was the son of Mir Baha-uddin, the brother of Nizam ul-Mulk 'Asaf Jah, and came to India in the reign of 'Alamgir under whom he served for several j-ears. He was the chief counsellor of the emperor Muhammad Shah, and was appointed Wazir with the above title after the death of Sayyad Husain 'All Khan and the imprisonment of his brother Sayyad 'Abdullah Khan in 1720 A. D., 1133 A. H., but he had scarcely entered on his office, when he was taken ill and died su'd- denly on the 17th of January, 1721 O. S., 29th Eabi' I, 1133 A. H. After his death the office of prime-minister was only fiUed by a temporary substitute, being ultimate- Ij' designed for Nizam ul-Mulk 'Asaf Jah, who was then in the Dakhin. Muhammad Amin Eazi, isjb ^^-"^^ <^-^^, vide Amin Ahmad, author of the Haft Aklim. Muhammad Amir Khan, cJ^^t.rt*' of Agrah, author of the " Mauliid Nadiri" containing the history and miracles of 'Abdul Kadir Gilani in Urdii, written in 1847 A. D., 1263 A. H., ude Muhammad JKasim. Muhammad Ansar, J^^t *s'°, an historian who wrote a history of Kashmir in continuation of one written by Haidar Malik, It is amusing to observe, says Mr. H. M. Elliot, the extravagant praises which this orthodox his- torian confers upon 'Alamgir, whom he infinitely prefers to the noble and enlightened Akbar of whom he com- plains that he "treated ail his subjects alike!" not favouring the Muhammadans above the Hindus. Was ever a nobler tribute paid to a ruler ? MuJiammad Bakhtyar Khilji, i^^'^ jk^- **sr«, was appointed governor of Bengal by Sultan Kutb-uddin Eybak about the year 1203 A. D., 600 A'. H. ' He made Lakhnauti the seat of his government. A.D.A.H. Muhammad Bakhtyar Ehilji, began 1203 600 Muhammad Sheran Azz-uddin, slain in battle with the infidels, 1205 602 'All Murdan 'Ala-uddin Khilji slain, 1208 605 Husam-uddin Ghausi slain, ■ 1212 609 Nasir-uddm bin-Shams-uddin, .' 1227 624 Mahmud bin-Shams-uddin, became Sultan of Hindustan, i 1229 627 Tughan Khan, governor under Sultana Eizia, 1237 634 TijiorTaji '. 1243 641 Taimur Khan Kiran, 1244 642 Saif-uddin,, 1246 644 Ikhtiar-uddin Malik Uzbak, 1253 651 Jalal-uddin Khani, 1257 656 Taj-uddin Arsalan, 1258 657 Muhammad Tatar Khan, 1260 659 Moi'zz-uddfn Tughral, 1277 676 Nasir-uddin Baghra Khan, son of Ghayas- uddin Balban, considered-! st sovereign of Bengal, .... 1282 681 Kadar Khan, viceroy of Muhammad Shah I, ■ Tughlak,, 1325 725 Fakhr-uddin Sikandar, assumes independence, 1340 741 'Ala-uddin Mubarik,, 1343 743 Shams-uddin Muhammad Shah Ilias Bhan- gara, 1343 744 Sikandar Shah bin-Shams-uddin, 1359 760 Ghayas-uddin 'Azim Shah bin-Sikandar Shah, 1308 769 Saif-uddin Sultan us-Salatin bin-Ghayas- nddin, 1374 775 Shams-uddin bia-Sultan us-Salatin, 1384 785 Kansa, a Hindu, 1386 787 Jalal-uddin Muhammad Shah (Chitmal bia- Kansa),, 1392 794 Ahmad Shah bin-Jalal-uddin, 1409 812 Nasir Shah (descendant of Shams-uddin Ilias), 1427 830 Barbak Shah bin-Nasir Shah began, 1457 862 Ytisaf Shah bin-Barbak Shah, 1474 879 Sikandar Shah, 1482 887 Fatha Shah, 1432 887 Shahzada Sultan, an eunuch, 1491 896 Fii'uz Shah Habshf, 1492 897 Malimiid Shah bin-Firoz Shah, 1494 899 Muzafiar Shah Habsh'i, 1495 goo 'Alii-uddin Husain Shah bin-Sayyad Ashraf, 1498 903 Nasrat Shah bin-' Ala-uddin Husain, 1521 927 Mahmud Shah bin-'Ala-uddfn Husain, de- feated by, 1534 940 Farid-uddin Sher Shah, 1537 944 Humayun held court at Gaur also called Jannatabad, 1538 945 Sher Shah, again, 1539 945 Muhammad Khan, 1545 952 Khizir Khan Bahadur Shah bin-Muhammad Khan, 1555 962 Jalal-uddin bin-Muhammad Khan, 1561 968 Sulaiman Kirani, 1564 971 Bayezid bin-Sulaiman, 1673 981 Daud Khan bin-Sulaiman, defeated by Ak- bar's forces under Munaim Khan, 1573 981 Muhammad Azim Khan, ^jtL ^t^l Cy^s"^^ ex-amir of Kabul, ride Azim Khan. Muhammad Baki, Khwaja, t^-*^ o^'^ *^L>S a Muhammadan saint who died on the 20th October, 1603