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 Muhammad 189 Muhammad called " 'Asar Alimadi," a minute liistory of Muhammad and the twelve 'Imams, with various anecdotes respecting them. Muhammad Jogi, Mirza, cs(>^ i^-^, son of Shah- rukh Mirza, the son of Amir Taimiir, He died 1444 A. D., 848 A. H., two years before his father, aged 43 lunar years. Muhammad Karim, i^j^, the son of prince Azfm-ush-Shan, the son of the emperor Bahadur Shah. He was murdered bv order of the emperor Jahandar Shah his uncle, in April 1712 A. D., 1124 A. H. Muhammad Kasim, ^'^^ the original name of the celebrated historian, Firishta. Muhammad Kasim, f**"^^ vide Nasir-uddin Kabhacha. Muhammad Kasim, li.*^"*, son of Haji Muham- mad Sururf Kashanf, and author of the " Farhang Sururf," a dictionary of the Persian language, dedicated to Shah ■'Abbas Bahadur Khan, king of Persia, 1599 A. D., 1008 A. H. Vide Sururi. Muhammad Kasim Khan Badakhshani, cy^^s'O t^^y^ ii)^^ whose poetical name was Mauji, was an officer in the service of the emperors Humayun and Akbar. He died in 1571 A. D., 979 A. H., at Agrah, and is the author of an " Yiisaf Zalekha," containing the loves of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Vide Mauji. Muhammad Kasim, Mir, |***^^ author of the " 'Ibrat-nama," which he wrote after the invasion of Nadir Shah, about the year 1739 A. D., 1152 A. H. Muhammad Kasim, Sayyad, -^i^, of Danapiir, author of the work entitled " Aijaz Ghausia" in Urdu, which he composed in the year 1855 A. D., 1271 A. H., containing the history and miracles of the celebrat- ed saint of Baghdad, 'Abdul Kadir Gilam. Muhammad Kazim, Mirza, (*^^ ^t^q and successor of Mirza Muhammad Amin, private Munshi or Secretary to ' Alamgir, and author of the history called of the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir to whom it was dedicated in the 32nd year of his reign, 1689 A. D., 1100 A. H. "When it was presented to him, he forbade its being continued ; and prohibited all other historians or authors from relating the events of his life, preferring (says his panegyrist) the cultivation of inward piety to the ostentatious display of his actions. This monarch, whose reign is admired by the Muhammadans, and detes- ted by the Hindus, after having imprisoned his father, mounted the thi-one of DehH ia 1658 A. D., 1068 A. H. At this period the glory of the house of Babar may be said to have arrived at its zenith. The empire extended from the north-west mountains of Kabul to the southern limits of Chittagong ; and the kings of Golkonda and Bijapiir paid tribute. He is also the author of a " Shah- nama," a " Roz-nama," or Journal, and another work en- titled " Akhbar Hasania." Muhammad Kham-ullah Khan, e>l=^4i-'t d^i-^ a^s^, surnamed Ashk, is the author of a history of Amir Hamza, uncle of Muhammad, which he professes to have 48 drawn from a compilation made by order of Sultan Mah- mud, the Ghaznavide ; and observes, " What renders this present history at all times interesting is this, that it informs us of the customs of various nations, and that it instructs us in the art of doing battle, and of taking towns and kingdoms. Accordingly Mahmud, to avoid the ne- cessity of counsel from any one, had portions of it read to him as a daily observance." Muhammad Khan Bangash, Nawab, U^'^^, styled Ghazanfar Jang, a Rohela chief of the tribe of Bangash. He founded the city of Farrukhabad in the name of his patron the emperor Farrukh-siyar. In the reign of Muhammad Shah 1730 A. D., 1143 A. H. he was appointed governor of Malwa, but unable to cope with the Marhattas on account of their repeated incursions, he was removed in 1732 A. D., 1145 A. H., and appointed governor of Allahabad. Muhammad Khan having planned the reduction of the Bundolas of whom raja Chatursal was chief, entered that country in 1733 A. D., 1146 A. H. with an army, and took several places ; but as he was but little acquainted with the roads, Chatursal, with the assistance of Peshwa Bajf Rao, surrounded him suddenly with an army. The nawab, unable to combat a superior force, took refuge in the fortress of Jaitgarh, where he was closely blockaded by the enemy for some time, when his son Kaem Jang having collected an army of the Afghans, marched to Jaitgarh and escorted his father in safety to Allahabad. The imperial ministers, making a j're- tence of Muhammad Khan's ill-success, removed him from the Subadari. He died in the month of June, 1743 A. D., Jumada I, 1156 A. H., and was succeeded in his jagir by his son Kaem Jang, commonly called Kaem Khan. The foUoiving is a list of the Natcdhs of Farrulchdbdd. Muhammad Khan, Bangash. Kaem Jang, son of ditto. Ahmad Khan, brother of Kaem Jang. Muzaffar Jang, son of Ahmad KJian. Tafazzul Husain Khan. Muhammad Khan, Mir, o''^ commonly called Khan Kalan, was the eldest brother of Shams- uddm Muhammad Anka Khan. He served under the emperors Humayun and Akbar, and was made governor of the Panjab by the latter, which office he held for several years, and died 1575 A, D., 983 A. H. He was an ex- cellent poet, and has left a Diwan in Persian, and another in the Turkish language. He was a native of Ghaznf, and therefore chose for his poetical name " Ghaznawi." There is a work on Suffism entitled " Burhan ul-I'man," either written by him or some other Muhammad Khan. Muhammad Khan Shaibani, is^^^ '^♦s^, vide Shahi Beg Khan Uzbak. Muhammad Khan, Sultan, cj^ .^^.s^ o^^^, also called Muhammad Kaan and Khan Shahfd, was the eldest son of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Balban, king of DehH, who had appointed him viceroy of aU the frontier pro- vinces, viz., Multan, Lahor, Debalpur and other districts. This prince was blest with a bright and comprehensive genius, taking great delight in learning and the company of learned men. He, with his own hand, made a choice collection of the beauties of poetry, selected from the most famous in that art. The work consisted of 20,000 couplets, and was esteemed the criterion of taste. Among the learned men in the prince's court. Amir Khusro and Khwaja Hasan bore the first rank in genius and in his esteem. The throne of Persia was at this time filled by Arghun Khan, the son of Abka Khan, and grandson of Halaku Khan. Timar Khan Chan gezi who was then an Amir of mighty renown in the empii-e of the race of
 * "Alamgir-nama." It is a history of the first ten years