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 Mtdla 196 Munna Jan was very will skilled in composing chronograms, and has left a thick Diwan of Ghazals, &c. He died in 1675 A. D., 1086 A. H. Mlllla Jiwan, isiyt^ ^""j of AmaitM, -whose proper name was Shaikh Ahmad, was the tutor of the emperor 'Alamgfr. He is the author of the Commentary on the Kuran called " Tafsi'r Al.imadi." He is also called Mulla Jian Jaunpurf, and is said to have died 1718 A. D., 1130 A. H. Mulla Kasim, of Mashhad, author of an Insha, or Collection of Letters. Mulla Kliusro, i author of a law treatise, en- titled " Cxhurar ul-Ahkam," and a Commentary on the same work called the "Durar al Hukkam." Mulla Khusro, who is one of the most renowned of the Turkish juris- consults, completed his work in 1478 A. D., 883 A. H. and died in 1480 A. D., 885 A. H. Mulla Malik Kummi, cs** '-^■^ vide MaHk Kummi. Mulla Mir, ^■i'" ^) he lived in the time of the emperor Akbar. In 1566 A. D., 974 A. H., he constructed a well at Agrah, and Ashraf Khan Mir Munshi wrote the chro- nogram of the year of its construction. It is a subtractive one. MuUa Mufld Balkh.i, cs^^- ^'O, a native of Balkh, was an excellent poet. He came to India and died at Multan in the time of the emperor 'Alamgir, 1674 A. D., 1085 A. H. He is the author of a Diwan. A sub- tractive chronogram on his death written by Sarkhush, Mulla Muhsin, i^-^^^ vide Faiz. Mulla Mukimai, ifrUj;»^ ^l/s^ an author who lived in the time of Shah Jahan. Mulla Shah, 8^ a native of Badakhshan, was a learn- ed and pious Musalman. He was a disciple of Mian Shah Mir of Labor and Murshid or spiritual guide of the imfortunate prince Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of the emperor Shah Jahan, who highly respected him and visited him on his tour to Kashmir, where he (Mulla Shah) had built a place for his residence. He died at Kashmii- in the commencement of the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir, about the year 1660 A. D., 1070 A. H. Mulla Sharif, ^.J-"^ author of a Diwan, on the loves of " Shirin and Khusro," dedicated to Sultan Kuli Kutb Shah of Golkonda in 1515 A. D., 921 A. H.' Mulla Sheri, LSJ'^.'^ vide Sherf (Mulla). Mulla Shikebi, i^^f"^ ■^■*) an excellent poet who serv- ed under 'Abdul Eahim Khan, KhanKhanan, and was Uving in 1592 A. D., 1000 A. H. Mullazada, ^'^^j ^5 of Patna, author of an Urdu transla- tion of the novel called " Bahar Danish," which he named " Izhar Danish." Mullazada, Xc>^j^, author of the marginal notes on the " Mukhtasir Ma'ani wa-Bayan." Multan, u^^^'" c;'*^-*'^'^, kings of, vide Yusaf (Shaikh). Mumtaz, j^^^, the poetical name of two poets. One of whom is named Maulwf Ihsan-uUah. Mumtaz Mahal, j^^, the favorite wife of the emperor Shah Jahan, for whom he built the celebrated edifice at Agrah called the Taj, vide Arjumand Banc Begam. Mumtaz Shikoh, ^^■^ j^^^} second son of the emperor Shah Jahan. Mumtaz-uddaula, Nawab, v'->^ ^■'j'^^' j'^-^> the grandson of Muhammad 'AH Shah, king of Audh. He was living in 1868 A. D. The nawab, during the dis- orders consequent on the Mutiny at Lakhnau, declared his opinions by entering into a contract to give his daughter in marriage to the nominee of the rebels, Bir- jis Kadr. For this conduct he was adjudged to suffer the loss of his pension, Es. 700 per mensem. Munai'm, (♦'^-^j poetical name of Nur ul-Hak, Kazi of Barglf, who was an excellent Persian poet, and has written upwards of 300,000 verses ; among his compositions is a commentary on the Kuran in verse, and Arabic and Per- sian Kasidas, several Masnawis, and three Persian Diwans. He was living at Dehli in 1786 A. D., 1200 A. H. Munai'm Khan, KhanKhanan, ^'-^^^ f**^, a nobleman who was raised to the high dignity of prime minister by the emperor Akbar, after the dismissal of Bairam Khan, KhanKhanan in 1560 A. D„ 967 A. H. ; was appointed governor of Jaunpur after the death of Khan Zaman, where he built that famous bridge on the river Gumti in the year 1567 A. D., 975 A. H. He was latterly appointed governor of Bengal after the defeat of Daud Shah, king of that country in 1575 A. D., 983 A. H. From the period of Muhammad Bakhtyar Khilji to that of Sher Shah the city of Gaur, which is also called Lakhnauti, had been the capital of Bengal, after which, owing to its insalubrity, it had been abandoned for Khawasptir Tanda. Munai'm Khan, how- ever, admiring the spot, gave orders for its repairs, and made it his residence ; but he soon fell a victim to its unhealthy climate, and died there on the 12th October the same year, 9th Kajab, 983 A. H. Munai'm Khan, o'^ the son of Sultan Beg Bar- las, a nobleman who had been the emperor Bahadur Shah's principal officer at Kabul, was, on the accession of that emperor to the throne of Dehli, appointed his wazir with the title of KhanKhanan. He died some time before that monarch's death about the year 1711 A. D., 1123 A. H. He is the author of the work called " Ilhamat Munai'mi." Munai'm, Shaikh, f**^-* a poet who served under prince Sultan Shujaa, governor of Bengal, and was pre- sent in the battle fought by that prince against his bro- ther the emperor 'Alamgir in December, 1658 A. D., after which he was never heard of. For his poetical name, he used his own in his compositions. Munir Lahouri, Mulla, i^jj^^j^ a poet of Labor, was the son of Mulla 'Abdul Majid of Multan. He formerly took the words " Sakhun Sanj" for his poe- tical title, but afterwards used " Munir" in his composi- tions. His proper name was Abu'l Barkat. He died at Agrah on Saturday the 31st August, 1644 A. D., 7th Eajab, 1054 A. H., and left about 30,000 verses and an Insha which goes after his name, vis., " Inshae Munir." Munna Jan, ci^^ vide Nasir-uddin Haidar.