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 Muzaffar 201 Nadir 8. Sikandar Shall, assassinated. 9. Mahmud Shah II, displaced by Bahadur and confined. 10. Bahadur Shah who was murdered by the Portuguese. 11. Mfran Muhammad Shah Farulci of Malwa. 12. Mahmud II, released from prison. 13. Ahmad Shah II, a spurious heir, set up by the minister. 14. MuzaiFar Shah III, a supposititious son of Mahmud, and the last king in whose time Gujrat was taken by Akbar. Muzaffar Shah II, J^^, -was bom on Thursday the 10th April, 1470 A. D., 20th Sha'ban, 875 A. H., and succeeded his father Sultan Mahmud Shah I, Baikara on the throne of Gujrat, in the 41st year of his age, in November, 1511 A. D., Sha'ban, 917 A. H. He reigned nearly 15 years, and died on Saturday the 17th of February, 1526 A. D., 3rd Jumada I, 932 A. H., aged 56 lunar years. He was buried at Sarkich. His son Sikandar Shah succeeded him. Muzaffar Shah III, .^"^j a supposititious son of Mahmud Shah III, named Nathii, was raised to the throne of Gujrat by Ya'tniad Khan, the prime minister, after the death oi Ahmad Shah II in 1561 A. D., 968 A. H. In the year 1572 A. D., 980 A. H., the emperor Akbar was invited by Ya'tmad Khan to occupy Gujrat as in former times ; upon which Akbar advanced on the capital of that kingdom which he took possession of on the 20th of November of the same year 14th Rajab, 980 A. H., and re-united it to Dehli as a province of Hindustan. Muzaffar Shah, who had abdicated his throne in favour of Akbar, was sent to Agrah in the first instance, but was subsequently remanded into close confinement, from which he not only made his escape but flying into Gujrat, collected a respectable force, attacked the viceroy Kutb- uddln Khan, and slew him in action ; and after an imprisonment of nearly nine years, re-ascended the throne of Gujrat. His reign was, however, of short duration ; for in the year 1583 A. D., 991 A. H., Akbar having deputed Mirza Khan KhanKhanan, the son of Bairam Khan to re-take Gujrat, Muzaffar Khan was defeated in a pitched battle and fled to Jiinagarh ; and as he was pursued by Khan 'Azim, he cut his throat with a razor. His head was then cut off and sent to court. His downfall terminated the dynasty of the Muhammadan kings cJf Gujrat ; ever since which period that kingdom has been considered as a province of Dehli. Muzaffar Shah Purbi, k^-^Si jjU^alaAjj whose former name was Siddi Badar, was an Abyssinian slave ; he miu'dered his sovereign Mahmud Shah, and ascended the throne of Bengal in 1495 A. D., 900 A. H. He reigned three years, and was killed in a battle fought with his minister Savyad Sharif, who succeeded him with the title of 'Ala-udd£n il, in 1498 A. D., 904 A. H. Muzaffar-uddin, nfi'^-'Lr^^*, vide Sunkar. M u z a ff a r-u d d i n, vide Muhammad Muzafl'ar. Muzaffar-uddin Zangi, ij^'j vide Sunkar. N. Nabi-E ffendi, KS'^iis^, a Turkish poet, well acquainted with the classic writers of Greece and Eome. He flourished in the 17th century. Lemp-iere's Universal 2iio(jra£ihy. Nadim Gilani, cs^^i^ an author who came to India, and was a cotemporary of Nazirf of Naishapur. Nadir, Ji^, poetical title of Mirza Kalb Husain, Deputy Collector of Etawah. Vide Kalb Husain. Wadira Begam, ^i^. ij<^^) daughter of Sultan Parwez, the son of the emperor Jahangir. She was married to prince Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of the emperor Shah Jahan, on the 23rd Januarj', 1634 A. D., by whom she had two sons, viz., Sulaiman Shikoh and Sipehr Shikoh. She died through fatigue in May, 1659 A. D., Ramazan, 1069 A. H. at Dawar, the country of jilalik Ji'wan, where her husband had fled along with her after his defeat at Ajmeir. She was buried in the Khanqa of Mian Mir at Labor. Nadir Shah, also called Nadir KuH Khan, and Tahmasp Kuli Khan, the greatest warrior Persia has ever produced. He was the son of a shepherd, born in the province of Khurasan, 1687 A. D., but by selling some of his father's sheep, he collected a number of desperate followers who shared his dangers and the booty gained in plundering caravans. By degrees he saw himself at the head of 6,000 brave adherents, and his assistance was solicited by Shah Tahmasp II, king of Persia, whose throne was usurped by Ashraf, the chief of the Afghans. With impetuous valour. Nadir attacked and routed the enemy, and then seated his master on the throne of his ancestors at Isfahan 1730 A. D. He then pursued the flying Afghans to Kandahar, and on his return, taking advantage of the odium created by an unfavourable treaty made by Shah Tahmasp with the Turks during his absence, he deposed the king ; and his son, an infant of six months he proclaimed Shah, by the name of 'Abbas III. This event took place on the 16th August, 1732 A. D., 1145 A. H. In his name. Nadir assumed to himself the sovereign power, and after having recovered aU that had been taken fi-om ]?ersia, he concluded a peace with the Ottoman Porte in 1 736 A. D. On the death of the young Shah 'Abbas the same year, he signified his inten- tion of resigning his honours ; but the nobles, excited by his private intrigues, invested him with the sovereign power. The historian of Nadir is careful in informing us, that the crown of Persia was placed upon the head of the conqueror exactly at 20 minutes past 8 in the morning of the 26th Februaiy, 1736 A. D., Shawwal, 1148 A. H. Nadir, now elevated to the height of his ambition, wisely saw that war was the only support of his greatness, and therefore with a numerous army he marched against India in 1739. The Mughal empire was rapidly conquered, 200,000 men were put to the sword, and a booty of one hundred and forty -five millions, in which was the imperial throne set with diamonds of an immense value, called the Peacock Throne, was brought awaj' by him from Dehli. He latterlj' became capricious, proud and tyrannical, and was guilty of such cruelty, that the nobles conspired against him and assassinated him on the ni<>-ht of Sunday the 10th May, 1747 A. D., 10th Jumada I,°1160 A. H., after he had reigned 20 years over one of the most extensive and powerful empires of the world. He was buried at Mashhad nine days after his death. His nephew and murderer 'Ali Kuli Khan who took the title of 'All Shah or 'Adil Shah, succeeded him. On his accession, he put to death thirteen of the sons and grandsons of Nadir ; the only descendant of the conqueror that was spared, was his grandson, Shahrukh, the son of liaza Kuli, who was 14 years of age. 'Adil Shah was soon after deprived of sight and imprisoned. After him Ibrahim his brother reigned for some time in 1748 A. D. Shahrukh in 1749 A. D., Sulaiman in 1750 A. D., Isma'ii bin-Sayyad Mustafa from 1750 to 1759 A. D., and after him Karim Khan Zand and ' Aka Muhammad Khan. Kajar which see. ' ' 51