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 Nasir-uddaula 206 Nasir that he wrote the most celebrated of all his treatises, a well-known and excellent little work on moral philosophy, which he styled " Akhlak Nasiri," or the morals of Nasir in complement to Nasir-uddm 'Abdul Eahim, governor of the fortress of Dez ; but this flattery did not procure him his liberty, he remained in that mountainous region till he was released by Halaku Ehan in November 1266 A. D., 654 A. H. It was Nasir-uddin that persuaded Halaku to march against Baghdad, which was taken in 1258 A. D. The "Akhlak Nasiri" is a translation in Persian of the " Kitab-ut-Taharat fil Hikmat Amali," an Arabic work by Abu All Muhammad of Mecca. There are two other works on Sufiism which he wrote, one called " Aosaf- ul-Ashraf," the Praises of the Virtuous, and the other " Bahar-ul-Maanf," the Sea of Truth. He is also the author of a work entitled " Khillafat-nama Ilahi," and of another work on Prosody called " Masr-ush-shohra." Nasir-uddin died in the reign of Abakaan the son of Halaku on the 24th June, 1274 A. D., 18th Zil-hijja 672 A. H., and was buried at Baghdad near the tomb of Imam Musi Kazim. His brutal severity towards Ibn Hajib, a helpless captive, is an everlasting stain on the otherwise illustrious character of this distinguished man. Vide Al-Mustaasim BiUah. Nasir-uddaula, ^>>>^t ^i*^, Nizam of the Haidarabad State, succeeded his father Sakandar Jah on the 23rd May 1829 A. D. and died in May 1857 A. D. His son ascend- ed the masnad with the title of Nawab Afzal-uddaula. Washat, -tt-ij^ the poetical name of Eae Phutni Mai, a Hindu, who was Diwan or Treasurer of 'Alamgir's wazfr. Nashati, c5^^-^, a poet who died 1508 A. D., 914 A. H. Nashwan bin-Said Himiri al-Yemani, Lf^ (jji*^ author of the work called " Shams- ul-'Ulum," or the Sun oi Science. He died 1177 A. D., 573 A. H. Nasikh, poetical title of Shaikh Imam Bakhsh, a celebrated poet of Lakhnau where he died in 1838 A. D., 1254 A. H. He is the author of an Urdu Diwan. Nasir, j^^^ J^ji^'^ <^*^, the takhallus of Muhammad Nasir Khan, who is the author of a Diwan, and was living in 1807 A. D., 1222 A. H. Nasir, J''*^; poetical name of Nawab Nasir Jang, son of Muzaffar Jang Bangash. He died in 1813 A. D., 1228 A. H., on a day when an eclipse of the sun had taken place. Nasir, poetical title of Saadat Khan, the son of Eisalat Khan. He is the author of five Diwans and a biography. Nasir 'Ali, Mulla, ij^^j^^ a poet of Shahjaha- nabad, whose poetical name was 'Ali. He was bom at Sarhind, and died at Dehli in March, 1697 A. D., Eamazan, 1108 A. H., and is buried near the mausoleum of Nizam-uddin Aulia. He was a fertile poet and has left a Diwan and a Masnawf. Nasir Bukhari, Maulana, lsj^^ j^'^ ^h"^, a learned Musalman who lived like a Dervish and wrote poetry on different subjects. He was a contemporary of Salman Sawaji, who died in 1377 A. D., 779 A. H. Nasir Billah, a Khalif of Baghdad, vide Al-Nasir Billah. Nasir J ang, Nawab Nizam-u d d a u 1 a, ^^j^^^ <xJj<iJf k-jty, -^as the second son of Nizam- ul-Mulk 'Asaf Jah, whom he succeeded in the govern- ment of the Dakhin in May, 1748 A. D., Jumada II, 1161 A. H. He reigned two years and a half, and was slain on the 6th December, 1750 A. D., 17th Muharram, 1164 A. H. by a conspiracy of his own servants, assisted by the French who surprised his camp while he was engaged in quelling a rebellion raised by his nephew, Muzaffar- Jang, who had been imprisoned by him. On his death Muzaffar Jang was placed on the masnad of the Dakhin by the conspirators ; but this young prince did not long enjoy his dignity, for he was assassinated almost immediately after his accession by the same persons who had raised him to power. This event took place on the 2nd February, 1751 A. D., 17th Eabi' I, 1164 A. H. Nasir Jang was buried at Burhanpur near the tomb of his father. Nasir, Khwaja, *^l>^, a poet who was contem- porary with Salman Sawaji. Vide Nasir Bukhari. Nasir bin-Khusro, Hakim, e^O'^^ the author of the work, called " Zadfl Musafarin" from which book the compiler of the Hajat Darakoke Nur- uddi'n Shirazi, has so largely borrowed. He was a genu- ine Kuresh, and must have written under the short reign of al-Wasiq Billah, the ninth Khalif of the house of Abbas, who reigned between the year 840 and 84l A. D., vide Transactions Eoyal Asiatic Society, Vol. Ill, p. 32. 'Ali Eaza the 8th Imam, and great-grandfather of Nasir bin-Khusro died in the year 818 A. D., 204 A. H. Nasir Khusro, 3J''^J'^^, a celebrated physician and poet of Isfahan, whose poetical name was Hujjat. He is the author of several works, among which are the two following, viz., " Eostai-nama" in verse, and "Kanz- ul-Hakaek" in prose. He has also left us a Diwan consisting of 30,000 verses. He was a contemporary of Khwaja 'Abu'l Hasan Jurjani and the celebrated physi- cian Avicenna. Some say that he was a Deist, and others considered him to be an Atheist, on which account he was persecuted by the Muhammadans, and fled from one city to another, till at last he was obliged to conceal himself among the hills of Badakhshan. Daulat Shah has given a very interesting account of Nasir Khusro in his Tazkira. In 1872 there was discovered among the Elliot papers an Arabic work by Nasir Khusro, on the buildings and water-works of Jerusalem. He is most precise in his information. It is said, that if this work had been found a little earlier, it might have saved the Palestine exploration Committee some diggings and considerable outlay. There is also a work of the same kind in Persian called " the Travels of Nasir Khusro," which he wrote in 1052 A. D., corresponding with 444 A. H. Nasir Shah Purbi, jd^^li, a Hneal descendant of Shams-uddin Bhangara, was placed on the throne of Bengal in 1427 A. D., 831 A. H., after the murder of Nasir-uddi'n Ghulam, who had usurped the throne for several days after the death of his master Ahmad Shah. General Briggs, in his translation, says that he reigned only two years, whereas it appears from Major Stewart's Bengal History, which seems to be correct, that he reigned 32 years, consequently his death must have happened in the year 1458 A. D., 863 A. H. He was succeeded by his son Barbak. He is also called Nasir Husain Shah as appears from an Arabic Inscription on a mosque lately discovered in the district of Hughli