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 Nirpat 210 Nizam ■whole of his kingdom to his eldest son, Eandhir Singh, and to his two younger sons, Bikarma Singh and Suchait Singh, he assigned a jagir of one lakh each, in case they disagreed with their brother. The Government of India was made the executor of the will. After the Eaja's death, his eldest son Eandhfr Singh, ascended the gaddi. His younger brother Suchait Singh fell out with him, and asked the British Government to execute his father's will in regard to him. Lord Dalhousie at once ordered the separation of a jagfr of one lakh from the Kapurthala Eaj according to the provisions of the will. The other brother, Bikarana Singh, is a worthy man, and much at- tached to the British rule. Like his royal brother, he performed important services to the English Government in 185V, and was rewarded for them with a jagir in Audh, and titles besides. He received his jagir of one lakh in Kapurthala in 1868. Nirpat Eae, CjtL' ^i^^ a Hindu who was in the service of Sarhindf Begam the wife of Shahjahan. He also built a garden at Agrah on a spot of 28 bi'gas. Nirpat Singh, '^iJ', present Kaja of Panna. Nisar, J^^, of Dehlf, a poet who is the author of a Persian Dfwan. Nisari, is}^^y poetical name of a person who is the author of the work called " Chahar Gulzar." Nisbati, iSj^^^ i^^^^, of Thanesar, a poet who has left a Diwan in Persian. Nizam, (*'•'^^ the poetical name of 'Imad-ul-Mulk Ghazi- uddin Khan III. Nizam of Astrabad, (^i)^j>"^ an extremely pious man, who died in 1515 A. D., 921 A. H., and left liesides a Diwan, a Masnawi which bears the title of " Bilkais and Suliman," and contains the story of Solo- mon and the Queen of Sheba. Nizam Ahmad, >>*^l j*"^''^ author of the work called " Eahat-ul-Kuliib," Delight of Hearts, containing the sayings of Shaikh Farid-uddin Shakarganj, a Muham- madan saint who is buried at Ajodhan, a place commonly called Patan in Multan. Nizam 'Ali Khan, o'^ ^5^-= V^, Nawab or Nazim of Haidarabad ia the Dakhin, was the son of the famous Nizam-ul-jMulk 'Asaf Jah. He deposed and imprisoned his brother Salabat Jang on the 27th of June, 1762 A. D., 4th Zil-hijja, 1175 A. H. and assumed the government of the Dakhin ; but his jsower was much curtailed by the Marhattas, who obliged him to resign a great part of his territories and pay a tribute for the remainder. He made Haidarixbad the seat of his govern- ment, reigned 42 lunar years, and died on the 17th of August, 1802 A. D., 16th Eabl' II, 1217 A. H. He was succeeded by his son Nawab Sikandar J ah. Nizam Bai, tjr'^ (^''i the mother of the emperor Jahan- dar Shah, and wife of Bahadur Shah. Nizam Dast Ghaib, j*'^-, a poet. Nizami, cs**^^ the surname of 'Abu Majd bin-Yusaf Al- Mutrazi, was one of the most illustrious poets of Persia. Nizami G-anjawi, Shaikh, c£>? also called Nizam-uddm Ganjawi, a very celebrated poet who was a native of Ganja. He is the author of the poem called " Sikandar-nama," the history of Alexander the Great, which is one of the most celebrated Eomances of the East, and is written in admirable poetry. The number of works attributed to Nizami amount to nine or ten, among which are the five following poems called the Khamsa, or the five books, viz. : — 1. " Makhzan-ul-Asrar" the Magazine of Mysteries, which he dedicated to Bahram Shah. 2. " Laili-wa-Majnun" dedicated to Khakan Manuchehr, ruler of Shirwan. 3. " Khusro-wa-Shmn," dedicated to Kizal Arsalan for 4. " Haft Paikar," / which he received from that chief fourteen villages free of rent. 5. Sikandar-nama, which was his last work and which he finished on the 15th of October, 1200 A. D., 4th 'Muharram 697 A. H., and died the same year, aged 84. This book, it seems he had dedi- cated to Tughral III, Saljuki, some years before his death, for Tughral died in 1194 A. D. Some authors say that Nizami died in 1209 A. D., 606 A. H. ' To Nizami is accorded the palm for the best poem on the loves of Khusro and Shirfn, to Jamf, for those of Yiisaf and Zalekha, and to Hatifi, for the most musical, most melancholy version of the sad tale of Laili and Majnun. His Diwan contains nearly 20,000 verses on all subjects. Nizami 'Uruzi, {s'^j*^ t5^4/* ts'*'^^ of Samarkand, was a pupil of Amir Mu'izzi who lived in the time of Malikshah. He is the author of a poem entitled " Waisa- wa-Eamfn" and of another work in verse called " Chahar Makala." Nizam Haji Yemani, t^^*:! c5'^^^ author of the " Lataof Ashrafi" which explains the origin of the Stiffs, their tenets, customs, dress, m3'stical phrases, moral obli- gations, and every other particular of theii- sect. Dedica- ted to Sayyad Ashraf Jahangfr Samani, 1446 A. D., 850 A. H. Nizam ibn al-Husain al-Sawai, (^i*~^f ljJ' author of the three last portions of the " Jama Abbasi" vide Baha-uddin IMuhammad (Shaikh). Nizam Khan Ma'jiz, y^'^ a poet who is the author of a Diwan in Persian. Nizam, Mirza, f'"^ 'i^'*) a poet who died in 1629 A. D., 1039 A. H., and is the author of a Persian Diwan. Nizam Sakka, ^^-^ f*'*'^''} is the name of a person who was a water-bearer, and saved the emperor Humayun from being drowned in the river Chounsa after his first defeat by Sher Shah, near Patna. It is said that the emperor after his return to Agrah, rewarded this man by allowing him to sit on the throne for half a day and then honoured him with the dignity of an Amir. Nizam Shah Bahmani, J*'^ z*'-^', son of Hu- mayun Shah the cruel, whom he succeeded on the throne of the Dakhin in September, 1461 A. D., 865 A. H. when only 8 years of age, the queen-mother acting as regent. Mahmiid Gawan, who now held the government of Berar, was appointed wazir, and Khwaja Jahan assumed the ofiice of Wakil-us-Saltanat and was made governor of Tilangana. By the happy co-operation and unanimity of these two personages and the queen-mother, a woman of great abilities, the injuries occasioned by the tyranny