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 Nnrnddin 214 Nousherwan in Egypt, fixed his capital at Damascus, -which he raised from the ruinous state in which it had been left by an earthquake, and adorned -with mosqiies, fountains, colleges, and hospitals. The death of Baldwin III in 1162 A. D., released Nur-uddin from the ablest of his antagonists, his brother and successor, Almaric, or Amoury, being far inferior to Baldwin, both in prowess and abilities. Meso- potamia, ruled by the Sultan's nephews, acknowledged his supremacy as head of the family ; he was now, by his offi- cers, absolute master of Egypt ; his name was recited with that of the Khalif Mustazi'of Baghdad in all the mosques throughout his dominions, and even in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, which Tiiran Shah, brother of Salah- uddrn, had made dependencies of Egypt. But the power and glory of Nur-uddin had now attaiued their highest pitch, the three remaining years of his life were unmarked by any memorable achievement, and disquieted by the forebodings of the future downfall of his house by the ambition of Salah-uddfn, who, though still ostensively acting as his lieutenant, and making public professions of loyalty and obedience, had in fact become independent master of Egj'pt, and eluded or disregarded all the orders of his nominal sovereign. Nfir-uddin was preparing to march into Egypt to reduce or expel his refractory vassal, when an attack of quinsy termiaated his life at Damascus after a prosperous reign of 27 years on the 26th of May, 1173 A. D.. 21st Shawwal, 669 A. H. His son Malik- us-Salah Isma'il, a youth, 11 years old, succeeded to the titular sovereignty of his. extensive dominions, but was speedily stripped, "by Salah-uddin, of Damascus and the greater part of Syria, and died 8 years afterwards, reduced to the sovereignty of Aleppo and its depen- dencies. Nur-uddin Muhammad, Mirza, iiJi'^^J^ '^♦a^'^, son of 'Ala-uddfn Muhammad, the son of Khwaja Husain. He was married to the daughter of the emperor Babar, named Gubukh Begam, by whom he had Salima Sultana Begam who was married to Bairam Khan. Wur-uddin Muhammad Ufi, ij^^ '^"^'^ Ci?:!'^-'' the author of the " Jiima'-ul-Hikayat," a collection of historical anecdotes. This work he wrote and dedicated to Nizam-ul-Mulk Mahmud, a general of Shams-uddin Altimsh, king of Dehlf, about 1230 A. D., vide Muhammad U'fi, and Sadr-uddfn U'fi. KTur-uddin Safaiduni, MuUa, ijj'^i^ c.ri'^-'U-?'' entitled Nawab Tarkhan, was a native of Jam in Hirat and brought up at Mashhad. He was a favourite com- panion of the emperor Humayun ; and as the Pargana of Safaidiin had been conferred on him as jagfi-, he was consequently called Safaiduni. He cut a canal from the river Jamna to Karnal in the year 1569 A. D., 977 A. H., and named it " Sheikhu Nahr," in. honour of the prince Sultan Salim, who was born in that year and was nick- named by his father the emperor Akbar, Sheikhu Baba. He was an excellent poet and has left a Diwan or book of Odes. His poetical title was Nuri. Nur-uddin S h i r a z i, ls^'Lt^.-^ lif:!'*-'' Jy^, mde Hakim Nur-uddin Shirazf. Nur-uddin, Shaikh, Ci^^'^-'l Jiji^ ^A, an historian who wrote the history of Kashmir in Persian called " Tarikh Kashmir," which in after times was continued by Haidar Malik and Muhammad 'Azim. Nur-ul-Hak, Shah or Shaikh, (3==uy "^^^"y surnamed Al-Mashraki, Al-Dehlawi and Al-Bukharf, was the son of Shaikh 'Abdul Hak bin-Saif-uddin of Dehlf. He is the author of the " Zubdat-ut-Tawarikh," which is an enlarged edition of his father's history, and was composed in order that by improving the style and supplying the omissions, he might render it worthy the acceptance of his patron. Shaikh Farfd-uddm Bukhari, with whom he was connected bj^ marriage, and who under the title of Murtaza' Khan managed for some time the affairs of the empire in the reign of the emperor Jahangi'r. He has also written a Sharah on the " Sahih Bukhari" and " Muslim." He died in the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir, 1662 A. D., 1073 A. H. Nur-ul-Hak, LS^ir^ l>'^' ls-^^, Kazi of Bareli, vide Munai'm. Nur-uUah Shustari, Mir, (sJ^J^ "SlJt ^^xi, who is sometimes called Nur-uUah bin-Sharif-uI-Husainf- ush-Shi'istari, was a nobleman at the court of the' emperor Akbar. He is the author of the work called " Majalis-ul- Mominin." This great biographical work, is a mine of valuable information respecting the most notable persons who professed the Shia faith. The author has given an entire book or section (the fifth Majalis) to the lives of the traditionists and lawyers, and has specified the principal works by each learned doctor at the end of their respective histories. Nur-ullah was a zealous Shia and suffered in the year 1610 A. D., 1019 A. H. for his reli- gious opinions in the reign of Jahangir, vide Suff. Nur-un-Nisa Begam, ^^i^ t-JJ|j^j^ ^t^^ daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza by Gulrukh Begam. She was married to prince Mirza Salim afterwards Jahangir. Noutat Khan, Nawab, a^'*- "^^.y an officer of the reign of the emperor Akbar, whose mausoleum is in old Dehli close to the seraglio of Shah-Jahan. It was built in the j'ear 1565 A. D., 973 A. H. and is called " Nili Chhatri" on account of its having a blue canopy at the top. It is now in a ruinous state. Noudar or Nouzar, J^y, an ancient king of Persia of the Pishdadian dynasty, vide Mantichehr. Nounihal Singh, j'ti?^^ mde Kharag Singh, ruler of the Panjab. Nouras Bano Begam, wjy> the wife of Shahnawaz Khan, wazir. She was living in September, 1659 A. D., Muharram, 1070 A. H. Nousherwan, J surnamed 'Adil or the Just (Chosroes of the Greeks), was the son of Kubad, king of Persia, at whose death 631 A. D., he ascended the throne of that kingdom. The accounts given by Eastern and Western authors, of the successes of this king in his invasions of the Eoman empire, differ but very little. Some of the former have falsely asserted that he took an emperor of the Romans prisoner ; and they have all, with a partiality that, in national historians writing of this monarch, seems almost excusable, passed over the few reverses which his arms sustained. But the disgrace- ful peace which the emperor Justinian purchased at the commencement of the reign of Nousherwan, the subse- quent war, the reduction of aU Syria, the capture of Antioch, the unopposed progress of the Persian monarch to the shores of the Mediterranean, his conquest of Iberia, Calchos, and the temporary establishment of his power on the banks of the Phasis, and on the shores of the Euxine, are facts not ciuestioned by his enemies. They, however, assert, that his genius, as a mihtary leader, even when his fortune was at the highest, was checked by Belisarius, who was twice sent to oppose his progress; and whose success, considering his want of means, and the character of the coui-t he served, was certainly wonderful. In all the negotiations which took