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 Rae 218 Raghoji emperor Jahangir. When Shah Jahan rebelled against his father, Bikarmajit, who was then with the prince, fell in the battle which took place between the troops of the prince and his father about the year 1621 A. D., 1030 A. H. Bae Sarjan Hara, 'j'* isb, Raja of Eanthan- biir in the province of Ag-rah, lived in the time of the emperor Akbar. After his death Eao Bhoj Hara succeeded him. Bae Shew Das, Ji'" (Sb, a Khattri who was' appointed deputy to Eaja Jai Singh Subadar of Agrah in the time of Muhammad Shah. He built a fine garden at Agrah on the banks of the Jamna which goes still after his name, Bagh Shew Das. Kae Tansukh Rae, isb (^b? a Hindu whose poetical name was Shauk, was the son of Rae Majlis Rae, who was Naeb of the Diwan Khalsa of Agrah. He is the author of a Tazkira of Persian poets called " Safinat- ush-Shauk," and also of a small Diwan of 1000 verses. He was living at Agrah in 1736 A. D., 1170 A. H. Rafai, Sayyad, ^;!^*» <J^b- Was an inhabitant of Dehli and lived on for a long time in an old mosque which he repaired. He died about the year 1867 A. D., 1233 A. H. Rafa'i, LS*'b} whose proper name was Imam-uddin, is the author of the " Tadwin," and several works in Persian. Rafa'i, i^'^b e^-^*^ i^S^s sumamed Shaikh Muhi-uddi'n Husain. He died about the year 1422 or 1427 A. D., 825 or 830 A. H. Rafi or RafLa', "^iti w*"^ 0^*^ the poetical name of Mirza Hasan Beg who was employed as secretary to Nazar Muhammad Khan the ruler of Turan. He came to India about the year 1646 A. D., 1056 A. H. in the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan, who conferred on him the mansab of 500. He died in the time of 'Alamgir. Rafi Khan Bazil, Mirza, Ji^ t'-'j !3-^^ of the work called " Hamlae Haidari," containing the wars of Muhammad, and the first four Khalifas, viz., Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Usman and 'AH, in heroic verse consisting of 40,000 verses. He was a native of Dehli and a descen- dant of Ja'far Sarond Mashhadi. For some years he had the command of the fort of Gwaliar in the time of 'Alamgir, after whose death he lived in retirement at Dehli, where he died in 1711 A. D., 1123 A. H. He is also the author of a Diwan of Ghazals. His poetical name is Bazil. Rafizi Mua'mmai, t^^^^ kS*-^'j, vide Mir Haidar Eafiki. Rafl-U'ddarjat, ^^)'^^^J, the son of Eafi-ush-Shan iind grandson of Bahadur Shah. He was raised to the throne of Dehli by the two Sayyads, viz., 'Abdullah Khan and his brother Husain 'AH Khan, after the dethronement of the emperor Farrukh-siyar on the 18th February, 1719 A. D., 8th Eabi II, 1131 A. H., but died in Httle more than three months of a consumption at Agrah on the 28th May the same year, 19th Rajab, 1131 A. H., when another youth of the same description, younger brother to the deceased was set up by the Sayyads under the name of Rafi-uddaula Shah Jahan Sani, who came to the same end in a still shorter period. Both were buried in the mausoleum of Khwaja Kutb-uddin Kaki at DehH. After their death the Sayyads pitched on a healthier young man as their successor, who ascended the throne by the title of Muhammad Shah. Rafi-u'ddin, ti^i'^-''i"-^^ a poet who is the author of a very curious and entertaining Diwan or collection of poems. He was a native of Hindustan, and probably of that province which is called the Dakhin. He served in a military capacity, and attached himself to the person of the illustrious emperor Akbar whom he first met at Kashmir in the year 1592 A. D. and received from that monarch the reward of his poetical labours. His Diwan which he commenced writing in the kingdom of the Dakhin, was brought to a conclusion in 1601 A. D., 1010 A. H. It contains about 15,000 distichs. Rafi-u'ddin Haidar Rafa'i Mua'mmai, Amir, composed more than 12,000 verses of chronograms, &c., but did not collect them. He was living in 1586 A. D., 993 A. H. This person appears to be the same with Mir Haidar Eafiyi Mua'mmai. Rafi-uddin Lubnani, S'^^ i^.'^^^t^j, native of Lubnan, a village in Isfahan. He was cotemporary with the poets Asir-uddin Admani, Sharaf-uddin Shafrowa, and Kamal-uddin Isma'il. He is the author of a Diwan. Rafi-uddin, Shaikh Muhammad, 1^^'^, surnamed Muhaddis or traditionist who died in 1547 A. D., 954 A. H., and was buried in the Haweli of Asaf Jah at Agrah. Rafi-uddaula, ^^J'^^^^J, younger brother of the emperor Eafi-uddarjat, which see. Rafi-u'sh-Shan, (prince) son of the emperor Bahadur Shah, killed in battle against Jahandar Shah his brother. Vide Jahandar Shah. Rafl-u's-Sauda, Mirza, vide Sauda. Rafi Waez, ^'■h i^Jj a poet who is the author of a Diwan, Vide Muhammad Rafi Waez. Raghib, V-^bj poetical title of a poet of Shiraz whose proper name is Kalb Husain Beg. Raghoba, Jr^h> ^''^^ Eaghunath Eao. Raghoji Bhosla I, ""^-"^^J ls^Jx^J- Was nominated " Seina Sahib Sabha," or general of the Marhatta confederacy, in 1734 A. D., received a sanad from the Peshwa and became the first Eaja of Berar or Nagpur in 1740 A. 1). in which year a great revolution took place in the Mar- hatta government. The Eaja of Sitara, Eamraja, a weak prince, being upon the throne, it was concerted between the two principal oificers of the state, Baji Eao the Peshwa, and Edghoji Bhosla, the Bakhshf or Commander- in-Chief, to divide the dominions of their master. In consequence of this arrangement, the former assumed the government of the western provinces, continuing at the ancient capital of Puna ; the latter took the eastern, and fixed his residence at Nagpur, a principal city in the province of Berar; whilst Eami-aja was confijied to the fortress of iSitara, the Peshwa administering the govern- ment in his name. Hence the distinction between the Marhattas of Puna and Berar. Eaghoji was the son of Vimboji who was killed in Audh during the lifetime of his father Parsoji, who was Bakhshi under his brother Sahoji the son of Sambhoji the son of Sewaji the founder of the Marhatta empii-e. Eaghoji Bhosla died iji 1749 or