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 Eashid 224 Rihai tive medicine to be administered to the late king', in opposition to the advice of another physician, and that under its effects the king had expired. He was condemned to death, and his son Ibrahim, the chief butler, who was only 16 years old, and by whose hands the potion was said to have been given to the king, was put to death before the eyes of his parent, who was immediately afterwards cloven in twain by the executioner. His head was borne through the streets of Tabreiz, and proclaimed by the public crier as the head of a Jew. Eashid-uddin was 73 years old when he died, and his death occurred on the 19th July, 1318 A. D., 17th Jumada I, 718 A. H. His eldest son Ghayas-uddin was subsequently raised to the same dignities as his father, and met with an equally tragical death. Amir 'AH Shah continued by his address to maintain his high honours and the favour of his master for the space of six years when he died ; being the only Wazir, since the establishment of the Mongol monarchy, who had not met with a violent death. Besides the " Jama'-ut-Tawan'kh," Eashid-uddin composed several other works, such as the " Kitab-ut-Tauzihat," " Miftah-ut- Tafasir," and the " Eisalat-us-Sultaniat," vide Fazl-ullah. The body of Eashid-uddin was buried near the mosque which he had constructed in Tabrez, but by a strange fatality, it was not destined to repose quietly in this, its last asylum. Nearly a century after his death, the government of Tabreiz together with Azurbejan, was given by Taimur to his son Miranshah. This young- prince, naturally of mild disposition, had become partially deranged in consequence of an injury of the head occa- sioned by a fall from his horse, and one day, during a temporary access of madness, caused the bones of Eashid- uddin to be exhumed, and they were finally deposited in the cemetery of the Jews. Rashid Billah, ^^■"■J "i^'j, a Khalifa of Baghdad, vide Al-Eashid Billah. Rashk, ^^^ii poetical name of 'Alf Aosat, who is the author of a dictionary and three Urdii Diwans, the last of which he composed in 1845 A. D., 1261 A. H. Hasikh, ^■"bj the poetical appellation of Mir Muhammad Zaman of Sarhind. He was a Sayyad, and a respectable officer in the service of prince 'Azim Shah, the son of the emperor 'Alamgir. He was an excellent poet, and died in the year 1696 A. D., 1107 A. H. at Sarhind. Rasith, '^hi the poetical title of Ghulam 'AH of Patna, a Dervish, who died in 1824 A. D., 1240 A. H., and has left an Urdu Dlwan. Rathor, J^)-, a tribe of Eajputs or Eajas, who reigned in Jodhpur Marwar. Vide Maldeo. Ratan Singh, also called E&o Eatan Singh, was the second son of Surajmal Jat. He succeeded his brother Jawahir Singh in the raj of Bhartpur in 1768 A. D., 1182 A. H., and was not long after murdered by a low assassin named Eupa Nand, who pretended to be a transmuter of metals, and whom the Eaja had threatened with death. Eatan Singh reigned ten months and thirteen days, and left an infant son named Kehri Singh, during whose minority, internal commotions, occasioned by contests for the regency, principally contributed to the success of Najaf Khan with whom the Jats were then at war. Kehri Singh dying was succeeded by his uncle Nawal Singh, the brother of Eatan Singh. Raughani, ls^^J)} a jester in the service of the emperor Akbar. He is the author of a Diwan consisting of 3,000 verses. He appears to have died in Kabul in tie country of the Kafirs in 1573 A. D., 981 A. H. The follow- ing chronogram on his death expresses the estimation in which he was held by his contemporaries : " He has given his life in Kafiristan like a dog." Rayah ^h, poetical name of Mir Muhammad 'AH, a Persian poet. Rayazi of Hirat, lSJj^ t^'^^Oj an author and poet who fiourished in the time of Shah Isma'fl I Safwf. He left a Masnawi of 8.000 verses containing an account of the reign of Sultan Husain Mirza of Hirat, and had begun a poem on the exploits of Shah Isma'fl, but did not finish it. He died in 1515 A. D., 921 A. H. Rayazi of Samarkand, ^j-^O j, an author who died in 1479 A. D., 884 A. H. Raymond, General, "^-^b, a French chief in the service of the Nizam of Haidarabad. He died in the middle of the year 1798 A. D., and was succeeded by General Perron. Raza, Imam, c^^, vide 'AH Musi Eaza. Raza Kuli Mirza, ^jy° ^j, the eldest son of Nadir Shah. He was blinded by his father in 1741 A. D., 1154 A. H. Razi, Maulana, lSJJ^.^^ ij'b, of Naishapiir, a poet, whose proper name is Eazi-uddfn Muhammad, and who instead of writing his takhallus in his Diwan, usually writes " Banda." He died in 1202 A. D., 698 A. H., and is the author of a work on Jurisprudence, entitled " Muhit." Razi, Shaikh, ^i^, vide Shaikh Eazi. Razi, ij'^b} poetical title of Fasahat Khan who flourished about the year 1700 A. D., 1112 A. H., and is the author of a Diwan and a Masnawi. Razi, (Sjb) takhallus of Muhammad-bin-Zikaria, who assumed the poetical name of Eazf, because he was a native of the city of Eai. He was one of the first phy- sicians of the Khalifa Muktadir Billah, and a great philosopher and astronomer. He died in the year 922 A. D., 311 A. H., and is the author of several works: one of which is called " Al-Hawi" or " Al-Hawi fi'l Tibb" which he wrote from the Sanskrit. Razi, iSjh} poetical name of Mir 'Askari, entitled 'Akil Khan, the Wazir of the emperor 'Alamgir, vide 'Akil Khan (Nawab). Razi Billah, iS^bs Al-Eazi Billah. Razi-uddin 'Ali Lala, ud*^-*' vide'Kli'hilL Razi-uddin Muhammad-bin-'Ali Shatibi, t5■^•'=^ t5^* i^'^j, an Arabian author, who died 1285 A. D., 684 A. H. Razi-uddin Naishapuri, i^i'^^^ t^'^j, vide Bizi (Maulana) Eazi-uddin Muhammad. Razia Sultana, a^^** ^'^j, a queen of Dehlf, vid* Sultana Eazia. Rihai, i5r^*J, poetical name of a poet, who is the author of a Diwan. He died in the year 1672 A. D., 980 A. H.