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 Salamat 233 Salim character, against the united efforts of the chief Christian potentates of Europe, who carried on the most unjust wars against him, under the false appellation of Holy Wars. He rei gned in Egypt and Syria from 1173 to 1193 A. D., 568 to 588 A. H., and in the year following he died at Damascus, leaving seventeen sons, who divided his exten- sive dominions. He was succeeded by his son Malik-ul- 'Aziz 'Usman in the government of Egypt, but as none of his successors possessed the enterprising genius of Salah- uddm, the history of Egypt from that time to the year 1250 A. D. affords nothing remarkable. At this time the reigning Sultan Malik-al-Salah was dethroned and slain by the Mamluks, a kind of mercenary soldiers who served under him. In consequence of this revolution, the Mamluks became masters of Egypt, and chose a Sultan from among themselves. Vide Mamluk. Sultans of Egypt of the Ayyuhite family. Salah-uddi'n Yusaf bin-Ayyub, began 1168 Malik-ul-'Azi'z 'Usman, son of Salah-uddin,. . Malik Mansur Muhammad bin-' Usman, .... Malik 'Adil Saif-uddfn Abu Bakr bin-Aj'yub, Malik Kamil Muhammad, son of Saif-uddin, Malik 'Adil Abii Bakr bin-Kamil, Malik Salah Ayyub Najm-uddm bin-Kamil, he was slain in battle with the Franks, .... Malik Muazzim Turan Shah bin-Salah Malika Shajrat-uddurr, a slave girl of Malik Sala^, she reigned three years and died in Malik Ashraf Musa bin- Yusaf, reigned 5 years. died A. D. 1193 1197 1200 1218 1237 1239 1249 1250 1255 Malik Moizz 'Azz-uddm Eaibak, a Turkoman slave or Mamluk of the Ayytibite dynasty, married the queen Malika Shajrat-uddurr, and ascended the throne of Egypt. His descendants ruled for nearly one hundred years, and ■were called the Mamlukites. Salamat 'Ali, <J-^ Oa;31.«, the city Munsif of Allahabad ■who became a rebel and was hung in June, 1857 A. D. at that station. Salamat 'Ali Khan, Hakim, cs^^ <i'/o3l« ^A^a. of Benares, author of a Treatise on Music, who lived about the commencement of the present or nineteenth century. Salami or Salmi, (.i*^**! this word which signifies a native of Baghdad, was also the surname of Abu'l Hasan Muhammad bia-Obeid-ullah, who was one of the most illustrious Arabian poet of his time. He lived at the court of 'Azd-uddaula, a Sultan of the dynasty of the Boyaides, who reigned at Ears and 'Irak from 976 to 983 A. D. Salar Masa'ud Ghazi, ls'}^ 0!^«~-ojllU^ «)t«feMasa'ud Ghazi (Salar). Salhahau or Salivahana, is said to have been the son of a potter and to have lived at Patar on the Godavarf. His era is still in use in. the Dakhia, its date is 78 A. D. Salim, the poetical title of Muhammad Kulf, who came to India from Persia during the reign of Shah Jahan and was employed by Islam Khan, wazir. He is the author of a Diwan and also of a Masnawi which he ■wrote in Persia, and in which he describes Lahijan. But when he came to India, he altered the heading and called it a description of Kashmir. He died in the year 1647 A. D., 1057 A. H. 59 Salim, (^'^ <i*s^ Mir Muhammad Salim of Patna a merchant who died at Murshidabad in 1781 A. D., 1195 A. H., and left a Masnawi in Urdu. Samdik Phra Paramidr, j'^*:!, ^ ^SajU^ of Siam who came to Hindustan in the beginning of 1872 and was received in Calcutta, Lakhnau, Bombay, &c., &c. with all the honours duo to high rank. Salim 1, Sultan, emperor of the Turks or Constantinople, and the greatest monster of that monstrous race, was the second son of Bayezid II whom he defeated in a battle, and after poisoning him and murdering eisht of his brothers or nephews, ascended the throne of Turkey on the 6th April, 1512 A. D., 18th Safar, 918 A. H. He subverted the Mamluks of Egypt, bringing it with Palestine, S}'ria, and Arabia under the yoke of the Turks. He invaded the kingdom of Persia ; subdued and slew Aladeules, the mountain king of Armenia and reduced his kingdom to the form of a Turkish pro^nnce. He repressed the forces of the Hun- garians by a double invasion. But when intending to turn all his forces upon the Christians, he was sud- denly seized with a cancer on his back whereby he died on Friday the 21st of September, 1520 A. D., 6th Shawwal, 926 A. H. on the very spot where he had formerly unnaturally assaulted his aged father. He was succeeded by his son Sulaiman I, surnamed The Magni- ficent. Salim II, Sultan, (*^-« ty'-^^** succeeded his father Sulaiman I, surnamed The Magnificent, as emperor of the Turks in September, 1566 A. D., Safar, 974 A. H. He was an idle and effeminate emperor ; but his deputies took from the Venetians the isle of Cyprus, and from the Moors the kingdom of Tunis and Algiers. Over this emperor the Christians were victorious in that famous sea-fight called the battle of Lepanto, when he lost above 35,000 men besides his fleet. Devoting his time to the several pleasures of his seraglio, he died, little respected, on the 9th December, 1574 A. D., Shaban, 982 A. H., aged 52, and was succeeded by his son Sultan Murad III. Salim III, Sultan, son of Mustafa III, was born in 1761 A. D., Eajab, 1203 A. H., and succeeded to the throne of Turkey on the death of his uncle Ahmad IV, in April, 1789 A. D. He began his reign ■with a wax with Catharine II of Russia, in which peace was pur- chased by great sacrifices of territory. At a later period Egypt was invaded by the French ; but they were defeated, and compelled to quit the country, by the English, in 1801. A revolt of the Jannisan's deposed Salfm on the 28th of July, 1807 A. D., Jumada I, 1222 A. H., and raised Mustafa IV to the throne ; but he was deposed after a reign of one year, and Mahmud II made emperor 1808 A. D. Salim ChisMi, Shaikh, t5*^^ f**^ of Fathapur S!kri, surnamed Shaikh-ul-Islam, a Muhammadan saint who, during his life was greatly revered by the emperor Akbar. It is said that by his prayers the king was blessed with several children. His father Baha-uddia was a descendant of Shaikh Farfd Shakarganj. He was born at Dehli in 1478 A. D., 883 A. H., was a disciple of Khwaja Ibrahim Chishtf, and resided on a hill close to the village of Sikrf in the province of Agrah, By the liberality of the emperor, he built a splendid Masjid or mosque on the hill, called the Masjid of Fathapur Sikri. which was completed in 1571 A. D.. 979 A. H., at a cost of 5 lacs of rupees. He died a few months after its completion on the 13th February, 1572 A. D., 27th Ramazan, 979 A. H., aged 96 lunar years, and was buried