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 Salim 234 Saljuki on the top of the hill where his tomh is to be seen to this day. He was one of the chief saints of Hindustan, and his sayings are worthy of commemoration. After his death his son Badr-uddin succeeded him to the guddi. His pedigree runs thus : " Shaikh Salim Chishtf, the son of Baha-uddin, the son of ShaiUh Sulaiman, the son of Shaikh 'Adam, the son of Shaikh Musa, the son of Shaikh Maudud, the son of Shaikh Badr-uddin, the son of Shaikh Farid-uddin of Ajudhun, commonly called Shakarganj." Twenty-four times Salim Chishti is said to have gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca and returned again. His bread was made of singharas that were produced in the reservoir of Sikri. His son Kutb-uddin was killed in Bengal by Sher Afkan, first husband of Nur Jahan. His grandson Islam Khan, the son of Badr-uddin was raised by the emperor Jahangfr to the rank of an Amir and was appoin- ted governor of Bengal in 1608 A. D., 1017 A. H. Vide Islam Khan. Salim Shah Sur, J^-« also called Islam Shah and Jalal Khan, was the younger son of the empero'^ Sher Shah. His elder brother 'Adil Khan being absent at his father's death, Jalal Khan ascended the throne in the fortress of Kalinjar on the 29th of May, 1545 A. D., 17th Eabi' I, 952 A. H., and assumed the title of Islam Shah, which by false pronunciation was turned to that of Salim Shah. He reigned nine years and became afiiicted with a fistula, of which he died at Gwaliar 1554 A. D., 961 A. H., in which year also died Mahmud Shah king of Gujrat, and Burhan Nizam Shah king of Ahmadnagar. In commemoration of the remarkable circumstance of these monarchs dying almost at the same time, Maulana 'AH the father of the celebrated historian Firishta, wrote a short epitaph, in which the words "the ruin of kings," exhibit the Hijri year 961 A. D. The remains of Salim Shah were conveyed to Sahsaram and buried close to his father's tomb, Salim Shah was succeeded by his son the prince Firoz, then 12 years of age, who was placed on the throne by the chiefs of the tribe of Sur, at Gwaliar. He had not reigned three days (some say three months) when Mubariz Khan the son of Nizam Khan Sur, at once the nephew of the late Sher Shah, and brother-in-law of Salim Shah, assassinated the young prince, and ascending the throne, assumed the title of Muhammad Shah 'Adil. Salima Sultana Begam, (♦^^:-! ^♦■h^-'. The mother of this lady was Gulrukh Begam the daughter of the emperor Babar Shah who gave her in marriage to Mirza Nur-uddin Muhammad by whom she had Salima. Salima was married to Bairam Khan KhanKhanan in 1558 A. D., the marriage took place at Jalandhar with the consent of the emperor Akbar who was present at the nuptials. After the death of Bairam Khan in 1561, she became the wife of the emperor, by whom she had a daughter named Shahzada Khanam, and a son named Sultan Murad. She was well- versed in Persian and had a good genius for poetry. She dide in the reign of the emperor J^hangir 1612 A. D., 1021 A. H. Salima Bano Begam, ^*^}-*», the daughter of Sulaiman Shikoh, the son of Dara Shaikh, was mar- ried to Prince Muhammad Akbar, Aurangzeb's fourth son. Their offspring was Nikasiar who was proclaimed em- peror at Agrah and imprisoned by Kukn-uddaula. Salimi or Hasan Salimi, Maulana, L5*i'^'" v:;"^^ a poet who died and was buried at Sabzwar, in the year 1450 A. D., 854 A. H. He has left a Dfwan. Salghur, J^^) from whom the Atabaks of Pars were descended, was a Turkish general in the service of the Saljuki kings, and was entrusted with the charge of one of the princes of that race and appointed to the govern- ment of Pars and some adjoining provinces. Salghur I managed not only to keep his government during his lifev but to transmit it to his descendants, seven of whom held Pars as governors, viz. : — 1 . Maudud, the son of Salghur. 2. Pazlan-Shuban-Karra, who received the government from Alp Arsalan, rebelled, but was subdued by Nizam-ul-Mulk the prime-minister of the Sultan. 3. Rukn-uddaula. 4. Atabak Jalal-uddin Jawali. 5. Atabak Kuraja, who built a college at Shiraz, and a palace called Takht Kuraja. 6. Atabak Mankiis. 7. Buzaba, who is said to have been a just and wise governor. After the death of Buzaba who was the last of these governors, Atabak Sunkar the great grandson of Salghur, succeeded in 1148 A. D., and became a powerful ruler. Vide Sunkar and Mu- zaffar. Salibi or Thalibi, Imam, C5->-"-'^ author of theTarikh Ghadr-us-Siar," and " Tarikh Araes." Saliha Bano, y^^. the daughter of Kasim Khan and wife of the emperor Jahangir who gave her the title of Badshah Mahal. Salik Kazwini, and Salik Yezdi, ^^H}j■* '^^'^ •^y^-' These two poets, one from Kazwin and the other from Yezd, flourished in the time of the emperor Shah Jahan, and both died in the reign of 'Alamgir. Salik Kazwini died In 1699 A. D., 1080 A. H., and the other, one year after him. Salik, poetical title of Shdh Ibrahim. Salim, f*^*"' i>«iE^ LS^^^} author of a Diwan which he completed in 1701 A. D., 1082 A. H. His proper name is Haji Muhammad Aalam. Saljuk, l3^^^, fide Saljuk;i. Saljuki, ij'j^'^} a dynasty of Tartar kings who de- rive their name from Saljuk, a chief of great repu- tation, who had been compelled to quit the court of Bighu Khan the sovereign of the Turks of Kapchak. Saljuk, who had proceeded with his tribe to the plains of Bukhdra, embraced the religion of Muhammad and acquired the crown of martyrdom in the war against the infidels. His age of an hundred and seven years, sur- passed the life of his son Mikail ; and Saljuk adopted the care of his two grandsons Tughral and Ja'far ; the eldest of whom, at the age of 45 years was invested with the title of Sultan in the royal city of Naishaptir. It is said that Mikail became known to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, and was greatly honoured by that monarch. They relate, that on Mahmud asking the ambassador of their chief, what force they could bring to his aid ; " Send this arrow," said the envoy, presenting one of two which he held in his hand, " and 50,000 horse will appear!" — "Is that all ?" exclaimed Mahmud. " Send this," said he presenting the other, "and an equal number will follow." " But suppose I was in extreme distress/' observed the monarch, " and wanted your utmost exertions ?" — "Then," replied the ambassador, "send my bow, and 200,000 horse will obey the summons!" The proud conqueror heard with secret alarm, this terrifj'ing account of their numbers : and we are told that he anticipated the future overthrow of his empire. Tughral Beg and his brother served for several years under Sultan Mah- mud. In 1036 A. p., 429 A. H., the former resisted Sultan Masa'ud the son of Mahmud, and received inves- titure as Sultan of Khurasan from the Khalifa of Bagl^-