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 Samsam-uddanla 236 Sarbaland Samsam-uddaula or Samsam Jang, f^-^*'*, ^IaA^^j tjie son of Sams&m-uddaula Shahnawaz Khan, who received the same title after his father's death. Both of them held distinguished positions in the court of the Niziim of Haidarabad. Fide Shahnawaz Khan. Samsam-uddaida, ^)^^^ ^.l^a*-^, the son of Mirzd Nasfr who came to India from Mazindaran in the reign of the emperor Shah Alam. Samsam-uddaula whose original name was Malik Jluhammad Khan, received the title of Nawah Samsam-uddaula Malik Muhammad Khan Dilair Jang from Nawab Najaf Khan. He died in Jaipur in 1804 A. D., 1219 A. H. Samsam-uddaula, ^^j*^-*' (*''^*'«, entitled Khdn Dauran, held the high rank of Amir-ul-'TJmra in the reign of the emperor Muhammad Shah. Vide Khan Dauran. Sana', poetical name of Shaikh Nizam-uddin Ahmad commonly called Basl IMian. He flourished about the year 1738 A. D., 1151 A. H. Sanai, Husain, ci'^^-' C^^:""^? fide Khwaja Husain Sanai. Sanai, Shaikh, commonly ^called Hakfm Sanai, a celebrated poet and native of Ghazni, ' who flourished in the reign of Bahram Shah, son of Masa'ud Shah of Ghazni. He is the author of several poems. His last work which he dedicated to Bahram Shah, is called the " Hadika," or " Hadikat-ul-Hakaek," the Garden of Truth, a very beautiful poem on the unity of God and other religious subjects, said to contain 30,000 verses. This book he finished 1131 A. D., 525 A. H., in which year he is supposed to have died, aged 62 years. He is also the author of a small work containing about 280 verses, entitled " Eamtiz-ul-Anbia wa Kanuz-ul- Aulia," and of a Diwan. Sanai, Maulana, cSr^-' ^^h'^, author of a poem, entitled Bagh Iram. Sana-ullah, Maulana, ^^■> Kazi of Pampat, flourished about the year 1539 A. D., 946 A. H., and is the author of the commentary called " Mazharl" and other works ; one of which is called Saif-ul-Masluf. Sandhal !Deo, Ji^ J'**^, one of the Eajas of Ameir, now called Jaipur, After him reigned Gokul or Kantal, and after him reigned Pujandevaor Pajurji about the year 1185 A. D. He married the daughter of Prithi Eaja. After him Malesi, after him the following rajas reigned in succession, Bijalji, Eajdeo, who was defeated by Mahmud II, 125i A. D. Kflan, Kantal, who built the city of Ameir, Junsi, Udaikaran, Nar Singh, Banbeir, ITdheirao, Chandarsein, Prithiraj, murdered by his son Bhim, Ayskaran ; after him reigned Bharamal also called Puranmal and Biharimal, which see. Sangham Lai, ci^ /♦t^*"^ a Hindu whose poetical name was Izzat. He was a pupil of Mirza Jan Jan&n Mazhar, and was living at Agrah 1760 A. D., 1174 A. H. Sanjar, Mir, also called Shah Sanjar Bijapun, was the son of Mir Haidar Kashi the punster. He was an excellent poet and fiourishod in the time of Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil of Bfjapur. He died in 1612 A. D., 1021 A. H., and left a Diwan. Sangram Shah, i^^^ (•(^^■^«, Eaja of Kharakpur in South Bihar, defied the Mughal armies in the time of Akbar, lost his Life in a struggle, and his son and suc- cessor were forced to become converts to Islam. Sanjar Shah, x'-^^s^, the son of Tughan Shah II. He was cotemporary with Takash Khan who married his mother and adopted him ; but when he rebelled against him, Takash blinded him. Sanjar, Sultan, i^^^^'^, the third son of Sultan Malikshah Saljiiki. He held at his father's death, 1092 A. D., the government of Khurasan, and took little con- cern in the troubles that ensued on that event : but after the death of his brother. Sultan Muhammad, he may be deemed the actual sovereign of Persia. He forced Bahram Shah, a monarch of the race of Ghazni, whose capital was Labor, to pay him tribute ; and Alauddin, prince of Ghor, who had defeated Bahram Shah and taken Ghazni, yielded in his turn to the superior fortune of Sanjar, by whom he was defeated, made prisoner and tributary to the house of Saljuk. But Sanjar, after a long reign marked by singular glorj^ and success, was destined to experience the most cruel reverses of fortune. In the year 1140 A. D., 535 A. H., he advanced far into Tartary to attack Gour Khan, the monarch of Kara Khata, and suffered a signal defeat in which almost his whole army was cut to pieces, his family taken prisoner, and all his baggage plundered. He next marched, 1163. A. D., 547 A. H., against the Turkman tribe of Ghuz who had withheld their usual tribute of 40,000 sheep : an action ensued, in which he was defeated and taken prisoner. During his long confinement of four years, his dominions were ruled by his favourite Sultana Khatun Turkan : at whose death in 1166 A. D., 551 A. H., Sanjar made an effort to escape and was successful ; but he lived only a short time after he regained his liberty, for he died on Friday the 24th May, 1157 A. D., 11th Eabf IT, 662 A. H., in the 73rd year of his age, and was buried in Marv. The Saljuk dynasty in Khurasan ceased with his existence, and most part of his kingdom fell into the possession of Khwarizm Shah Atsiz ibn-Muham- mad ibn-Anushtakim the grandfather of Takash Khwa- rizm Shah. The poets of his court were Adib Sabir, Eashid Watwat, Abdul Wasa, Jabalf, Fan'd Katib, Anwari, Malik 'Imad Zauzani, and Sayyad Husain of Ghazni. Sauka, vide Eana Sanka. Sankar, J^^) vide Sunkar. Saraj-uddin, t^-!.'^^^ ^J*", vide Siraj-uddin. Sarbaland Khan, cj^^ i>.a1j^«^ an Amir of the time of the emperor 'Alamgir, who held the rank of 4000 and died in the year 1679 A. D., 1090 A. H. Sarakhsi or Al-Sarakhsi, t5~=tr-«j vide Abu Bakr Muhammad-al-Sarakhsi. Sarbadal, iJti>-f a tribe of Afghans of Sabzwar. Vide 'Abdul Eazzak. Sarbaland Khan, i^'"^ "^^-r*", entitled Nawab Mu- bariz-ul-TIulk, was governor of Patna in the time of Farrukh-siyar, and was recalled to court about the year 1718 A. D., 1130 A. H. In the reign of the emperor Muhammad Shah he was appointed governor of Gujrat 1724 A. D., 1137 A. H., but in 1730 A. D., 1143 A. H. was removed from his government on account of his