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 Sayyad 240 Sidi Kadir Gflani, the great saint of Baglidad. His tomb is in the city of Tatta in Sindh. Sayyad, the poetical title assumed hf Sayyad Namat-ullah Wall. Sayyad Ahmad Jalal Bukhari, isj^- J% <^i^. Vide Ahu Jalal Bukhari. Sasryad 'Ali, '"i^e Sayyad 'Ali. Sasryad Husain or Mir Hiisain, e^i--^ <>>^», a celehrated Muhammadan of Ghazni who died at Hirat in December, 1317 A. D., Shawwal, 717 A. H., aged 117 lunar years. He is the author of -works called Nazhat- ul-Arwah and Kanz-ul-Kamuz. Sayyad Husain, Makhdum, Lft"^ •^'^ fJ'^j a contemporary of Shaikh Nizam-uddfn Aulia, and author of the work called " Siar-ul-Aulia. See Wajfli-uddin Mubarik Kirmani. Sayyad Husain, e^^s-^^ '^i^, commonly called Khink Sawar. It is mentioned in the Akbar-nama, that Sayyad Husain came to India with Shahah-uddi'n Ghori, who after his conquest of India in 1192 A. D., 688 A. H. left him behind as governor of Ajmeir where he died some years after, and was buried on the hill where the fort of Ajmeir then stood. He is now venerated by the Muhammadans as a saint. Sayyad Ismail Shah, s'-* Ji**-*! <^'i-«^ commonly called " Pir Chattar," a Muhammadan saint, whose tomb is situated about two thousand paces out of the western gates of the city of Broach on the northern bank of the Narbada. The tomb is said to be upwards of three hundred years old. It is built of the ordinary form in a small enclosure. It is shaded by a Khizni tree which grows by the side of the eastern wall out of the enclosure. In the middle of the tomb is a reservoir about 5 feet 4 inches by 1 foot 8 inches, and in depth about 1 foot 2 inches. In the midst of the water there rises about one inch above it, a small island, or the inner tomb, of 4 feet by 1. This miraculous reservoir is always full to the brim of very cold water. Hundreds of visitors go to the shrine every Thursday, and drink a tumbler full of the water, but it never diminishes nor increases. Sayyad Ja'far, t/j^iH'.^^;^^^ "^i-* of Zamirpur or Zambirpur, was a descendant of Sayyad Namat-ullah Wali. His poetical name was Euhi. He died on the 30th of October, 1741 A. D., 1st Ramazan, 1154 A. H., and is buried at Zambirpur, a place situated thirty miles from Lakhnau. Sayyad Ja'far Khan, '^ir; the eldest son of Sayyad Jalal Bukharf, and brother of Sayyad Ahmad. After his father's death he sat on the masnad of Irshad as a spiritual guide. He lived in the time of the emperor 'Alamgfr. Sajryad Jalal Bukhari, lsJ-^^ J^^ •H'*, vide Shaikh Jalal. Sayyad Jalal Bukhari, lsj^- J son of Say- yad Muhammad Bukhari and a descendant of Sayyad Ahmad Kabfr. A very proud and learned Musalman who held_ the rank of 6000 in the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan. He was born on the 11th February, 1695 A. D., nth Jumada, II, 1003 A. H. and died in 1647 A. D., 1057 A. H. and is buried near the gate of the city of Dehli. Some say his tomb is near Tajganj at Agrah. Sayyad Sharif Jurjani, iJ^^ vide Sharif Jurjani. Sayyad Said, <>^^ Sultan of Oman, and Imam of Muskat, who at the age of 16, ascended the throne in 1803 A. D. and reigned till his death in 1856. His dominions, after his death, were divided among two of his sons, one of whom is established at Zanzibar, the other resides at Muskat, and has the sovereignty of the Asiatic Provinces. Sas^yad Tehrani, LS-'irV^ <^i*, author of aDiwan found in Tipu Sultan's Library. Sayyad Said, '^■t*^ '^i'^, Imam of Muskat, The con- nection of the British with Muskat commenced in the beginning of the present century, when in conjunction with the then Imam, Sayyad Said, the English were engaged in suppressing the Wahabf pirates who infested the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. Sayyad Said lived to a great age and filled the throne of Muskat for about fifty years. He died in 1856 A. D., and was suc- ceeded by his son Thowayni who has recently been mur- dered by his son Salim. The old Imam left several sons, one of whom received as his share the kingdom of Zan- zibar and the other Sayyad Turki another chiefship. In the year 1868 A. D., one Azan bin-Ghais, aided by the other potentates, having attacked and driven the Sultan from the throne, occupied it himself. Sultan Salim fied to Bandar Abbas, where he is now. The new ruler Azan bin-Ghais is no doubt connected with the Wahabis and supported by them. Sayadat, Mir Jalal-uddin, '^'i'i*, a son of Mfr Jamal-uddin Muhaddis. He flourished about the year 1670 A. D., 1081 A. H., and is the author of a Diwan. Sayuf Zafar, JSTaubahari, (^J^yy^ this is his correct name, however see under Saif-uz-zafar Nau- bahari. Sayuti, cs^^"*? ''^ide Jalal-uddin Sayuti. Sidi or Sayyad Maula, C?'^^ a venerable sage, in a mendicant dress, who travelled from Jmjan towards the east and arriving at DehH, set up a great academy and house of entertainment for travellers and the poor of all denominations. Though he was very religious, and brought up in the Muhammadan faith, yet he followed some particular tenets of his own, so that he never attended public worship. He kept no women nor slaves for himself, and lived upon rice only ; yet his expenses in charity were so great, that, as he never accepted any presents, men were astonished whence his finances were supplied, and actually believed, that he possessed the art of transmuting other metals into gold. He made nothing of bestowing two or three thousand pieces of £(old to relieve the wants of any noble family in distress. In short, he displayed more magnificence in his feasts than the princes themselves. He expended daily upon the poor 1000 maunds of flour, 500 maunds of meat, 80 maunds of sugar, besides rice, oil, butter and other necessaries in proportion. He latterly began to bestow titles and ofiioes upon his disciples, an J to assume a tone and manner sufficiently indicative of his design on the throne. One of his followers dissatisfied with the part assigned to him, went privately to the king (Jalal-uddfa Firoz Khilji) and disclosed the plot. The king caused him to be apprehended and trodden to death by an elephant. This event happened in the year 1291 A. D., 690 A. H., and is accounted one of the moat remarkable