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 Shah 245 Shah Shah B e g a m, mother of Khan Mirza of Badakhshan, traced her genealogy to Alexander the Great. Shah Dai-ullah, Shirazi, cs'jlr!:'*' Cs^'-i 8*^^ a pupil of Shah Namat-iillah Wah'. He was a mystical poet, and a great saint. His tomb which is at Shiraz is a place of pilgrimage. Shahi, t5*'""> poetical title of Prince Mirza Nur-uddm the son of Mirza Khan Bakht, the son of Mirza Sulaiman Shikoh. Shahi Beg Khan TJzbak, ^i'. ts*^, also called Shaibani Khan, who after he had conquered Transoxiana, invaded Khurasan, took Hirat in 1507 A. D., 913 A. H., and extina:uished the principal branch of the house of Taimur. He was, however, defeated and slain in a battle against Shah 'Ismail I, Safwf, in 1510 A. D., 916 A. H., when his scull was overlaid with gold, and made into a drinking cup by that monarch. After his death Taimur Sultan succeeded him and Jani Beg Sultan and 'Abdullah Khan di^nded Bukhara between themselves. The Uzbaks were Tartars who came from the borders of Eussia. where they had been governed by a race of princes descended from Shaibani, the grandson of Changez Khan ; but they derived their name from TJzbak, the seventh of their race, who introduced the Muham- madan relis;ion among them. The last prince of this tribe was Burgu Khan, who was slain by Shah Bakht, upon which the Uzbaks quitted their ancient habitation, and conquered Khurasan, Khwarizm, &c. Shahi, Mir or Amir, (j^'^^f^, poetical name of 'Aka Malik son of Jamal-uddm Ki'rozkohi. His mother was the sister of Khwaja Muwyyad, a chief of the race of Sarbadals of Sabzwar. He was himself a native of Sabzwar and a very learned man. He wrote a beautiful hand, was a good musician and painter. He flourished in the time of Baisann-har Mirza and Sultan Babar, and died at Astrabad in 1450 A. D., 854 A. H., aged more than 70 years. He was buried at his own request at Sabzwar. He is the author of a biography of poets called " Majmua-ush-Shuara" and of a Diwan entitled " Di'wan Shdhi." Shahid, f vide Ghulam Imam Shahid. Shah Ghulam Azim, f**:^ son of Shdh Abul Maali, the son of Shah Ajmal of Allahabad. He is the author of two Diwans and a Masnawi'. Vide Afzal. Shah Girami or Mirza Girami, t*"*!/^ a poet who lived in the dress of a Kalandar and Dehli and died in the year 1743 A. J)., 1156 A. H. Shah Gul, vide Wahdat. Shah Hatim, ^^'^) surname of Shaikh Zahir-uddm a Hindustani poet. Vide Hatim. Shah Husain A r g h u n, ly^f)' i^^^r^ i^-*", king of Sindh, succeeded his father Shah Beg Arghun in 1524 A. D., 930 A. H. He reigned 32 years and died in 1655 A. D., 962 A. H. After his death the government of Sindh was divided between two rivals, Mahmud the governor of Bakkar and Mirza I'sa Turkhar governor of Thatta. who both assumed the title of king, and between whom frequent dissensions arose, and battles were fought. The emperor Akbar on coming to Labor reduced the whole of the province of Bakkar exclusive of the fort, till 62 at last Mahmud was willing to give it up, and Akbar deputed Geisii Khan to receive it, but Mahmud died before his arrival, 1574 A. D., 982 A. H., after a reign of 20 lunar years, and Akbar thus became possessed of Upper Sindh, and put an end to the hopes of the race of Mahmud. I'sa Turkhan who took possession of Thatta after the death of Shah Husain, died after a reign of 13 years in 1567 A. D., 976 A. H. Shah Husain Safwi, iS^^ c:ji-*=^ x'-^, succeeded his father Shah Sulaiman, king of Persia in 1694 A. D., 1134 A. H. In the year 1722, Mahmud, an Afghan chief of Kandahar beseiged Isfahan, and compelled Sultan Husain to surrender and resign his crown to him. This circum- stance occurred on the 23rd of October the same year 1135 A. H., and the unfortunate Sultan was confined in a small palace, where he remained seven years ; when a reverse of fortune which threatened their downfall led his enemies, whose chief was Ashraf the successor of Mahmud, to put an end to his existence. This melan- choly event took place in November, 1729 A. D., 1142 A. H. The Safwian family may be said to have actually terminated with Sultan Husain. His son Tahmasp, assumed the title of king, and struggled for a few years with his fate, but a weak effeminate, and debauched youth, was unsuited for such times : and he only merits a place in history, as his name furnished a pretext for the celebrated Nadir Shah to lay the foundation of his great power. Shah Husain Sayyad, vide Haki'kat. Shahidi, ^5<^*^, poetical name of Mir 'Abdul Wahid of Bilgram, which see. Shaista Khan, Nawab, v!y the son of Asaf Khan the prime minister. Shahidi Eummi, cs*^ ^liJkt^^ an author who was a native of Kumm, and died in 1529 A. D., 935 A. H. Shah Jalal, a Muhammadan saint of great sanctity, whose tomb is in Sylhet. This shrine has a large number of attendants to minister at it, and the pigeons and other birds which flock there, are held as sacred as the birds within the temple of Mecca. Shah J ah an, lu't^ emperor of Dehli, sumamed Shahab-uddin Muhammad Sahib Kiran Sam', was the third son of the emperor Jahangir. He was bom at Labor on the 6th January, 1593 A. D., 29th Rabf I, 1000 A. H., and named Mirza Khurram. His mother Balmati was the daughter of Raja Udai Singh, son of Raja Maldeo of Jodhpur, and sister to Raja Suraj Singh. At the time of his father's death he was absent in the Dakhin, but the throne was secured for him by his father-in-law, 'Asaf Khan the wazfr, the brother of Nur Jahan Begam. He marched towards Labor on hearing of the throne being at his disposal ; and began his reign 4th Februarj-, 1628 A. D., 8th Jumada II, 1037 A. H. He was the most magnificent prince that ever appeared in India. The most striking instance of his pomp and prodigality was his construction of the famous Peacock throne. It took its name from two peacocks fashioned splendidly in sap- phires, emeralds, rubies and other appropriate jewels which formed the chief ornament of a mass of bullion and precious stones that dazzled every beholder. Tavemier, a jeweller by profession, reports, that it cost nearly six millions and a half sterling. His greatest splendour was shown in his buildings. He founded a new city at Dehli called after him Shahjahanabad, but of all the structures erected by him, there is none that bears any comparison