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 Shah 250 Shakir visited by some of the courtiers. The miraculous char- acter of the event being much commented on by the visitors, the Shah acknowledged himself to be under the special favour of Heaven — and in the end the conversa- tion turned upon the difficulties of the seige, and the grateful sense of the hermit's interference which the sovereign would entertain in the event of its being brought to a close by his holy means. The Shah pro- mised the required aid, and declared that the fort should be captured by a fixed day. Thus much for the emperor. In respect to the raja, the Shah acted very effectually upon his superstitious fears — told him that the fort was destined to fall, and proffered his own miraculous powers to secure for the raja, a safe and honourable retreat for himself, family and valuables. The whole were accord- ingly passed invisible through the beseiging camp, and the raja quitted Hindustan for the eastward. In return for this valuable service, the emperor bestowed half of an hamlet of Chandwar on the Shah. The place assumed the name of Saffpur, and has since been inhabited by the descendants of the Shah. The decease of Shah Safi took place soon after the grant was made, and he was buried on the brow of a deep ravine, a handsome tomb being erected over his remains. The mausoleum is still in good order and forms a picturesque object in the midst of the desolation of the Jamna ravines in the vicinity of Chandwar and Firozabad. Its pretty dome and minarets commanding as they do, the heights of the Jamna ravines, often lead the voyagers on the river to visit the shrine of the saint, and landwards the building is an object of interest and beauty, which (says Mr. Mansel, Collector of Agrah in a letter to the Commissioner of Revenue at Agrah 29th May, 1839 No. 126) all would regret to see lost to the country. There are several dalans, a handsome gate, and a small mosque comprised within the building, and the whole is kept in occasional good repair by the outlay of part of the funds of the grant. The fable of the whole is palpable. Indeed the raja who, under the name of Chandersen, was ousted from Chandwar, lived it is supposed by those best acquainted with the annals of Firozabad, in the reign of 'Ala-uddin, and his descendants were the party who fell under the displeasure of Akbar. Sliah Sub-han, u'tI^-" if''^, a Muhammadan saint who died in 1200 A. D., 596 A. H. Shah Sulaiman Safwi, c?>^ x^, the son of Shah Abbas II, king of Persia, whom he succeeded on the 26th August, 1666 A. D., 5th Rabi' I, 1077 A. H. He reigned over Persia 29 years, and died in 1694 A. D., 1106 A. H. He was succeeded by his son Shah Husain Safwi. Shah Tahir Junaidi, LS'^i^'^ also called Dakhani, was the youngest brother of Shah Jafar. He came to India in the time of the emperor Humayun, and went afterwards to the Dakhin and was appointed min- ister to Burhan Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar. He was of the Shia sect, and succeeded in converting his sovereign to the Shia persuasion in the year 1537 A. D., 944 A. H., and induced him to exchange the white canopy and scarlet pavilion for the gi-een standard assumed by the followers of 'AH. Shah Tahir died in the Dakhin 1545 A. D., 952 A. H. He was an excellent poet and is the author of several works. Shah Taki or Shaikh Taki, ^J^"^ ^i^^i >i^, a Muhammadan saint who died between the years 1413 and 1421 A. D., and is buried at a place called Jhiisi in the province of AUababad where a great crowd of Musal- mans assemble every year and make offerings on his tomb. Shah Turkman, iV^*^y i^, a Musalman saint who died in February, 1241 A. D., 24th Rajah, 638 A. H., and lies buried in Shahjahanabad (Dehli) at a place called Dargah Shah Turkman. Shah Wali Muhammad, cs^'j 2^*, a saint whose dargah is in Agrah. Shah Wali Ullah, vide Ishtiyak. Shahzada Khanam, f*'*'^ a daughter of the emperor Akbar by Sah'ma Begam. She was living in the commencement of the reign of her brother Jahangi'r. Shahzada Sultan, ly^la^- Xjlj S^, vide Sultan Shah- zada, Shah Zaman, U'^jS^-^, vide Zaman Shah. Shaista Khan, Amir-ul-Umra, lyi'trt'*'. His original name is Abu Talib, or Mirza Murad. He was the son of 'Asaf Khan wazfr, and grandson of Yatmad- uddaula. After the death of his father 1641 A. D., he was appointed wazir by the emperor Shah Jahan. The large Jama Masjid which stood (till 1857) on the banks of the J amna river to the west of the fortress of Alla- habad, was built by him in the time of Shah Jahan and completed in the year 1646 A. D., 1056 A. H. His son Khudabanda Khan also held a high rank in the time of 'Alamgir, and was appointed Faujdar of the Karnatic Bfja- pur, and subsequently, after the death of Ruh-ullah Khan, he held the post of grand steward of the household. Shaista Khan was appointed governor of Berar by Shah Jahan in 1638 : and in 1662 to the more important command of Gujrat. In 1656 he was employed by 'Alamgir (Aurangzeib) at that time viceroy of the Dakhin, to serve as lieutenant to his eldest son Sultan Muhammad in the war of Golkanda. In the contentions of Shah Jahan's sons for the throne in 1658, he served with Diik Shikoh, whom he betrayed by giving intelligence and guides of Aurangzeib. He was appointed in July, 1659 A. D., governor of the Dakhin in the room of Muhammad Muazzim the son of the emperor 'Alamgir who was recalled to the presence, and in 1666 as governor of Bengal. He kept his court at Dacca and by his injustice provoked a war with Job Charnock, Governor of the factory of the East India Company at Golaghat near Hugh'. He died in the reign of 'A'lamgfr on the 31st May, 1694 A. D., 16th Shawwal, 1105 A. H., aged 93 lunar years. Some traces of his Rauza and garden are still to be seen at Agrah on the banks of the Jamna. Shakar-un-N isa Begam, f^iJ^'Si.j jyl tfJ) t-^^ the daughter of the emperor Akbar, who gave her in marriage to Mirza Shahrukh, son of Ibrahim Mirza. She is buried in the mausoleum of Akbar at Sikandra in Agrah. Her mother's name was Bibi Daulat Shah. Shakik Balkhi, iS^' ij'.^'*'} a celebrated pious Musal- man. He died on the 20th January, 791 A. D., 9th Ramazan, 174 A. H. in the reign of the Khalif Harun- al-Rashfd, and was buried at Khatlan. Shakir, ^'""j the poetical name of Nizam-ul-Mulk 'Asaf Jah. Shakir, the poetical name of 'Ahdur Rahman, author of the poetical work called " Gulistan Musarrat," which he also named " Hadaek-ul-Maani. He wrote this book at Lakhnau during the reign of Amjad 'Ali Shah in 1845 A. D., 1261 A. H., and finished it in the time of Wajid 'All Shah.