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 Shujaa' 2. 59 Sikandar government of Malwa on him after the expulsion of Mallu Khan entitled Kadir Shah in 1542 A. D., 949 A. H He governed Malwa for a period of 12 years and died in 1554 A. D., 962 A. H. After his death his eldest son Malik Bayezid assuming the title of Baz Bahadur, took the reins of government in his own hands. Shujaa', Sultan, ^^"^ vide Sultan Shujaa. Shujaa't Khan, Nawab, li)'^ «i.cts^ ^_.ty^ a nobleman in the service of the emperor ' Alamgir, vide Fakhr-un-Nisa Begam. He was a mansabdar of 4000 in the time of Shah Jahan. He had a house at Agrah of which no traces now remain. Shuja-Uddin, l:^:!'*-'' f^?'*' nawab of Bengal, also called by some Shuja-uddaula, was a native of Burhanptir, and a descendant of a Turkish tribe of Afghans in Khu- rasan. During 'Alamgir's campaigns in the Dakhin, he married Zeib-un-Nisa the daughter of Murshid Kuli Jafar Khan Subadar of Bengal, and accompanied him to that province. Jafar Khan, who died in the year 1726 A. D., 113s A. H., left at his death the succession to his government to his grandson 'Ala-uddaula Sarfaraz Khan ; but Shuja-uddm his father having more interest at the court of Dehli than his son, procured the Subadari for himself, and in the year 1735 A. D., 1148 A. H., the province of Behar also was conferred on him by the emperor Muhammad Shah. Shuja-uddm was celebrated for his clemency, justice and good qualities. He died after 12 years' government of Bengal on the 13th of March, 1739 A. D., 13th Zil-hijja, 1151 A. H,, just at the time when Nadir Shah was at Dehli. As there were only a few days remaining for the commencement of the Hijrf year 1152 A. D., at his death. He was succeeded by his son 'Ala-uddaula Sarfaraz Khan, a young prince, whose character as a moral and religious man stands high on the pages of native history. Shuja-uddaula, Nawab, ^•'j'^-'' ^'T* vlPj who played a conspicuous part in the early history of British India, was the son of Mansur 'Ali Khan Safdar Jang, governor of Audh. His original name is Jalal-uddin Haidar ; he was born in the year 1731 A. D., 1144 A. H., and after the death of his father succeeded to the government in October, 1753 A. D, Zil-hijja, 1167 A. H. He was present in the famous liattle which took place between Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marhattas in January, 1761 ; was appointed wazir to the emperor Shah 'Alam ; was defeated at Buxar by the English on the 23rd October, 1764 A. D., 26th Eabf II, 1178 A. H., and died at Faizabad, the seat of his government, in the midst of his victories and highest prosperity, on the 29th of January, 1775 A. D., 24th Zi-Ka'da, 1188 A. H. By his own subjects he was sincerely beloved, and the sons of Hafiz Eahmat Khan, whose country he had seized, wept at his death. He was buried at a place called Gulab Bari in Faizabad, and was succeeded by his eldest son 'Asaf- uddaula. For a legendar}^ account of his death see Keene's Fall of the Mughal Empire, p. 117. Shuja-ul-Mulk, Shah, c^Ul ^(s^ vide Shih. Shujaa. Shukr-ullah, ^t^' j^, author of the history called " Bahjat-ut-Tawarikh." Shukr-ullah Khan I, Nawab, v!y s-^hJ-^> a nobleman in the service of the emperor Aurangzeib ■who died about the year 1698 A. D,, 1110 A. H. Shukr-ullah Khan II, Nawab, v'y Al.'^iA, son of Shukr-ullah Khan I. was an Amir in the service of the emperor Aurangzeib ' Alamgfr. He was appointed governor of Mewat in 1702 A. D., 1114 A. H. Shaibani, {J'^i.^, an author whose proper name was Abu Amru Is-hak. He died at Baghdad in the year 828 A. D., 213 A. H. Shaibani Khan, C5^^^*, vide Shahi Beg TJzbak. Shaida, Mulla, '-^^^ ^'c, *itle of a poet who flourished m the latter part of the reign of Jahangir and commence- ment of the emperor Shah Jahan. He was one of the Sheikhzadas of Fathapur Sfkri, and a contemporary of the poets Talib Kali'm, Kudsi, Hakfm Hazik and Nawab Isl.im Khan wazfr. His works contain more than 50,000 verses. He has left a Masnawi of 12,000 verses in the style of the " Makhzan-ul-Asrar" of Nizami. He died in 1652 A. D., 1062 A. H., in Kashmir and was buried there. He also had a house at Agrah. Shaida, ''H^, poetical appellation of Mir Fatha 'Ali of Lakhnau, author of the story of the Owl and the Grocer entitled " Bum-o-Bakkal." He was contemporary with Fidwi, author of an Yiisaf and Zaleikha in Urdu. Siamak, the son of Kayomurs and the father of Hoshang, the second king of the Pishdadian dynasty of Persia. Siawakhsh, cr^J^-", son of Kaikaus, king of Persia of the Kaj'anian dynasty. He was murdered by Ali'asiab king of Turan. Sihl or Sehl bin-Sa'd, '^'^ l^t*, ene of the companions of Muhammad. Sijaj, 2^^F", a false prophetess cotemporary with Musy- lima another impostor. She was a Christian of extra- ordinary talents and eloquence, and being prompted by an aspiring ambition, she announced herself a prophetess, and uttering her string of rhapsodies in rhyme, declared that they came inspired from above. Struck by her success, Musylima thought it advisable to temporize with her, and accordingly having sent agents, invited her to a private conference, Sijaj consented and came to an interview ; she was deceived and having forfeited all pretensions to that purity, which is the highest attribute of her sex, she fell from her proud pre-eminence, and became a mere debased, and contaminated woman. She subsequently enrolled herself among the proselytes of the Kuran, Sikandar, Alexander the Great, wJtir^-^b'^ j>i.i^, called by Muhammad in the Kuran, " Zu'lkarnyn" the Two Horned Man ; probably by reason of his head being figured as Ammon, with the Eam's Horns, on coins and medals. Eastern commentators have been at a loss to decide who is intended, but generally agree that he was a being favoured of, and who believed in the true God ; that guided by the prophet Khizir, he reached the Land of Darkness, near the Fountain of Life, but he could not obtain permission to take a draught of the Eternal Spring. He died in 327 A. D., at the age of 33 years. He con- quered Darius king of Persia in 331 B. C. and in 327 he proceeded to invade India. He crossed the Indus with- out opposition. He was afterwards opposed by a raja who is called by the Greek Porus whose army was utterly routed.