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 Zyn-ul-'Abidin 291 Zyn-ul-'Abidin Jahidm," a poem consisting of 52 odes or hymns, one of which was ordered to be chaunted in the mosques, throughout the kingdom of Mysore, every Friday. They are in sixteen different kinds of metre, and were compiled by order of Tipu Sultan, to rouse the zeal of his Muham- madan subjects, against the Hindfis and the Christians. Zyn-ul-'Abidin Ibrahim bin-Nujim-al-Misri, ^is:"* izji'^^^^ i^ij) author of the Commentary on the Kanz-ul-Dakaik entitled "Bahr ar-E&ik" which he left incomplete at his death, but it was finished by his brother, Siraj-uddin 'Umr, who also wrote another and inferior Commentary on the same work, entitled " Nahr- ul-Faik." Zyn-ul-Abidfn died in 1562 A. D., 970 A. H. The " Ashbah wan Nazair" is also an elementary work of great reputation by Zyn-ul-'Abidfn, also the " Fatawa az-Zynia," which contains decisions, and were collected by his son Ahmad about 1562 A. D. Zyn-ul-'Abidin 'Ali Abdi, t/'^l ts^ t.ri*^t*^t ioij, vide Khwaja Zyn-ul-Abidin 'AH Abdi. Zyn-ul-'Abidin, Imam, |*^' tyJ<>jM c^j, sumamed Ali Asghar, was the son of Imam Husain, and the fourth Imam of the race of Ali. His mother's name was Salafa or Shakr Bano, said to be the daughter of Yezdijard III king of Persia. She was one of the captives when Persia was conquered, and sold to 'Alf, who gave her to his son Husain. It is said that the Khalif Walid I, suspecting him of a design upon the Khilafat, said to him, alluding to his mother's having been exposed for sale as a slave, '' You are imworthy to reign, as being the son of a slave." The Imam answered, " Hagar the mother of Ishmael the son of Abraham, was a slave, yet Muhammad was de- scended from her." The Khalif blushed and was silent. He was born in 657 A. D., 37 A. H., and died in the reign of the Khalif Walfd I in the month of October, 713 A. D., Muharram, 95 A. H. He was buried in the cemetry called Bakir in Medina close to his uncle Imam Hasan's tomb. Zyn-uI-Abidin Khan, Nawab, eri'^-?'*^' cH) vLJ"*, the son of Nawab Ghulam Husain Khan and grand- son of Nawab Fyz-ullah Beg Khan. His poetical name is 'Arif. He died in 1855 or 1856 A. D., 1272 A. H. Zyn-ul-'Abidin, Sidtan, l>:!<>jI«-'I K^ij, son of Sultan Sikandar, ascended the throne of Kashmir, after taking prisoner his brother 'Ali Shah in a battle in 1423. This prince improved the country more than any of his predecessors. He built bridges, towns and forts, and erected at Naushahra a noble palace, twelve stories high, each story of fifty rooms. He also enlarged and beautified the city of Srinagar his capital. He died in 1474 A- D. after a reign of 52 lunar years, and was succeeded by his son Hydar Shah who after reigning little more than a year, was killed by a fall from his terrace 1475 A. D,, and was succeeded by his son Sultan Hasan.