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 Adham 23 Afzal Adham, the poetical name of Mirza Ibrahim, a Sayyid of the Safawi race. He came to India in the time of the emperor Shah Jahan. He died, or was put to death in prison, in the year 1650 A. D., 1060 A. H. He is the author of a Diwan, and also of a Masnawi, called Eafik-us- Syikm, and a Saki-nama. Adham Artamani, ^^U^t j**^!^ author of a Diwan in Persian. Adham, j*.* ^ vide Ibrahfm-i-Adham. Adham Khan, i^^^ °^ Mahum Anaga. He appears to be a royal bastard. His m.other Mahum was one of Akbar's nurses fanagaj, who attended on A kbar ' from the cradle till after his accession.' She played a consider- able part in bringing about Bairam's fall. Adham lOian (i. e. the Black Klian) was a commander of 5,000, and dis- tinguished himself in keeping the rebellious Bhadauriya clan near Hatkanth, south-east of Agra, in order. In 968 H., he defeated Baz Bahadur of Malwa. In the following- year (A. D. 1562), he stabbed at court his enemy Atgah Khan, Akbar's foster-father, and was killed by the emper- or's order. Mahum Anaga died forty days after from grief, and was buried with her son in Dihli in a Maiisoleimi erected by Akbar. Adham's brother Baki Khan, or Khan Baki Khan, died in the 30th year of Akbar's reign, aa Governor of Garha-Katanga (Central Provinces).] Adhau, U-*"^'} Shaikh, a Chishti saint, who died at Jaunpiir in 970 H.] Adib, 'r*:!<i', the poetical name of Abu-Hasan 'All bin-Nasr, an excellent philosopher, who was a judge in Egypt, under the khilafat of Ammar the Fa^imite. Adib, V^ii', surnamed S&bir, a poet who was contemporary with Asir-uddin Futuhi and Anwari. Vide Shihab-uddin Adib Sabir. 'Adil Khan, t^A)'* J'^^^j Farukfl, ruler of Khandesh, who is also called Miran Ghani, which see. 'Adil Khan 11, Paruki, J^^ ^j^Jj^ entitled A'zam Humayun, son of Hasan, and grandson of Nasir Khan Faruki by the daughter of Mahmud Shah of Guj- rat. He succeeded to the throne of Khandesh after the death of Daud Khan Faruki in August, 1510 A. D., Jumada I, 916 A. H., and removed from Talner to Burhanpur, which place he made the seat of his government, and died there after a reign of nine or ten years in 1520, 926 A. H., and was succeeded by Miran Muhammad, his eldest son by the sister of Bahadur Shah of Gujrat. 'Adil Khan, ly^ J'^*'^ the eldest brother of Sultan Islam Shah, king of Dihli. He fled to Patna after his defeat in a battle against his brother, but he soon disappeared, and was never heard of afterwards. Adina Beg Khan, ^J-^^ ^^idi, son of Channti, an Arain by caste, was bom at Sarakpiir near Labor. He was brought up in a Mughul family, became a soldier, but devoted himself to accounts. He was governor of Sultan- pur when Nadir Shah invaded India. Subsequently, he supported Abdali Shah Durrani. He died without heirs at Khanpur near Hoshyarpiir, where a fine tomb was erected over his remains.] the nickname of Muhammad 'Adil Shah, king of Dihli. His name was Mubariz Khan, son of Nizam Khan. He succeeded Islam Shah in the very end of 960 H., defeated with the help of his general Himu, in 962, Mu- hammad Shah of Bengal at Ohhapparghatta, east of Kalpi, and was at last, in 964, one year after Akbar's accession, defeated and killed in the battle of Surajgarh, near Munger, by Bahadur Shah, Sultan of Bengal. His nick= name ' Adli was often further corrupted to ' Andhli', ' the blind woman.'] 'Adnan, one of the descendants of Isma'il the son of Abraham, with whom the genealogies of the Arabians, and also that of Muhammad, terminate. For reckoning up from 'Adnan to Isma'il, the descents are very uncer- tain, and the best historians confess that there is nothing certain beyond 'Adnan. Afi, t5*^j poetical name of Ahmad Yar Khan, author of a small poem in Persian called " Masnawi Gulzar-i-Khayal," containing the story of Shahzada and Gada, written in 1848. 'Afif, vide Shams Siraj 'Afif. Afrasyab, an ancient king of Turan, the son of Pashang. He overcame Nauzar, king of Persia of the Peshdadian dynasty, and having killed him, ruled over Persia for twelve years. He w§s subsequently defeated in a battle against Kai-khusrau, king of Persia, of the 2nd or Kaianian djmasty. Afrin, ti>ir'^> poetical name of Shaikh Kalandar Bakhsh of Saharanpur, who is the author of a work, called Tuhfat- us-Sanai'. Afrin, ti^^^T, the poetical name of Shah Fakir-uUah of La- bor. He was a Gujar, embraced Muhammadanism, and is the author of a Diwan, and of an epic, called " Hir-wa- Eanjha." Some say that he died in 1730, and others in 1741 A. D., 1143 or 1154 A. H. Afsah, ^-^h, '^lia^ Fasfli, a pupil of Mirza Bedil, died at Lakhnau in 1192 H., and left a Diwan.] Afsari, ^-"Jl, the poetical name of a poet. Afshin, e^i**', the surname of Haidar ibn-Kaus, a general of the khalifa al-Mu'tasim BiUah of Baghdad. He was a Turk by origin, and had been brought up a slave at the khalifa's court, and having been employed in disciplining the Turkish militia, had acquii-ed the reputation of a great captain. He was, however, executed about the year 840 A. D. by the khalifa, being accused of holding corre- spondence with the khalifa's enemies. Afsos, cr^""*!? the poetical name of Mir 'AH. He was first in the service of Nawab Is-hak Khan, the tmcle of Asaf- ud-daula of Lakhnau, and subsequently of Mirza Jawan- Bakht, and was finally recommended to Lord WeUesley and appointed a Munshi of the CoUege of Fort William. He is the author of the Araish-i-Mahfil in Urdu, and of the Gulistan, translated by him into the same language. He died in Calcutta in 1806 A. D., 1221 A. H. Af tab, i_,t A jf, the poetical name of Shah ' Alam, king of DihH, who died in the year A. D. 1806. Afzal, the poetical name of Shah Ghulam A'zam, which see. Afzal 'Ali Khan, (Nawab), vide below Afzal Khan (p. 24) whose original name was Shukr-ullah. Afzal, the poetical name of Muhammad Afzal, which see. Afzali, ^I'^if, tte poetical name of Shaikh Muhammad Nasir son of Shaikh Khub-ullah of Allahabad. He died in 1750 A. D,, 1163 A. H. Afzal Khan, J^^^^, or IMir Muhammad Afzal. He flourished in the reign of the emperor MuhammacL Shah of Dihli, and died in the year 1735 or 1738 A. D., 1148, 1151 A. H. His poetical name was Sabit, which see.