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 Bahram 66 Bairam Bahram I, (Varanes of the Greeks), the fourtli king of the Sasanian race, was the son of Hurmuz (Hormisdas) whom he succeeded to the Persian throne in the year 273 A. D. He was a mild and munificent prince, and much beloved hy his subjects. The most remarkable act of his reign was, the execution of the celebrated Manf (Mani) the founder of the sect of the Manichoeans. Vide Mani. Bahram reigned only three years and three months, after which he left the crown to his son Bahram II, about the year 276 A. D. Bahram II, ^[r^^, (some authors term him the fourth of that name), was the son of Bahram I, whom he succeeded to the crown of Persia in 276 A. D. He reigned 17 years, and after his demise, was succeeded by his son. Bahram III, about the year 293 A. D. Bahram III, ^Iri^} succeeded his father Bahram II to the Persian thi-one about the year 293 A. D., reigned only four months, and was succeeded by his brother, Narsi', or Narses. Bahram IV, flfih the twelfth king of Persia of the Sasa- nian race, succeeded his brother Shahpur (Sapores) about the year 390 A. D., and is distinguished from other princes of the same name, by his title of Kirmanshah, which he received from ha'^'ing, during the reign of his brother, filled the station of ruler of the province of Kir- man : and he has perpetuated it by founding the city of Kirmanshah. He reigned, according to some accounts, eleven years : and to others fifteen. He was killed by an arrow when endeavouring to quell a tumult in his army, and was succeeded by Yezdijard I, who is called Isdigerdes by the Greek authors. Bahram V, fi/t-j {or Varanes V,) the fourteenth king of Persia of the Sasanian dynasty, who is known, in Persian history, by the name of Bahram G6r. He was the son of Yezdijard I, whom he succeeded to the throne of Persia in 420 A. D. The word Gor signifies a wild ass : an animal to the chase of which this monarch was devoted ; and it was in pursuit of one of these that he lost his life ; having suddenly come upon a deep pool, into which his horse plimgod, and neither the animal nor his royal rider were ever seen again. The first rhythmical composition in the Persian language is recorded to have been the pro- duction of Bahram and his mistress Dilaram. Bahram yisited India, was contemporary with Theodosius the emperor of Constantinople, and ruled Persia eighteen years. He died in 438 A. D., and was succeeded by his son Yez- dijard II. Bahram, f'ljt^} an author who wrote the History of the Parsfs of Bombay ia 1599 A. D., entitled Kissai Sanjan. Bahram Chobin, li^-J;^^'?" (*L^j or Jovian, a general of Hurmuz III, king of Persia, whom he deposed ; he reigned eight months about the year 590 A. D. Vide Hurmuz III. Bahram Mirza, lir"* (*!j^> son of Shah Sama'fl Safawi. He was a good poet and died in the prime of youth in 1650 A. D., 957 A. H. Bahram Saqqa, *^ f lrt?j a poet, was of Turkish extrac- tion and belonged to the Bayat tribe. It is said that the prophet Khizr appeared to him, and a divine light filled him. He renounced the world and became a water-carrier. Vide Ain Translation, Vol. I, p. 581. Bahram Sarkhasi, e^^^^^ ^j^>, a Prosodian of Sarakhs, a town between Naishapur and Marv. Bahram Shah, f'^^^j son of Sultan Masa'dd III, as- cended the throne of Ghazni by the assistance of Sultan Sanjar his uncle, after his brother Arsalan Shah, who was put to death in 1118 A. D., 512 A. H. Bahram Shah after a prosperous reign of 35 lunar years was defeated in 1152 A._ D., 547 A. H., by 'Ala-uddin Hasan Ghorf, and fled to Labor where he died the same year, and his son Khusro Shah succeeded him in the government of Labor. The poets Shaikh Sa'nai and Abu'l Majd-bin-'Adam-al-Ghaz- nawi flourished in the time of Bahram Shah. Bahram Shah, surnamed Ma'iz-uddm, was the son of Sultan Eukn-uddin Ffroz. He was raised to the throne of Dehli after the murder of Sultana Eazia the queen, on Monday the 21st of April, 1240 A. D. He reigned little more than two years, and was slain by the instigation of Mahzab-uddin wazi'r, about the 15th of May, 1242 A. D., when Sultan 'Ala-uddin Masa'ud, another son of Sultan Altimsh, was raised to the throne. Piri.shta says that Bahi-am was the son of Altimsh and brother of Sultana Eazia. Bahramand Khan, '^^h^. , son of Mirza Bahram, and one of the emperor 'Alamgir's oldest nobility and his friend. After the death of Euh-uUah Khan, he was raised to the post of IMfr Bakhshi or chief paymaster by the emperor in 1692 A. D., 1103 A. PL, and died in the Dakhan on the 17th October, 1702 0. S., 5th Jumada IT, 1114 A. H. He was buried at his own request in a small tomb at Bahadm-gurh. He was succeeded in his ofSce by Zulfikar Khan Nasrat Jang, who notwithstanding this appointment continued in the command of the army against the Marhattas in the Dakhan. Bahr-Ul Hifz, (or the Sea of Memory,) is the title of Abu Usman-bin-'Anu'u who wrote a book on the manners and qualities of princes. He died 869 A. D., 255 A. H. Baidu Khan, 1:;'=^ j'^i^., the son of Turaghai and grand- son of Plalaku !^han, succeeded Kaikhatu or Kaijaptu Khan in January, 1295 A. D., Safar, 694 A. H., and en- joyed the crown of Persia only seven months : he was dethroned and slaia by his nephew, Ghazan Khan, the son of Arghun Khan ; who was compelled to attack his uncle and sovereign to preserve himself from destruction. This event took place in October the same year, Zil-lujja 694 A. H. In English Histories he is called Batu. In 1235, at the head of half a million of Keptchak Mongols, he conquered the east of Eussia, destroying Eiazan, Moscow, Vlandimir and other towns. Baikara Mirza (Sultan), [3^ J-^'^, the son of TJma'r Shaikh Mirza, the second son of Amir Taimur. Bai- kara succeeded his brother as governor of Persia in 1394 A. D., 796 A. H. His eldest brother, Pir Muhammad Jahah- gi'r was slain in 1405 A. D., 808 A. H. Baikara Mirza was slain by his uncle Shahrukh Mirza in 1416 A. D., 819 A. H., he left a son named Mansiir, who became the father of Sultan Husaia Mirza, surnamed Abu'l Ghazi Bahadtir. Baihaki, L5^t"^j surnamed Abu'l Pazl, and whose proper name is Abu Bakr Ahmad, was the son of Husain Baihaki. He is the author of the works in Arabic called " Sunan Kubra and Sughra," and of one entitled " Sha'b-ul- Iman." He died in the year 1066 A. D., 458 A. H. His collection of Traditions is also of the highest au- thority. Baiju, one of the most celebrated songsters of India, besides Naek, Gopal, and Fansin. Bairam Khan, {J-^ Cb^-h styled Khan Khanan, or Lord of lords, was one of the most distinguished ofiicers of the Mughal court. He was a Turkman and descended from a line of ancestors who served for many generations in the family of Taimur. Baii-am accompanied the emperor Humayiin fiom Persia to India, and on the accession of