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 Balti 69 Barkayarak arrested and deposed by Mr. Hastings in 1781. Balwant Singh succeeded liis father Mansa Earn in 1740, A. D., reigned 30 years, died in 1770, and was succeeded by Eaja Chait Singh. iBalti, {j^^-) {vide Jodh Bai), the daughter of raja Udaia Singh Eathor, commonly called Motha raja, she was married to the emperor Jahang'ir and became the mother of Shah Jahan. She died in 1619 A. D., 1028 A. H. Balwant Singh, ^fU, raja of Bhartpur, suc- ceeded his father Baldeo Singh in August 1824; was dis- placed by one of his cousins, named Durjan Sal, in March 1825, but reinstated by the British Goveinment on the 19th of January 1826. Bhartpur was stormed and taken by the Bengal troops under Lord Combermere, on the 18th January. The Biitish lost during the siege 46 ofiicers kiUed and wounded, and 1500 men ; the enemy lost some thousands, and the usurper Durjan Sal was seized and sent to Allahabad. His father Baldeo Singh was the second brother of liandhir Singh, the eldest of the four [ sons of Eanjit Singh, the son of Kehrf Singh, the brother I ofEatan Singh, the brother of Jawahir Singh, the son ' of Surajmal, the son of Churaman Jat, the founder of the principality. Balwant Singh died aged 34 years on the 16th of March 1853, and was succeeded by his infant son Jaswant Singh. Banana, ^'^■Jj an Arabian poet whose full name is Abu Bakr-bin-Muhammad bin-Banana. There has been an- other Bin-Banana, viz., Abu Nasr-ibn-ul-' Aziz-bin Banana, who was a poet also, and died at Baghdad ia 1009 A. D., 400 A. H. Banda, i^'^-j ■uiWe Eazl (Maulana). Banda, ^S'^*'}, a guru or chief of the Sikhs, and successor of Guru Gobind. This man obtained great power, and committed great depredations in the province of Labor, in the reign of Bahadur Shah I, and while the emperor was in Dakhan against liis brother Kam Bakhsh, Banda collected his followers, to revenge the death of his pre- decessor's sons who were taken prisoners, and had been put to death some time ago. He committed the greatest cruelties on the Musalmans, in every advantage shewing no quarter to age or sex, and even ripping up women with child. The emperor found it necessary to march in per- son against him, and he was besieged in the fortress of Lohgurh, which was taken, but Banda found means to escape,' and raise new insurrections. In the reign of the emperor Farrukhsir, 'Abdus Samad Khan governor of Kashmir was sent against the rebels with a great army. After many severe engagements, he forced Banda to take refuge in a fortress, which was blockaded so effectually, as to cut off every supply. The garrison was reduced to the necessity of eating cows, horses, asses, and other ani- mals forbidden by theii' laws ; when at length, having no provision of any sort left, and being reduced to the ex- tremity of famine and disease, they begged for quarter. 'Abdus Samad Ivlran, having planted a standard on the plain, commanded them to come out and lay their arms under it, which they did. He then divided the meaner sort among his chiefs, who cut off their heads ; and threw their bodies into a river near the fortress. Banda and other captives were sent to Dehli, through which he was carried in an iron cage upon an elephant, dressed in a robe of gold brocade. The Sikhs bore the insults of the populace with the greatest firmness, and steadily refused the emperor's offers of life if they would embrace the Muhammadan faith. They were put to death, a hundred each day, on the ensuing seven days. On the eighth day Banda and his son, were put to death without the city. A dagger was put into his hands, and he was commanded to kill his infant son ; but refusing, the child was slain by the executioner, his heart torn out, and forced into the father's mouth. Banda was then put to death by the tearing of his flesh with red hot pincers and other tor- tures, which he bore with the greatest constancy. This event took place in the year 1715 A. D., 1127 A. H. Bano Begam, (^h'.)^^., the daughter of Shahnawaz Khan, the son of the AVazir Asaf Khan, wife of the emperor Alamgir, and mother of 'Azim Shah. Barahman, UJ*'*^;, poetical title of a Brahman whose name was f;handar Bhan, which see. Barbak, t-^Jj^J, the son of Bahlol Lodf, king of Dehli. Vide Husain Shah Sharki. Barbak Shah, »^ "-^^.M, Purhi, the son of Nasir Shah, whom he succeeded to the throne of Bengal in 1468 A. D. He reigned for a period of 17 years and died in 1474 A. D., 879 A. H. Barbarassa (Aruch)^ S^jb^b^ a famous pirate. Being called in to assist Salim, prince of Algiers, against the Spa- niards, he murdered that monarch, and took possession of his throne. He afterwards laid siege to Tunis, which he took, and caused himself to be proclaimed sovereign. He was besieged by the Marquis of Gomarez and reduced to the greatest distress. He escaped by a subterraneous passage, but was overtaken with a smaU number of Turks, the whole of whom died sword ia hand in 1518, A. D. Barbarassa, a*o)b jlj^ the famous Corsair. Sulaiman, em- peror of the Turks, gave him the title of Khair-uddin, and made him afterwards Pasha of the sea. He succeed- ed his brother Ai-uch, who conquered the kingdom of Algiers, after having killed Salim the Arabian king. He took Tunis, 1533 A. D., 940 A. H., after having driven out the Venetians, but Andre Doria retook it again, 1536 A. D., 943 A. H. After this, he ravaged several parts of Italy, and reduced Yemin, in Ai'abia Felix, to the Turkish government. Khair-uddin died at Constanti- nople in 1646 A. D., 963 A. H., aged 80. Barbud, '^t)'^, a famous Persian musician, master of music to Khusro Parwez king of Persia. He composed an air called Aorangi, and invented a musical instrimicnt (a sort of lyre) which bears his name : viz., Barbud or Barbut. Barizi, iSj J^-} the son of 'Abdul Eahim, an Arabian author who wrote a commentary on the work called " Asrar-ul- TanziL" He died in 1337 A. D., 738 A. H. This author appears to be the same with Baziri, which see. Bark, CLT^-, poetical name of Muhammad Eaza. Barkali, ls'^O^^ the name of two Muhammadan doctors ; the one died in 1663 A. D., 960 A. H., and the other in 1573 A D., 982 A. H. They are sometimes called Bin- gili, which see. Barkat-ullah (Sayyad), '^Crf styled "Sahib- ul-Barkat," was the son of Sayyad Aweis, the son of Mfr 'Alidul Jalil, the son of Mir 'Abdul Wahid Shahidi of Bili;:iiain. His poetical name was 'Ishki, and as his grandfather's tomb was in Mahara in the district of Agra, he went and lived in that village till the day of his death which happened on the 25th of July, 1729 A. D., 10th Muharram, 1142 A. H. Barkayarak (Sultan), d)'^^ u'^^-'j the eldest son of Sultan Malikshah Saljiiki, whom he succeeded in 1092 A. D.. 4S5 A. H. His usual residence was Baghdad. His brother, Muhammad ruled over Azur-bejan ; while Sanjar, his third brother, established a kingdom in Khura- san and Transoxiana, from whence he extended his con- quests over the faUen princes of Ghaznf. Barkayarak reigned twelve years and died in December, 1104 A. D. 18