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 Birgili 74 Burhan Birgili, ij^y., surname of MuUa MTihammad-bin-Pir 'All, / a celebrated Arabian author, who wrote the " Sharah Arba'm," and died 1673 A. D., 981 A. H. He is by some called Barkali'. Birjis Kadar, J*^ U*'i:^j whose original name was Eam- zan 'AH, is the son of Wajid ' Ali, the ex-king of Lakhnau. His mother's name is Ma'shiik Begam. At the outbreak, he was created king with the unanimous consent of the rebel soldiery in 1857 at the instance of Barkat Ahmad, Eisaladar, late 15 th Eegiment Irregular Cavalry, who subsequently fell in battle. Bu-jfs Kadar was then 10 years of age. Before his accession, his uncle Sulaiman Shikoh was much persuaded by the rebels to accept the crown, but refused. Birjis Kadar was driven out of India and is now with his mother at Katmandu ia Nepal. Bisati Samarkandi, is'^j*^ cs-^^-^^ a poet of Sa- markand who flourished in the time of Sultan Khalil-ul- lah, grandson of Ami'r Taimur. He was formerly a weaver of carpets, and had assumed for his poetical title " Hasiri," but he changed it afterwards to Bisati. He was cotemporary with 'Asmat-ullah Bukhari. Bishr Hafi, {i. e., Bishr the barefoot) a Mu- hammadan doctor who was born at Marv, and brought up at Baghdad, where he died on "Wednesday the 10th of November 840 A. D., 10th Muharram, 226 A. H. Different dates are given of his death ; but it is certain that he died several years before Ahmad Hanbal, and the one given here appears to be very correct. Bishun Singh (Kacliwaha), u^., raja of Ambhar or Ameir, was the son of Ram Singh and the father of Mirza Kaja Jaisingh Sewai. He died about the year lb93 A. D., 1105 A. H. Bismil, 0-*^', the poetical name of Mirza Muhammad Sha'fi of Naishapur, uncle of Nawab Safdar Jang. Bismil, tJ.-*-^-?, the poetical name of Amir Hasan Khan of Calcutta, who was living in 1845 A. D., 1261 A. H. Biswas Hao, jb U"'j^^} tbe eldest son of Bala Eao Peshwa, the Marhatta chief. He was killed in the battle against Ahmad Shah Abdali on the 14th January, 1761 N. S., together with Sadasheo Bhau and other Marhatta chiefs. Bithal Das Gaur, J^^ c*"'"^ <-^*t-; son of Gopal Das, raja of Sheopur. On a spot of 10 bhigas towards Tajganj on the banks of the river Jamna he had built his house and a garden. In the town of Shaligahan he was raised to 3000, and appointed Kiladar of the fort of Agra. He was afterwards raised to the rank of 5000, and ia the year 1062 A. H. went home and died there. Bo 'Ali Kalandar, J*^^^ LS^^y, ndeAhu'Ali Kalandar. Boya, ^iy., vide 'All Boya. Bughra Khan, l/*J, surname of Nasir-uddm Mah- miid, the second son of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Balban, king of Dehli'. He was made governor of Lakhnauti in Bengal by his father, at whose death in 1286 A. D, he being then in that province, his son Kaikubad was raised to the throne of Dehli. Vide Nasir-uddin Mahmud. Bukhari, Ciy'^-^ f Al-Bukhan'. Bulbul, 'M^^j vide Mirza Muhammad sumamed Bulbul. Burandak, the poetical name of Maulana Baha- uddin. He was a native of Samarkand, and a sprightly satirical poet ; much dreaded by his contemporaries, on account of his wit and caustic humour. He was the especial panegyrist of Sultan Baikara Mirza, the son of Umar Shaikh and grandson of Amir Taimur. When Prince Baikara ascended the throne in 1394 A. D., he ordered that the sum of five hundred ducats (in Turki bish yiiz altun) should be paid to Burandak. By a mis- take of the Secretary, he received only two hundred ; and therefore addressed the following lines to the Sultan : — " The Shah, the terror of his foes. Who well the sound of flatt'ry knows, The conqueror of the world, the lord Of nations vanquish'd by his sword. Gave, while he prais'd my verse, to me Five hundred ducats as a fee. Great was the Sultan's gen'rous mood, Great is his servant's gratitude. And great the sum ; but strange to say, Three hundred melted by the way ! Perhaps the words in Turkish tongue Convenient meaning may contrive ; Or else my greedy ear was wrong. That turn'd two hundred into five." The Sultan was extremely entertained at the readiness of the poet ; and sending for him, assui-ed him that the words " bish yiiz altiiu" signified in Turkish a thousand ducats, which he ordered to be immediately paid. Dublin University Magazine for 1840. The year of Bm-andak's death is unknown. He was cotemporary with Khwaja 'Asmat-ullah Bukhari who died in 1426 A. D., 829 A. H Exirhan, w'^^ a poet of Mazindaran, came to Dehli and died there shortly after Nadir Shah had pillaged that city. He is the author of a Diwan. Burhan, ^J-^y.) the poetical name of Muhammad Hasan, the author of the Persian Dictionary called Burhan Kata, vide Muhammad Hasan. Burhan 'Imad Shah, one of the princes of the 'Imad Shahi dynasty. He succeeded his father Daria 'Imad Shah in the government of Berar, when but a child. His minister Taufal Khan, became regent ; and before the prince was of an age to assume the reins of hia empire, Taufal Khan, assisted by 'the ruler of Khandesh and by the Nizam Shahi court, usurped the government. He eventually confined his sovereign in irons in the fort of Parnala, and assumed the title of king. In the year 1568 A. D., 980 A. H., Nizam Shah marched against Taufal Khan, under the pretence of releasing the impri- soned prince from his confinement. He took the fort of Gawal by capitulation, defeated Taufal Khan and made him prisoner with his son ; but instead of placing the captive monarch on the throne of Berar, sent him with the usurper and his son to be confined in one of the Nizam Shahi forts, where they wore all subsequently strangled by the king's order. Thus the family of 'Imad Shah and that of the usui-per Taufal IQian became extinct. Burhan Nakid, '^■'^ o^^, a poet who is the author of the poem entitled " Dil Ash6b," dedicated to the emperor Shah Jahan. Burhan Nizam Shah I, »^ ij-^j'., ascended the throne of Ahmadnagar in the Dakhan after the death of his father Ahmad Nizam Shah in 1508 A. D., 914 A. H., in the seventh year of his age. He reigned 47 lunar years and died at the age of 54 in 1664 A. D., 961 A. H,, and was buried in the same tomb with his father.