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 Chosroes 78 Dara Chosroes I, of Persia, Is anshirwan the Just. CllOSroes II, vide Khusro Parviz. Dabir-ud-daula Amin-xil-Mulk (Wawab), ,JdJt ^^J;xl| ^i^^ title of Khwaja Farid-uddm Ahmad Khan B.'ihadur Muslah Jang, the maternal grand- father of Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Munsif of Dehli'. Whilst the British were in Bengal, and the AVaki'l of the king of Persia was killed in Bombay in an affray, it became urgent for the British Grovernment to send a Wakil on deputation to Persia. Dabfr-ud-daula was selected for this high office. On his return, after fully completing the trust, he was appointed a full Political Agent at Ava. After this, in latter times, he held the ofB.ce of Prime Minister to Akbar Shah II. Dai, ^^^'^} whose full name is Nizam-uddi'n Muhammad Dal', was a disciple of Shah Na'mat-ullah WaH, and is the author of a Diwan which he completed in the year 1460 A. D., 865 A. H. Daghistani, a poet of IJaghistan in Persia, who is the author of a Persian work called ''Eayaz-ush-Shu'ara," vide Walih. Dahan, iv^^^i^, whose proper name is Abu Muhammad Sa'id, son of Mubarik, better known as Ibn Dahan-al- Baghdadi, was an eminent Arabic grammarian, and an excellent poet. He died in 1173 A. D., 569 A. H. Dailamites, the, a dynasty. Dakiki, i^^i-^'^} a famous poet at the court of Amir Nuh II, son of Amir Mansur Samani, by whose request he had commenced to write the Shah Nama, but before he could finish a thousand verses of the story of Gashtasp, he was slain by one of his slaves. The year of his death is not known, but this event appears to have taken place during the reign of his royal master, who reigned in Khurasan twenty years, and died in 997 A. D., 387 A. H. His proper name, according to the Aitashkada, was Mansur bin-Ahmad. Dalpat Sah., the husband of Eani Durgawati, which see. Dalpat, ^t^'i, raja of Bhojpiir near Buxar, was defeated and imprisoned, and when he was at length set at liberty by Akbar, on payment of an enormous sum, he again rebelled under Jahangfr, till Bhojpur was sacked, and his successor Kaja Partab was executed by Shah Jahan, whilst the Kani was forced to marry a Muhammadan courtier. Dalip Singh (Maharaja), ^J<i the youngest son of Maharaja Eanjit Singh, ruler of the Pan- jab. He was only ten years of age when he was raised to the masnad at Labor after the death of his nephew, Raja Sher Singh, in September, 1843. In his time the Panjab was annexed to the British Government, 1846 A, D. " On the 19th of March," (1849) says Marshman, " the young Ma- haraja took his seat for the last time on the throne of lianjft Singh, and in the presence of Sir Henry Lawrence, the Resident, and Mr. Elliot, the Foreign Secretary, and the nobles of his court, heard Lord Dalhousie's proclama- tion read in English, Persian, and Hindi, and then affixed the initials of his name in English characters to the do- cuments which transferred the kingdom of the five rivers to the Company, and secured him an annuity of five lakhs of rupees a year. Dali'p Singh was baptized on the 8th March, 1835 A. D., and went to England where he is still living. Damad, ti'^^'ii, poetical name ofMuhammadBakir, which see. Damaji, ts^^'^i, the first Gaekwar of Baroda. His succes- sor was Pelaji. Damishki, ij^^'°'^> an illustrious Persian poet, named Muhammad Damishki, who flourished in the time of Fazl, the son of Ahia or Yahia, the Barmecide or Barmaki. Danial Mirza (Sultan), ^^^^'^ the third son of the emperor Akbar. He was born at Ajmir on AVednesday the 10th September, 1572 A. D., and received the name of Danial on account of his having been born in the house of a celebrated Darwesh named Shaikh Danial. His mother was a daughter of Raja Bihari Mai Kachh- waha. After the death of his brother, prince Sultan Mur- ad, he was sent to the Dakhan by his father, accompanied by a well appointed army, with orders to occupy all the Nizam Shahi territories. Ahmadnagar was taken in the beginning of the year 1009 A. H. or 1600 A. D., Sultan Danial died on the 8th April, 1605 A. D., 1st Zil-bijj:i, 1013 A. H., in the city of Burhanpur, aged 33 years and some months, owing to excess in drinking. His death and the circumstances connected with it, so much affected the king his father who was in a declining state of health, that he became every day worse, and died six months after. From the chronogram it appears that the prince Danial died in the year 1012 A. H., or 1604 A. D., a year and six months before his father. Danish, t^'''^^ poetical name of Mir Eazi who died in 1665 A. D., 1076 A. H. Danishmand Khan, whose proper name was ]Iuhammad Shafi' or Mulla Shafi', was a Persian merchant who came to Siirat about the year 1646 A. D., 1056 A, H., from which place he was sent for by the emperor Shah Jahan. He was soon after raised to the mansab of 3000 and paymastership of the army, with the title of Danishmand Khan. In the reign of 'Alamgir he was honored with the mansab of 4000, and after some time to that of 5000, and appointed governor of Shah Jahana- bad, where he died in the month of July, 1670 A. D., 10th Rabi' I, 1081 A. H. He used to speak much about the Christian religion. Bernier, the French Traveller, who accompanied 'Alamgir to Kashmir in 1664, has mentioned him in his Travels. Danishmand Khan, c;^^ (Xi+^l^^ whose original name was Mirza Muhammad, and poetical, AH, was a native of Shiraz. In the year 1693 A. D., he was honored with the title of Na'mat Khan, and the superintendence of the royal kitchen by the emperor 'Alamgir. After the death of that monarch, the title of Nawab Danishmand Khan AH was conferred on him by Bah4dur Shah, by whose order he had commenced writing a Shahnama or history of the reign of that emperor, but died soon after in the year 1708 A. D., 1120 A. H. Vide Na'mat Khan All. DaraorDarab I, vb'"^ b''^^ the eighth king of the second or Kaianian dynasty of the kings of Persia, was the son of Queen Humai, whom he succeeded on the Persian throne. His reign was distinguished by several wars ; particularly one against Philip of Macedon. He reigned twelve years, and was succeeded by his son Dara or Darab II. Dara or Darab II, vL)'*^ 1)'"^^ is the celebrated Darius Codomanus of the Greeks. He succeeded his father Dara I, as king of Persia, and was slain in battle against Alex- ander the Great in the year 331 B. C. He was the last and ninth king of the 2nd or Kaianian dynasty of the kipgs of Persia.