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 Daya 81 Dilawar ttelate prince Danial, marched out to oppose 'Asaf Khan. The battle ended in his defeat ; he was given up by his ad- herents, and afterwards put to death together with Dawar Bakhsh and the two sons of Danial, by orders from Shah Jahan who ascended the throne. Elphinstone in his His- tory of India, says that Dawar Bakhsh found means to escape to Persia, where he was afterwards seen by the Holstein ambassadors. Daya Mai, ^"i, vide Imtiyaz. Daya ISTatli, ^i^^ ki vide W&iL Dayanat Khan, w'^^'^ii, title of Muliammad Husain, an amir of 2500, who served under the emperor Shah Ja- han, and died at Ahmadnagar in the Dakhan 1630 A. D., 1040 A. H. Daya Ham, ^■■^> Pattha, a hero, renowned in the west of Hindustan for extraordinary strength of body, extra- ordinary courage, and extraordinary acliievements. He was a Gwala by caste, and flourished in the reign of the Emperor Farrukh-siyar. The wonderful feats of this man are sung or recited accompanied by the beat of a dhdl throughout Hindustan. A full and affecting account of this hero is given in the " Bengal Annual" published at Calcutta in 1833, p. 169. Daya Bam, ft) ^i^, a chief of Hatras, tributary to the Honorable Company, who, about the year 1814 A. D., confiding in the extraordinary strength of his fort, showed a spirit of contumacy and disobedience. A train of Artillery was brought against this place from Cawnpfir, and a few hours of its tremendous fire breached the boasted fortification, Dilami ^s^'^'^ and Samam were two dynasties which divided between them the kingdom of Persia towards the be- ginning of the 10th century. They both rose to power through the favor of the Khalffs of Baghdad, but they speedily threw ofl^ the yoke. The Dilami divided into two branches, exercised sovereign authority in Kirman, Irak, Paris, Khuzistan, and Laristan, always acknowledg- ing their nominal dependence on the Khah'fi, and during the whole period of their rule, one of the southern branch of this family was vested with the dignity of Amir-ul- TJmra, or vizir, and managed the affairs of the khalifate. Several of the Dilami were able and vtdse rulers, but Mahmud of Ghazni put an end to the rule of the northern branch in 1029 A. D., and the Saljuks subjugated the south- ern one in 1056 A. D., by the capture of Baghdad, their last stronghold. Their more powerful rivals, the Samani, had obtained from the Khalif the government of Transoxiana in 874 A. D. ; and to this, Isma'il, the most celebrated prince of the family, speedily added Khwarizm, Balkh, Khurasan, Sfstan, and many portions of northern Turki- stan. EebeUions of provincial governors distracted the Samanida monarchy towards the end of the 10th century ; and in 999 A. D. their dominions north of Persia were taken possession of by the Khan of Kashghar, the Persian provinces being added by Mahmud of Ghazni to his domi- nions. See Samani. Din Muhammad Khan, {J-=^ <^s'^{:}ii>, the son of lani Beg Sultan, and 'Abd-ullah Khan Uzbak's sister, was raised to the tlii'one of Samarkand after the death of 'Abdul Momin Khan, the son of 'Abd-ullah Khan, in 1598 A. D., 1006 A. H. He was wounded in a battle fought against Shah 'Abbas the Great, king of Persia, and died shortly after. Diwana, '^^^jO)) poetical name of Muhammad Jan, who died in the year 1737 A. D., 1150 A. H. Diwana, poetical name of Eae Sarabsukh, a rela- tion of raja Maha Narayan. He wrote two Persian 21 Diwans of more than 10,000 verses; most poets of Lakh= nau were his pupils. He died in 1791 A. D., 1206 A. H. Diwana, ^Ly^-J, poetical name of Mirza Muhammad 'All Khan of Banaras, who was employed in the ofiice of Mr. Colebrooke at Jahanabad. Diwanji Begam, f^^. ij^^^j^.i>, she was the mother of Arjumand Bano Begam Mumtaz Mahal, and the wife of 'Asaf Khan, Wazir. On a spot of fifty bighas of land on the bank of the river Jamna, close to the Eauza of Tajganj, is to be seen her Eauza bust of white marble. Deo Narain Singh, ^jih^'y^^^, (K. C. S. I., Sir, Eaja) of Banaras, died suddenly on the 28th August, 1870. Dewal Devi, ^S^Hnjy.i, vide Kaula Devi. Dhara, L) the son of Eaja Todarmal. He was killed in a battle fought against Mirza Jam Beg, ruler of Thatta, in November, 1591 A. D., Muliarram 1000 A. H. Dhola E,ao,jb h^^^, the ancestor of the Kachhwaha Bajaa of Ambfr or Jaipur, he lived about the year 967 A. D. Dhundia Wagh, *t^L) the free-booter, who had for several years with a formidable band, pillaged and laid waste the frontiers of Mysore. This robber assumed the lofty title of king of the two worlds, and aimed, doubtless, at carving out for himself some independent principality, after the example of Hydar 'Ali, in whose service he ori- ginally commenced his adventurous career. Subsequently he incurred the displeasure of Ti'pu Sultan, who chained him like a wild beast to the walls of his dungeons in Serangapatam, from which " durance vile" he had been liberated by the English soldiers after the taking of Serangapatam. He now threatened Mysore with 5,000 cavalry. The Government of Madras instructed Colonel Wellesley to pursue him wherever he could be fotmd and to hang him on the first tree. His subjugation and sub- sequent death (in 1800) with the extii-pation of his formi- dable band of free-booters, relieved the English Govern- ment from an enemy, who, though by no means equal to Hydar and Ti'pu, might eventually have afibrded consi- derable annoyance. Dil, '^^) poetical name of Zorawar Khan of Sirkar Kol. He is the author of a Diwan and a few Masnawis. Dilawar Khan, iSi^j/^^, founder of the dynasty of the Muhammadan kings of Malwa. The Hindu histories of the kingdom of Malwa go back as far as the reign of Eaja Bikarmajit, whose accession to that kingdom has given rise to an era which commences 57 years before Christ. After him reigned Eaja Bhqj and many others who are all mentioned among the rajas of Hindustan. During the reign of Ghayas-uddin Balban king of Dehli in the year 1310 A. D., 710 A. H., the Muhammadans first invaded and conquered the provinces of Malwa ; after which it acknowledged allegiance to that crown until the reign of Muhammad Shah Tughlak II, 1387 A. D., 789 A. H. At this period Dilawar Khan, a descendant on his mother's side from Sultan Shahab-uddm Ghori, was ap- pointed governor of Malwa, previously to the accession of Muhammad Tughlak, and he subsequently established his independence. In the year 1398 A. D., 801 A. H., Mah- mud Shah, king of Dehli, being di-iven from his throne by Amir Taimur (Tamerlane,) made his escape to Gujrat, and then to Malwa, where he remained three years, after which, in 1401 A. D., 804 A. H., he, at the instance of the Dehli nobles, quitted Malwa, in order to resume the reins of his own government. Dilawar Klhan shortly af- terwards assumed royalty and divided his kingdom into estates among his ofBcers whom he ennobled. Dilawar Khan on assuming independence, took up his residence in Dhar, which place he considered as the seat of