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 Egypt 84 Faiz-ullah treasure by Captain Wheatley. " PagH," replied Sir 'Wm. Sleeman, " lie is as mad as you are ; the Pandit would not have divulged the secret were it of much value." Many years have since elapsed, and many others not possessed of Sir William's wisdom have fallen dupes to the Pandit's poetical trick ; and, hut for the very durable nature of the martas, there have been enough of excavations made in and ahout the building to raze it to the ground. E. Egypt, kings of, vide Moizz-U-din-allah Abi Tamim Ma'd. Ekkoji, ^jC^jS.:^ tiig founder of the Tanjore family was the son of Shahji Bhosla, and brother of Seiwaji, but from another consort. The principality of Tanjore was one of the oldest in the Marhatta confederacy, of which pro- vince Ekkoji obtained possession in 1678 A. D. F. • Paek, O^^) or Fayek, poetical name of Moulwi Muham- mad Faek, author of the work called "Makhzan-ul- Fawaed." Paez, u^jf^, or Fayez, poetical name of Shaikh Muham- mad Faez, a pupil of Miihammad Sa'i'd Ayaz. He is the author of a short Diwan, and was probably living in 1724 A. D., 1136 A. H. Paezi Kirmani, cs^^^ L5^-j a poet who rendered the Tazkira of Doulat Shah in Persian verses in the time of the emperor Akl)ar, and altered the division of the ori- ginal, making ten periods instead of seven. Vide Lutf- ullah Muhammad Muhaddis. Eaghfur, JJ^'j the general name of the kings of China. Pagllfur Yezdi, iS^yj^^' l^^^, (Hakim) a phy- sician and poet of Persia, born at Yezd. He is the author of a Diwan or Book of Odes, and has written several panegyrics in praise of the kings of Persia. He came to India in 1603 A. D., 1012 A. H., and was employed by prince Parwez, and died at Allahabad about the year 1619 A. D., 1028 A. H. Fahmi Kirmani, i.'^^ '^♦^'^ cjTl'^-'t)'>^ (Moulana Sadr-uddin Muhammad), a poet who is the author of a Masnawi called " Surat-wa-Ma'ani," and also of some Kasfdas, Ghazals, Satires, &c. He died in the year 1584 A. D., 993 A. H., in tlje fort of Tabrez, during the time it was besieged by the Turks. Faiz, t-'^i'j the distinguished mystical philosopher and theologist, MuUa Muhsia of Kashan, commonly called Akhund Faiz. He flourished under Shah 'Abbas II of Persia, who treated him with great respect. He has written a great number of books, of which " Kitab 'Asafi" and " Kitab Safi are two Commentaries on the Kuran. He died at Kashan under, or after Shah Sulaitnan of Persia, and his tomb is a place of pilgrimage. Faiz, poetical title of Mir Faiz 'All, an Urdu poet of Dehli. His father Mir Muhammad Taki was also an elegant poet, and had assumed the title of Mir for his poetical name. Both Faiz 'Ali and his father were living at Dehli in the year 1785 A. D., 1196 A. H. Faiz, U^^, a pupil of Mirza Katfl, and author of a poe- tical work containing amorous songs in Persian, called " Diwan Faiz." He was living in the time of Muham- mad 'All Shah, king of Lakhnau, about the year 1840 A. D., 1256 A. H. Faiz, U^i'j poetical title of Faiz-ul-Hasan of Saharan- piir, author of the " Eauzat-ul-Faiz," a poem composed in 1847 A. D., 1263 A. H. Faizi (Shaikll), ls"^^ whose proper name was Abu'l Faiz, was the son of Shaikh Mubarik of Nagor, and eldest brother of Shaikh Abu'l Fazl, prime-minister and secretary to the emperor Akbar Shah. He was born on the 16th September 1547, A. D., 1st Shaban, 954 A. H., and was first presented to Akbar in the 12th year of his reign, and introduced his brother Abu'l Fazl six years later. . After the death of the poet laureate Ghizali of Mashhad, about the year 1572 A. D., or some years after, or, according to the " MasLr-ul-Umra," in the 33rd year of the emperor, Faizi was honored with the title of " MaUk-ush-Shua'rS." or king of poets. In history, phi- losophy, in medicine, ia letter writing, and ia composi- tion, he was without a rival. His earlier compositions in verse, bear his titular name of Faizi, which he subse- quently dignified into Faiyazi, but he survived to enjoy his last title only one or two months, and then met his death. Being desirous of rivalling the Khanisa or the five poems of Nizami, he wrote in imitation of them his " Markaz Adwar," " Sulaiman and Bilkais," " Nal Da- man," " Haft Kiskwar," and " Akbar Nama." The story of Nal Daman is an episode of the Mahabharat, which he translated into Persian verse at the command of the em- peror Akbar. He was the first Musalman that applied himself to a diligent study of Hindu literature and science. Besides Sanskrit works in poetry and philosophy, he made a version of the " Bija Ganita," and " Lilawati," of Bhaskar Acharya, the best Hebrew works on Algebra and Arithmetic. He was likewise author of a great deal of original poetry, and of other works in Persian. He composed an elaborate Commentary upon the Kuran, making use of only those 13 out of the 28 letters of the Alphabet which have no dots, and which he named " Sawata'-ul-Ilham" ; a copy of this extraordinary monu- ment of wasted labour (says Mr. ElHot) is to be seen in the Library of the East India House. There is also another book of the same description which he wrote and called " Mawarid-ul-Kalam." Faizi suffered from asthma and died at Agrah on Saturday the 4th of October, 1595 O. S., 10th Safttr, 1004 A. H., aged 49 lunar years and some months ; and, as many supposed him to have been a deist, several abusive chronograms were written on the occasion, of which the following is one — "The Shaikh was an infidel." There is also an Insha or collection of Letters which goes after his name- His mother died ia January, 1590 A. D., 998 A. H., and his father in August, 1593 A. D., Zeka'd, 1001 A. H. He was a profound scholar, well versed in Arabic literature, the art of poetry and me- dicine. He was also one of the most voluminous writers that India has produced and is said to have composed 101 books. Faizi had been likewise employed as teacher to the princes; he also acted as ambassador. Thus ia 1000 A. H., he was in the Dakhin, from whence he wrote the letter to the historian Budaoni, who had been ia tempo- rary disgrace at Court. Vide Ain Translation I, 490. Faizi, ij'^i^, of Sarhind, vide Alahdad. Faiz-ullah Anju (Mir), U^j^, a Kazi who presided on the seat of justice in the reign of Sultan Mahmiid Bahmani, king of Dakhan, who reigned from 1378 to 1397 A. D., 780 to 799 A. H. He was a good poet, and a contemporary of the celebrated Khwaja Hafiz. Once presenting the Sultan with an ode of his own com- position, he was rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and permitted to retire, covered with honors, to his own country. Faiz-uHah. Khan, u'^ U^.^ chief of the Eohelas and Jagii'dar of Eampur, was the son of 'AH Muhammad Khan Eohela. After the battle of Kutra in 1774. A. D., he retired to the Kamaon hUls. By the treaty under Colonel Champion, he had a territory allotted to him of