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Husain lil Huzuri Khan his deputy, returned to Thatta. When Babar Shall, during his illness, ahdioated the throne in favor of his son Humayun, the latter prince gave the Panjab in jagir to Mirza Kamran his brother, who on his arrival at Labor, sent for Lashkar Khan and made over the district of Kabul to him, in lieu of that of Mul- tan, since which time the kingdom of Multan has conti- nued a province of the empire of Dehli. Husain Marwi, cSJlr* lJ-'*^^ vide Khwaja Husain Marwi. Husain Mirza, !ir* U^:"^) 'vide Sultan Husain Mirza. Husain Mashhadi, t^'^'t^ crir*'^, a Persian poet. Husain Moin-uddin, iiri'^'cHi**' cri-^? author of the " Fawatah Saba" on Theology. Husain Maibazi, Muin-uddin, is^i:'^ oir^ cri'*- author of the " Sajanjal-ul-Arwah," or Mirror of Spirits, a selection from the Persian and Turki poets. He flourished in the tenth centiu-y of the Hijra. Husain Muammai, Mir, tff'^*^ uH:-*^^*, a celebra- ted punster who died in the year 1498 A. D., 904 A. H. Husain Nakshi, MuUa, i^.'^ a learned Musalman of Dehli who was a good poet and an excellent engraver in the time of the emperor Akbar. He died on the 16th of July, 1581 A. D., 14th Jumada II, 989 A. H. Husain Wizam Shah I, 8^ (*^^'^ ascended the throne of Ahmadnagar in the Dakhan in the 30th year of his age, after the death of his father Burhan Nizam Shah I ia the year 1554 A. D., 961 A. H. In 1665 A. D., 972 A. H., an alliance was formed between him and the three Sultans, viz., 'All 'Adil Shah of Bijapur, Ibrahim Kutb Shah of Golkanda and Amir Band of Ah- madab&d Bidar, against Kamr&j, raja of Bijanagar, who was defeated and slain. Husain Nizam Shah died eleven days after his return from this expedition, on Wednesday the 6th of June, 1665 A. D., 7th Zi-Ka'da, 972 A. H., and his son Murtaza Nizam Shah succeeded him. The death of Nizam Shah has been commemorated in the following chronogram : " The sun of the Dakhan has become ob- scured." _ Husain Nizam Shah II, l5^^ O^!-*, a nominal prince of the Nizam Shahi dynasty. Vide Fatha EJian, the son of M&lik ' Ambar. Husain Sabzwari, iSjhj^ trt*^, a native of Sabzwar, and author of the works entitled " Lataef Wazaef," and " Eahat-ul-Arwah," books on Sufyism, containing the best means of obtaining salvation, and rules for moral conduct. Husain Sadat, Mir, otct'-» vide. Husain bin-Hasan-al-Husaini. Husain Shah Lohani, Pir, j^^ t^^**^ JS^ i:>J!-»^ a Muhammadan saint whose tomb is in Munghir, where both Hindus and Muhammadans make offerings especially on their marriages and. other special occasions. Husain Shah Sharhii,, Sultan, lif^^ ^Jhi^, ascended the throne of Jaunpur after his brother Muhammad-Shflh, who was slain in battle about the year 1452 A. D., 856 A. H. He fought several battles with Bahl61 Lodi, the king of Dehli, and was at last defeated, and so closely pursued that he left his horse and escaped on foot. The army of Dehli advanced without any other check to Jaunpur which fell to the arms of Bahlol, while Husain Shah, abandoning his capital, was obliged to con- t^gnt hjjnself with, a small tjcact of country yielding only a revenue of five lakhs of rupees. Bahlol having delivered over Jaunpur and its kingdom to his own son Barbak, enjoined him not to deprive Husain Shah of the small tract to which he was confined, terming it his family estate. This event took place about the year 1476 A. D., 881 A. H., and the subversion of the Sharki dynasty may be dated from that year. The reign of Husain Shah lasted for a period of 19 lunar years. Some years after the death of Bahlol Lodi (which happened in 1489 A. D., 894 A. H.) Husain Shah incited the prince Barbak to rise up against his brother 'Sikandar Lodi, king of Dchli, and wrest the government out of his hands ; but Barbak was defeated in the first action and retired to Jaunpur, to which place he was pursued by the king. Jaunpur fell shortly after, and was added to the kingdom of Dehli. Husain Shah was now induced to seek refuge with 'Ala- uddm Purbi, king of Bengal, by whom he was treated with the respect due to his station till his death which took place in 1499 A. D., 905 A. H. With him the royal line of Jaunpur was extinguished. Husain Shah, »^ of Bengal ; vide 'Ala-uddin Husain Shah. Husain Shah, Sayyad, author of the story of Bahram G6r, entitled " Hasht Gulgasht," which he made into prose from the " Hasht Bahisht" of Amir Khusro in the year 1800 A. D., 1215 A. H., on the re- quisition of M. Charles Perron, who served under Daulat Kao ScLndhia, vide Hak-ik-at. Husain Waez, Maulana, e^i^** ^"^y surnamed Kashifi, was a man of consequence in the time o{ Sultan Husain Mirza, surnamed Abu'l Ghazi Bahadur of Khura- san, and held the office of sacred herald in the city of Hirat tiU the Hijri year 910, on the last day of which he expired, i. e., on the 3rd June, 1505 A. D., 30th ZU-hijja, 910 A. H. He is the author of a commentary on the Kuran, commonly called " Tafsir Husainf," which he entitled " Mawahib 'Uliat," also of one entitled " Jawa- hir-ut-Tafasir." Besides these, he wrote several other works, amongst which are the " Kouzat-ush-Shuhada," an excellent history of Muhammad with a minute detail of the battle of Karbala, dedicated to Sultan Husain Mir- za in 1501 A. D., an abridgment of which is called " Dah Majlis." The " Akhlak Muhsini." a very valuable system of Ethics, treating upon worship, prayer, patience, hope, chastity, &c., dedicated to the same Sultan 1494 A. D., 9.00 A. H., the title of which gives the year of its comple- tion. The "Anwar Suheli," (Emanations of the star Canopus) being a translation of Pilpay's Fables in Per- sian, dedicated to Amir Shaikh. Ahmad Suheli, seal-bearer to the Sultan. He calls himself in this book Maulana Husain-bin-'Ali-al-Waez surnamed Kashifi. He also made an abridgment of Moulwi Rumi's Masnawi which he called " Lubb-i-Labab." He is also the author of the ■works called " Makhzan-ul-Insha," " Saba," Kashifia (on astrology) " Asrar Kasimi," " Matla-'ul- Anwar," and of a collection of Ajiecdotes called " Lataef-ut-Tawaef." This author is by some writers called Kamal-viddui Husain-al- Waez-al-Kashifi-us-Subzwari. Husain-uddin Husain-bin-Ali,, of cHi~=^ who. is said to have been a pupil of Burhan-- uddui 'AH, was the first who wrote a commentary on the Hidaya, entitled the Nihaya. HlOZUri, Mir, L5';>'*^^r**'>: son of Anur Sayyid 'AIi Muh- tasib. He lived in the time of Shah Isma'fl Safwi, and. wrote a chronogram on his accession to the throne of Persia in the year 1576 A. D., 984 A, H. He ia the author of a Diw&n,