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Jai 130 Jalal Singh, after whose death in 1760 A. D., Madho Singh his son succeeded him. List of Kachhwdhd Edjds of Amer or Jaipur. Bhara Mai. Bhagwan Das. Man Singh. Bhao Singh. Maha Singh. Jai Singh Mirza Eaja, Earn Singh. Bishnu Singh. Jai Singh Sawai. Ishiiri Singh. Madho Singh. Pirthi Singh. Partab Singh. Jagat Singh. Jai Singh. Jai Singh III, ^5=^, (raja) of the tribe of Kachh- waha rajpiits and raja of Jaipur, was a posthumous son of Eaja Jagat Singh who died in 1818 A. D. Jai Singh was murdered by his kamdar, whose name was Jhota Eam, in the Sambat year 1891, or in January, 1834 A. D., and his infant son Earn Singh succeeded him. Jai Singh, ^^r', or Eana Jai Singh of Udaipiir, a de- scendant of Eana Sanka who lived in the time of the em- peror Akbar, succeeded his father Eana Eaj Singh, 1680 A. D., 1091 A. H. Jai Singh, ij^, (raja) who held the subahdarship of Agrah in the time of the emperor Muhammad Shah. He built the Shaharpanah round the city of Agrah. It had several gates, but only three recently were remaining, viz., (1) Ajmiri Darwaza, (2) Kara at Chhanga Mudi's bridge, (3) Kans Darwaza at Gokalpiira. After the mutiny of 1857, the British for some reason or other, pulled down the Ajmirf Darwaza. Jalal Asir, ^^^t J^-^j vide Asir. Jalal 'Uzd, Sayyad, <J^^ "^i^, a poet who flourished in the reign of Muhammad Muzaffar, ruler of Pars and his descendants. He is the author of a Diwan. Jalal Bukhari, C5J^- J% or Sayyad Jalal Bu- khari. He came to India from Bukhara and became a disciple of Shaikh Baha-uddin Zikaria of Multan. He resided at Uchcha in Mult^in and died there. He had three sons, Saj'j-ad Ahmad Kabi'r, Sayyad Baha-uddin and Sayyad Muhammad. Sayyad Ahmad Kabir, who succeeded his father as spiritual guide, had two sons, Makhdum Jahanian, also called Shaikh Jalal, and Shaikh Sadar-uddin, commonly called Eaju Kattal. J^. B. — There is some confusion between this man and Shaikh Jalal. Shaikh Jalal. Jalal Bukhari, Sayyad, C5j'^' J^^ ^ dant of Sayyad Ahmad Kabir, and son of Saj-yad Muham- mad Bukhari. He was born in the year 1594 A. D., 5th Jumada II, 1003 A. H., and was highly respected by the emperor Shah Jahan, who conferred on him the office of Sadarat of all India with the mansab of 6000. He some- times amused himself in writing poetry, and had adopted the word Eaza for his poetical title. He died on the 25th of May, 1647 0. S., 1st Jumada I, 1067 A. H., and is buried at Tajganj in Agrah. His grandfather Sayyad Ahmad Kabir lies buried at a place in Dehli called Bijai Mandil. Jalal Bukhari left three sons, viz., Saj'yad Ja'far, Sayyad AH styled Eazwi Khan, and Sayyad Miisa, on whom high titles were conferred by Shahjahan, but his eldest son Ja'far obtained the place of his father. Jalal, (Hakim), ijbj^ J^"? - > a physician and poet, who was a native of Shirwan. He flourished in the reign of JIuhammad Muzafi'ar and his son Shah Shujaa', rulers of Shiraz, both of whom reigned from 1353 to 1384 A. D. He is the author of a poem entitled " Gul-wa-Nau- roz," which he wrote in 1334 A. D., 734 A. H. He is also called Jalal-uddin Tabib. Jalali or Jalal, ^.-l ts-'^^j commonly called Sayyad-i- 'Alam Jalal or Jalali, was a native of Ahmadabad, and his father and spiritual guide was Mir Sayyad Jalal bin- Hasan. He is the author of a Diwan. Jalal, Shaikh, ^"•j vide Shaikh Jalal, commonly called Makhdum Jahanian. He was the son of Sayyad Ahmad Kabir, and grandson of Sayyad Jalal Bukhari the first. Jalal, Shaikh, tiLr'*'^i't* of Thanesar, vide Shaikh J alal of Thanesar. Jalali, i^^^^i poetical name of Badr-uddin. Jalal-uddin Ahmad Afzal-tin-Muwaiyad, ixj^xi J^t <>+a.| J^, an author. Jalal-uddin Aldawani, (^'j'^-'t c^i**--" J%j, author of several works. Tide Dawani. Jalal-uddin Parahani, ^'^^y i^i'^^^ J^'?-, a poet. Jalal-uddin Firoz Khilji, ts?^'^ o:!'*- tJ^^> vide Firoz Shah Khilji. Jalal-uddin Mahalli, ^J'^ cf^'^- see Jalal- uddin Sayiiti. He is sometimes called Jalal-uddin Mu- hammad bin-Ahmad-al-Mahli. Jalal-uddin Malikshah, Js'^^'o ij^, vide Malikshah. Jalal-uddin Khan, e^J'^-'l J^^, the brother of Mahmiid Khan, nawab of Bijnor, a rebel of 1857. Vide Sa"d-uUah Khan. Jalal-uddin Muhammad-bin-Asa'd Aldawani, ^**«| 0.*=:* Jila.^ Dawani. Jalal-uddin Muhammad Akbar, j-^^l ij^^> vide Akbar. Jalal-uddin Purbi, ls- jH ^■'^^ <-^^^j king of Ben- gal, whose original name was Jitmal, ascended the throne of Bengal on the death of his father Eaja Kans in 1392 A. D., 794 A. H. He became a convert to the Muham- madan faith and received the name of Jalal-uddin. He ruled with such justice, that he became entitled to the appellation of the Nausherwan of the age. He reigned 17 years and died in 1410 A. D., 812 A. H., when his son Ahmad succeeded him. Jalal-uddin Rumi, Maulana, C5-*JJ e^^'^- J^^' ^"^j^, commonly called Maulana or Maulwi Eumi, was the son of Baha-uddio Wald Balkhi. He is not less esteemed as a poet than as a metaphysician, and is the author of the astonishing work entitled the " Masnawi Maulwi Etimi." He founded an order of Derwishes or Sufis in the city of Conia (Iconium) in Asiatic Turkey. He was born at Balkh on the 30th of September, 1207 A. D., 6th Eabi' I 604 A. Hr, and died in the time of Abka Khan on the 17th of December, 1273 A. D., 6th Jumada II, 672 A. H. He was buried in a monastery at Conia, and his tomb was visited for many centuries by his devout countrymen who considered his works as the eflFect of inspiration, and only inferior to the Kuran. His Diwan contains 30,000 verses,