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Kaikhusro 139 Ealhana of Sultdn Maudud, the grandson of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. He ig the author of the work called " Kabiis- nama." Kaikhusro, J>^^^ , the third king of the Kayanian djTiasty of Persia and the grandson of Kaik.ius. He ascended the throne in the lifetime of his father who resigned the crown in his favour. He had several battles with Afrasiab the king of Tiiran, who was at last defea- ted, taken prisoner, and slain. Soon after these events Kaikhusro resolved to devote the remainder of his life to religious retirement : he delivered over Kabul, Zabulistan and Nimroz to Eustam, as hereditary possessions ; and resigned his throne to Luhrasp the son-in-law of Kaikaus and his own son by adoption and affection. After these arrangements, he went accompanied by some nobles to a spring which he had fixed upon as the place of his repose. Here he disappeared, and all those_ that went with him wore destroyed on their return by a violent tempest. He lived 90 years and reigned 60. Kaiklmsro, JLt~"-^'^j the son ofSult&n Muhammad Khan, governor of Multan, who was the eldest son of Sultan Ghayas-uddi'n Balban, king of Dehli. After his father's death in 1285 A. D., he was made governor of Multan by his grandfather, and after his decease in 1286 A. D., was murdered at Rohtak by Malik Nizam-uddfn, wazir of Kaikubad who ascended the throne as king of Dehli. Kaikubad, <i'-^^'i^j the founder of the second or Kayanian dj'nasty of the kings of Persia, was a lineal descendant of Manuchchr, according to some accounts he was his great-grandson. This prince had retired to the mountain of Albui'z, from which place he was brought by Eustam the son of Zal and proclaimed king of Persia. He com- mitted the administration of government into the hands of Zal, whose son Eustam, was appointed to lead the Persians against the dreaded Afrasiab who had again passed the Oxus and invaded Persia. In this battle, Eus- tam overcame Afrasiab, and afterwards a peace was concluded, by which it was agreed that the Oxus should remain as it had been heretofore, the boundary between the two kingdoms. Kaikubad lived some time after this in peace : he is said to have reigned 120 years. He left four sons : Kaikaus, Arish, Riim and Armen. To the former he bequeathed his throne, and enjoined all the others to obey him. list of kings of the second or Kayanian dynasty. 1. Kaikubad. 2. Kaikaus. 3. Kaikhusro (Cyrus the Great). 4. Luhrasp. 6. GTishtasp (Hystaspes of Grecian History). 6. Isfandiar (Aspanda or xistyages of ditto). 7. Bahman or Ardisher Darazdast (Artaxerxes Longimanus) . 8. Humai, davighter and wife of Bahman. 9. Darab or Dara, son of Bahman. 10. Dara, son of Darab (Darius overcome by Alex- ander the Great) . Kaikubad, ii^^^ , surnamedMu'izz-uddm, the grandson of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Balban, whom he succeeded in 1286 A. b., 685 A. H., on the throne of Dehli in the absence of his father Nasii'-uddin Baghra Khan who was then in Bengal. In the year 1287 A. D., 686 A. H., his father having heard the state of affairs at Dehli, marched fi-om Bengal to visit and advise his son. They met on the banks of the Ghagra at Behar, and the whole scene was so affecting, that almost all the court shed tears. On this occasion the celebrated poet Amir Khiisro wrote the poem called the " Kiran-us-Sadaia," or the conjunction of the two planets. Kaikubad was assassinated through the instigation of Firoz Malik Khilji in 1288 A. D., who ascended the throne by the title of Jalal-uddin Firoz Shah Khilji, and became the first Sultan of the 2nd branch of the Turk dynasty called Khilji.' Kaiomurs, U^J^^, the first monarch of Persia according to all Muhammadan writers. This king is stated to have reclaimed his subjects from a state of the most savage barbarity. They say he was the grandson of Noah, and the founder of the iSrst djTiasty of Persian kings called Pishdadian. His son Siamak was killed in one of the battles with the barbarians or Devs ; and when that monarch carried Hoshang, the infant son of Siamak, to share in the revenge he meant to take upon his enemies, his army was joined by all the lions, tigers and panthers in his dominions, and the Devs were routed and torn to pieces by the auxiliaries, who had left their native forest to aid the just king. After this victory, Kaiomurs re«  tired to his capital Balkh. He reigned 30 years, and was succeeded by his grandson Hoshang. The following is a list of kings of the first or Pishdadian dynasty. 1. Kaiomurs. 2. Hoshang. 3. Tuhmm s, sumamed Deoband. 4. Jamshed reigned at Persipolis. 5. Zuhak, surnamed Alwam. 6. Faridun, restored by Kawa. 7. Manuchchr. 8. Naudar or Nauzar. 9. Afrasiab, king of Tiu-kistan. 10. Zab, brother of Naudar. 11. Garshasp. Kaisar, .y^) a poet of the tribe of Shamlu, who is com- monly called Kaisar Shamlu. Kaisar, J'^-t', poetical name of Prince Khurshaid Kadr the son of Slirza Asman Kadr, the son of Mirza Khurram Bakht, the son of Prince Mirza Jahandar Shah, the son of Shah 'Alam, king of Dehli. Kaisari Kirmani, c^^^/" LSy^i', a poet of Kirmania. Kaiuk Khan, ^y:^, vide Kayuk. Kakafi., ts^'^^^? vide Ahmad bin-Idris. He is mentioned in some of our Biographical Dictionaries under the name of Cakafi. Kakafi, cs^'^'^j Dide Ahmad bin-Idris. Kalandar, J"^^} author of the work called " Sirat-ul- Mustakim," which he composed in 1405 A. D., 808 A. H., and dedicated to Abu'l Muzaffar Husain Shah bin-Mahmud Shah bin- Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur. Kalanisi, t5*~^^> surname of 'Abdullah bin-Muhammad, an Arabian author, who died inll21A.D.,515A. H. Kalb Ali Khan, c^'^ ij-"" V'^j Nawab of Eampdr in 1869-70. Kalb Husain Khan, Mirza, uji-^ '3^, Deputy Collector of Etawah, the son Ahtaram-uddaula Dabir-ul-Mulk Kalb 'Ah Khan Bahadur. He is the author of four Diwans and a biography called " Shaukat Nadiii." He was living in 1864 A. D., 1281 A. H. Kalhana, > a Brahman and author of a history of Kash-