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Rustam 227 Sabik cannot be correct, for Ibn-ul-Arabi died in 1240 A. D., 638 A. H., and Sultan 'Umar and Shahrukh lived in the early part of the ninth century of the Hijra. Bustam Zaman Khan, o'^^j Vide Alah Yar Khan. Byazi; ls^^ J> vide Rayazl. S. Sa'adat, e».it**»^ poetical name of Mir Sa'adat 'AH, a resident of Amroha and pupil of Shah Wilayet-ullah. He is the author of a poem called " Seili Sakheon" con- taining the story of two Lovers who lived in the time of Nawab Kamar-uddi'n Khan, wazir. Sa'adat 'Ali Khan, Nawab, w'^ cs^-^ surnamed Yeman-uddaula, was raised to the masnad of Audh at Lakhnau by Sir John Shore, Governor-General, after the death of his brother Nawab 'Asaf-uddaula and the dethronement of that Nawab's adopted son Wazir 'AH • Khau, on the 21st of January, 1798 A. D., 4th Shaban, 1212 A. H. He died after a reign of nearly 17 years on the 11th July, 18U A. D., 22nd Rajab, 1229 A. H., and was succeeded by his son Ghazi-uddfn Haidar who was after- wards crowned king of Audh. In the treaty with Sa'adat 'AH Khan, the annual subsidy was fixed at 76 lacs of rupees and the English force in Audh at 10,000 men. The fort of Allahabad was also sm-rendered to the English. Twelve lacs of rupees were to be paid to the EngUsh as compensation for the expense of placing him on the masnad, and he was restrained from holding communication with any foreign state, employing any Europeans or permitting any to settle in his dominions without the consent of his British ally. Sa'adat Khan, ^^♦Jl iv'^ji <&d^, styled Burhan-ul-Mulk, whose former name was Muhammad Amin, was originally a merchant of Khurasan. He is the progenitor of the nawabs and kings of Audh. His father Nasir Khan came to India during the reign of Bahadur Shah, and after his death his son Muhammad Amln came also. In the commencement of the emperor, Muhammad Shah's reign he held the faujdari of Bayana, and was in the year 1721 A. D., 1136 A H., appointed governor of Audh mth the title of Sa'adat Khan in the room of Eaja Girdhar who was appointed governor of Malwa. He afterwards received the title of Barhan-ul- Mulk and was present in the battle with Nadii- Shah, and died on the night previous to the massacre of Dehli by that monarch, i. e., on the 9th of March, 1739 A. D., 9th Zil-liijja, 1152 A. H., and was buried at Dehli in the mausoleum of his brother Sayadat Khan. His only child was a daughter, who was married to his nephew Abu'l Mansiir Khan Safdar Jang the son of Sayadat Khan who succeeded him in the government of Audh. List of the Nawdbs and Icings of Lakhnau. Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan. Abu'l Mansur Khan Safdar Jang. Shuja-uddaula, son of Safdar Jang. 'Asaf-uddaula, son of Shuja-uddaula. Wazir 'AH Khan. Sa'adat 'AH Khan. Ghazi-uddin Haidar, son of Sa'adat 'Ali Khan, who was made king of Audh by Lord Hastings. Nasir-uddin Haidar, son of ditto. ]Iuhammad 'AH Shah, brother of Ghazi-uddin Haidar. Amjad 'AH Shah, son of M. A, V/ajid 'All Shah, the son of Amjad 'AH Shah, the last king of Audh in whose time that country was annexed to the British Government. Sa'adat-ullah Khan, ly^^ ^•'l oij^l*-.^ a regular and acknowledged Nawab of the Karnatic, who having no issue, adopted two sons of his brother, appointing the elder. Dost 'AH, to succeed him in the Nawabship, and conferring on the younger, Bakir 'AH, the government of Velore ; he Hkewise directed that Ghulam Husain, the nephew of his favourite wife, should be Diwan or prime- minister to his successor. Having reigned from the year 1710 to 1722 A. D., 1122 to 1135 A. H., he died much regretted by his subjects. According to the " MasLr-iil- Umra," he held the Nawabship of the Karnatic from the time of 'Alamgir to the year 1732 A. D., 1145 A. H., Dost 'All and his son Hasan 'Ali were kiUed in battle against the Marhattas on the 20th of May, 1740 A. D. His son Safdar 'AH 'succeeded him, but was poisoned by his brother-in-law Murtaza 'Ali and died on the 2nd October, 1742 A. D. After his death Murtaza 'Ali was acknowledged Nawab of the Karnatic. But in March, 1744 A. D., Nizam-iU-Mulk the siibadar of the Dakhin, having appointed one of his officers, named Anwar-uddin, Nawab of Arkot, he (Murtaza 'Ali) was deposed. Sa'adat Yar Khan, ly^j^r! ci.>iU«, son of Muhammad Yar Khan, the son of Hafiz Eahmat Khan the Rohela chief, is the author of a work caUed " Gruli Eahmat" being a History of his grandfather Hafiz Eahmat, written m 1833. This work is an abridgment of the GuHstan Eahmat written by Mustaza Khan, his uncle. Sa'adat Yar Khan, e;^^ jk son of Muhkan- uddaula Tahmasp Beg Khan Ya'tkad Jang Bahadur. Vide Eangin. Sabahi, the poetical name of Akhimd Masiha. Sabat, ^^^-'j poetical name of Mir Muhammad 'Azim the son of Mir Muhammad Afzal Sabit, born at Allahabad in 1710 A. D., 1122 A. H. He died in 1748 A. D., 1161 A. H., and left a Di'wan of about 4,000 verses. Sabir, y}-'^, poetical name of Mir Said 'AH, a famous musi- cian who wrote a work in Persian containing instructions on music. Sabir, y}^, poetical title of Shahzada Mirza Kadir Bakhsh of DehH. He is the author of a Diwan in Urdu. Sabir, Ji^, vide Shahadin Adib Sabir. Sabit, '^}^, the poetical title of Mir Muhammad Afzal of Dehli who died in 1738 A. D., 1151 A. H., and left a Diwan in Persian of 5,000 verses. Sabit, ^'}^, poetical title of Khwaja Hasan, an Urdii poet who is the author of a Diwan. He died in 1821 A. D., 1236 A. H. Sabit-bin-Kirra, ijS who translated EucHd and several other works into Arabic from the Greek, and died in the year 901 A. D., 288 A. H. Sabik, t3"j'^) poetical appeUation of Mirza Yusaf Beg, a poet whose brothers were mansabdars in the service of the emperor 'Alamgir, though he was a dervish and died in 1687 A. D., 1098 A. H.