Shams 252 Shams-Tiddin Shams Shahab Afi'f, was an historian -who flourished in the reign of Sultan Firoz Shah Barbak, king of Dehli who reigned from ] '351 to 1388 A. D. He is the author of the entire history of that monarch, called " Tarfkh Firoz Shahi," in which he relates that when that emperor built the city of Ffrozahad adjoining to that of (old) Dehli in the year 1354 A. D., 765 A. H., he ithe author) was then twelve years of age, and that the red stone pillar in the Koshak of Fi'rozabad near the mosque or Jama Masjid, was brought by that emperor in the same year with great expense and labour from a place called Naweira in the vicinity of Sitaura near Khizirabad, a city situated on the foot of a mountain, ninety cos distant from (old) Dehli, where it then stood. The whole length of this pillar, says the author, was 32 gaz ; 8 of which the king ordered to be buried in the earth or sunk in the building and the remaining 24 to be above the surface. This pillar was called by the emperor, " Mfnar Zarn'n," i. e., the Golden Minar. The second pillar which the emperor set up within his hunting place, called Shilcargah Fi'roz Shah, was brought from Slirath, and was some- what smaller than the one just mentioned. This pillar is now called the Lath of Firoz Shah. These two pillars were even at that period, as they are now, believed by the Hindus to have been the hand sticks of a famous hero of antiquity named Bhi'm Sen. The character engraved round these two pillars, the most intelligent and learned men of all religions were not able to decipher. He also observes that the high Minar in the Jama Masjid called " Kuwat-ul-Islam" in (old) Dehli was built by Sultan Shams-uddi'n Altimsh. The author was living at the time of Tamerlane's invasion to India in 1398 A. D., 801 A. H., whom he has mentioned in his work. Shams Tabreizi, O"-*""; vide Shams-uddm JIuhammad Tabreizi'. Shams Tibsi, Mj^'^ U"*"^} vide Shams-uddin Tibsi (Kazf). Shams-uddin Ahmad, u:!"*- cr*^y author of the " Khulasat-ul-Munakib," containing the Lives of ten celebrated Sufi Shaikhs. Shams-uddin Ahmad Khan, o^i'^- ijr*^, a descendant of the Sayyads of Naishapur. He held the rank of 5000 in the reign of the emperor Akbar, and died in 1591 A. D. 999 A. H. Shams-uddin >Ali Khan, J^^ i^.'^^^ u^*-"; author of the " Muntakhib-ul-Hasnat" which contains the history of the eighth Imam, viz., 'AH Eaza bin- Musa also called 'AH Musi Eaza, who died 818 A. D., and whose tomb is at Mashhad (formerly called Tus) in Khurasan, and is still an object of pilgrimage to the Persians ; also memoirs of his descendants. This work was translated from the Arabic of Abu Jafar. Shams-uddin-al-Shafa'i, iji^^i^ author of the Arabic work called " Ayun-ul-Asar ;" containing the wars and conquests of Muhammad, his successors and companions, interspersed with various anecdotes of his generals. Shams-uddin Altimsh, Sultan, tA*^-'f i^^^^ {j'*-^ ^^IM«,^ a king of Dehli, whose original name was Altimsh. In his childhood he was bought from a mer- chant by Sultan Kutb-uddin Eybak, king of Dehli', who afterwards gave him his daughter in marriage. He expelled 'Aram Shah, the son of Kutb-uddi'n from the throne of Dehli, 1210 A. D., 607' A.' H., and declared himself king with the title of Shams-uddjn. He defeated and imprisoned Taj-uddi'n Elduz, king of Ghazni who came to Labor with a large army in 1215 A. D. He beseiged for a whole year the fortress of Gwaliar and took it in 1233, and after a reign of 26 years, died on the 30th April, 1236 A. D., 633 A. H. His son Sultan Rukn- uddi'n Fi'roz succeeded him. It is supposed that the Kutb Minar in old Dehli, which is now commonly called the Lath of Kutb Sahib because it stands close to the dargah of the celebrated saint Khwaja Kutb-uddi'n Bakhtj'ar Kaki, was built and completed by Sultan Shams-uddi'n Altimsh some time before the year 1236 A. D. A part of it was injured by lightning and was repaired and completed on the 26th October, 1501 A. D , 13th Rabi' IT, 907 A. H. by Fatha Khan Masnad 'AH in the reign of Sultan Sikandar Shah Lodi. Shams-uddin Bahmani, Sultan, cs^n^ wi'^-'t cr*^ ^^Vll.M,^ the son of Sultan Mahmiid Bahmani. He was placed on the throne of the Dakhin on the 14th of June, 1397 A D., 17th Eamazan, 799 A. H., after the dethrone- ment of his brother Ghayas-uddi'n, by Lalchi'n, who was now honoured with the title of Malik Naeb or regent. Shams-uddi'n had reigned only five months and seven days, when Firoz Khan, the son of Sultan Daud Shah, having deposed him, sent him together with Lalchin to confinement, and ascended the throne with the title of Firoz Shah Rozafziin on Thursday the 15th of November, 1397 A. D., 23rd Safar, 800 A. H. Shams-uddin bin-Mu"barik, i-i;!^^ i^, i^ii^h ij**"-, author of the " Sharah liikmat-ul-Ain." Shams-uddin Fakir, Mir, c^^'^-'t (j"*'*' J^f a native of Dehli, and author of the work, called " Hadaek- ul-Balaghat," or Garden of Eloquence, a treatise on the rhetoric, poetry and rhyme of the Persians. Shams-uddin KartI, Malik, <^j^ u-'^- u***" also called Malik Shams-uddm Muhammad Kart, the son of Aba Bakar Kart, was the founder of the dynasty of Kart or Kard, a tribe of Turks. He commenced his reign in the year 1268 A. D., 666 A. H., over Hirat, Ghor, Ghazni and Kabul. His mother was the daughter of Malik Rukn-uddin Ghorf, who before his death "in 1245 A. D., 643 A. H., had named him to be his successor, and which was subsequently confirmed by Mangu Khan and Halaku Khan, kings of Persia. His descendants con- tinued to reign over those countries for 119 lunar years and two months, till they were extinguished by Amir Taimur (Tamerlane) in 1381 A. D. He was a cotem- porary of Abaka Khan, king of Persia, and died at Tabreiz in January, 1278 A. D., Shaban, 676 A. H. after a reign of ten years and was succeeded by his son Malik Shams- uddin II, Khujs of the dynasty of Kart or Kard. 1. Malik Shams-uddin Muhammad Kart I. 2. ,, Shams-uddin II, his son, also called Rukn- uddin. 3. „ Fakhr-uddm Bahman, his son. 4. „ Ghayas-uddin Kart, his brother. 5. ,, Shams-uddi'n Kart III, his son. 6. „ Hafiz, his brother. 7. ,, Moi'zz-uddi'n Husain, his brother. 8. ,, Ghayas-uddin, the son of 'AH and grandson of Moi'zz-uddi'n, the last king of this race. Shams-uddin Kart II, Malik, ^^i<^^ ^■'■•«, second king of the dynasty of Kart, was the son of Shams-uddin Kart I, whom he succeeded in January, 1278 A D., 676 A. H. He was a cotemporary of Abaka Khan the Tartar king of Persia, and reigned about 28
