Sultan 265 Sulaiman Sultan Mlirad, -^b^ iv^^^, vide Murad Mirza. Sultan Muhammad, ji^-^^' <^>-^ c)^^, the eldest son of the emperor 'Alamgir. He died 30 years before his father, on the 5th December, 1676 A. D., 8th Shawwal, 1087 A. H., in the fort of Gwaliar where he was confined ty his father, and was buried near the mausoleum of Kutb-uddin called Kutb Shah, at Dehli. Sultan Sakhi Sarwar, jtjj-» ^iu f^lh).^^ a Muhammadan saint. His shrine is situated at the mouth of the Sieri Pass leading in the direction of Kan- dahar, and is built at the ^' Damanpahar." Though not much reverenced in the Darajat, it is said that from 180,000 to 200,000 pilgrims both Musalmans and Hindus from the Panjab and Sindh, visit it annually. la February, March and April disciples assemble in large numbers, and the fair is over in April. Sultan Shah, J-loX^, son of Alp Arsalan, Sultan of Khwarizm. Some time after his father's death, which took place in 1162 A. D., 557 A. H., he was defeated in several battles by his elder brother Ala-uddin Takash, and obliged to fly to the forests where he died from hunger and distress, about the year 1193 A. D., Eamazan, 689 A. H. Sultan Shahzada, 8^!>t^ c>f^*», an eunuch of Fatha Shah king of Bengal whom he murdered, and ascended the throne 1491 A. D., 896 A. H. He reigned only a few months and was assassinated the same year by Malik Andil who succeeded him and took the title of Firoz Shah Purbi. Sultan Parwez, (SJJi iJJ^, vide Parwez Sultan. Sultan Shujaa', w't^*'^ ij-^'*, second son of the emperor Shah Jahan, was born at Ajmeir on Sunday the 12th of May, 1616 A. D., 4th Jumada I, 1025 A. H., and married to the daughter of Mirza Eustam Safwi brother of Muzafiar Husain Mirza of the royal house of Persia. He was appointed governor of Bengal by his father, which country he governed with justice and clemency till the accession of his brother the emperor 'Alamgir and the defeat of Dara Shikoh in 1658, when he marched with a powerful army towards Dehli. He was defeated by 'Alamgir on the 5th January, 1659 A. D., 19th Eabf II, 1069 A. H. at a place called Khajua, about thirty miles west of Allahabad, and pursued by Mir Jumla and Sultan Muhammad the eldest son of 'Alamgir to Bengal, from which place he was obliged to seek refuge in Arakan where, after two years, 166U A. D., 1071 A. H., he was put in a boat with all his family and sunk in the river by order of the raja of that country. Stxltan-ul-Nisa Begam, kv^^^, eldest daughter of the emperor Jahangfr and sister of Sultan Khusro. Her mother was the daughter of Eaja Bhagwan Das, and she was born in the year 1586 A. D., 994 A. H., After the death of her brother Sultan Khusrau, she erected a tomb for herself close to her brother Sultan Khusrau' s grave at Allahabad, but died at Agrah and lies buried there in the mausoleum of the emperor Akbar. Sultan-us-S alatin Purbi, i^i^ J^Salm, was elevated to the throne of Bengal on the death of his father Ghayas-uddin Purbi 1373 A. D., 775 A. H. This prince was benevolent, merciful and brave. He died after a reign of ten years 1383 A. D., 785 A. H., and was succeeded by his son Shams-uddin II Purbi. Sultan Walad, '^J ^^^i^-M^ son of the celebrated Maulwi Rumi. He is the author of a beautiful poem on the Sufi 67 doctrines, &c., written in imitation of the Masnawi of his father 1291 A. D., 690 A. H., and also of a Dfwan, and another work called " Walad-nama" containing an ac- count of his father and grandfather. Sulaiman, ty'*-i^->», a Khalif of the house of TJmayya, and son of 'AbdulmaUk. He succeeded his brother Walfd I in Syria 714 A. D., 96 A. H., and died after a reign of three years 717 A. D., 99 A. H. Sulaiman, i^^i^*^, the son of Bayezfd I, (Bajazet) was proclaimed emperor of the Turks in 1402 A. D., 805 A. H., at the time when his father was taken captive by Amir Taimiir. He displayed great valour, but his glory was tarnished by his excessive love of pleasure. He was dethroned and murdered in 1410 A. D. by his brother Musa, who in his turn was defeated and assassinated by another brother Muhammad I who ascended the throne in 1413 A. D. This Sulaiman is not reckoned among the Turkish Sultans. Sulaiman I, Sultan, w'-^-* i:;^'^-*, sumamedthe Magniiioent, was the son of Salim I, whom he succeeded as emperor of the Turks in September, 1520 A. D., Shawwal, 926 A. H. His reign was splendid. He defeated the Mamluks in Egypt, and made peace with Shah Isma'il I Safwi king of Persia, after which he carried his arms against Europe and took Belgrade. In 1522 he attacked Rhodes and took it, and then invaded Hungary and defeated the Hungarians at Mohatz in 1526. The conquest of Buda was followed by the siege of Vienna, but after twenty unsuccessful assaults, he retreated with the loss of 80,000 men. In 1634 he made war against Shah Tahmasp Safwi, and invaded Tauris and Persia, but suffered a defeat, and was disappointed in his attack on Malta. He died on the 4th September, 1566 A. D., Safar, 974 A. H., having lived 76 solar years and reigned 46. He was a prince more just and true to his word than any other of his predecessors, but a great terror to all Christians. His son Sultan Salim II succeeded him. Sulaiman II, Sultan, w'^^J^** o'^^**, emperor of Turkey who succeeded his brother Muhammad IV in 1687 A. D., 1098 A. H., was a very indolent prince. He died in the year 1691 A. D., 1102 A. H., and was suc- , ceeded by his brother Ahmad II. Sulaiman bin- Ahmad Tahrani, i^'^jx^ '^♦'^t i:^^ ti*^'"**, author of the " Muajjam Kabrr, " Muajjam Ausat," " Muajjam Saghfr," " Dalael-ul-Nabuat," and many other works. He died in 971 A. D., 360 A. H. Sulaiman bin- Ahmad, <>-*-=^ t:?'? author of the book called " Umdat," a Turkish work on Navigation in the Indian Seas written in the year 1511 A. D., 917 A. H., and five others of the same description, called the " Fawaed," the " Hawia," the " Tuhfat-ul-Fahul," the "Minhaj," and the " Kiladat-ul-Shamus." Sulaiman bin-Kutlamish, u^*^^' jij'-^J— by the aid of Malikshah Saljiiki who took his father prisoner, became the first king of the Saljuk dynasty of Eiim or Anatolia whose capital was Iconium. He began his reign in 1077 A. D., 470 A. H., reigned eight years, and destroyed himself through fear of Takash or Turtash the son of Alp Arsalan. After him there was an interregnum of seven years from 1085 to 1092 A. D., when his son Daiid ascended the throne.
