Asaf 55 'Ashik Asaf Khan III, ^'^1 , commonly called Mirza Ja'far Beg, was the son of Mirz^ Badi-uz-Zaman, and grandson of AkS. MuUa Kazwi'ni. He was born at Kazwin, and came to India in his youth 1577 A.^D., 985 A. H. At the recommendation of his uncle Mirza Ghaias- ud-dm, who was a nohleman at the court of the emperor Akbar, and bore then the title of Asaf lihan, was received with honor, and after the death of his uncle the office of Bakhshi'gari was conferred on him with the title of Asaf Khan, 1581 A. D., 989 A. H. He was an excellent poet, and was one of the many that were employed by the emperor in compiling the " Tarikh Alfi," and after the assassination of Mulla Ahmad in 1588 A. D., 996 A. H. the remainder of the work was written by hmi up to the year 997 A. H. He is also called Asaf Khan Mii-za Ja'far Bakhshi Beg'i, and is the author of a poem called " Shirm wa Khusro." The office of chief Diwan was conferred on him by the emperor in 1598 A. D., 1007 A. H., and in the reign of Jahangir, he was raised to the hi'o-h post of wazarat. He died in the year 1612 A. D., 1021 A. H. In his poetical compositions he used the name of Ja'far. One of his sons who also bore the name of Ja'far became an excellent poet and died in the time of 'Alamgir, A. D. 1682, 1094 A. H. Asaf Khan IV, the title of 'Abul Hasan, who had several other titles conferred on him at differ- ent times, such as Ya'tkad Khan, Yemin-ud-daula, &c., was the son of the celebrated wazir Ya'tmad-ud-daula, and brother to Nur Jahan Begam. After his father's death in 1621 A. D., 1030 A. H., he was appointed wazir by the emperor Jahangii-. His daughter Arjumand Bano Beo-am also called Mumtaz Mahal, was married to the prince Shah Jahan. 'Asaf Khan died at Labor in the 15th year of Shah Jahan on the 10th November, 1641 0 S., 17th Sha'ban, 1051 A. H., aged 72 lunar years, and was buried there on the banks of the Eawi opposite to the city of Labor. Besides Mumtaz Slahal, he had four sons: viz., Shaista Khan; Mirza Masih who was drowned in a drunken frolic in the river Behat in Kash- mir • Mirza Husain, of moderate abilities, and little note ; and 'Shahnawaz Khan who rose to much reputation and distinction. . ^ Asaf-ud-daula, ^'j)^'^ ^'^t, a title of Asad Khan, which see. Asaf-ud-daula, ^h^^ (Nawab) the eldest son of Nawab Shujaa'-ud-daula of Audh, after - whose death in January 1775, A. D., Zil-kada 1188 A. H., he succeeded to his dominions, and made Lakhnau the seat of his o-overnment, which formerly was at Faizabad. He died after a reign of 23 lunar years and seven months, on Friday the 21st of September, 1797 A. D., 28th Rabi 1 1212 A. H., and was buried in the Imam Bara at Lakhnau of which he was the founder. His eldest adopted son, "Wazir AK Khan, agreeably to his request, was placed on the masnad, but was after four months deposed by Sir John Shore, then Governor of Calcutta, and Sa'adat AU Khan, the brother of the deceased, raised to the masnad. Asaf-ud-daula is the author of a Diwan in Urdu and Persian. Asalat Khan, title of Mir Abdul Hadi son of Mir liliran Yezdi, was a nobleman in the service of the emperor Shah Jahan. He died in the year A. D. 1647, 1057 A. H. Asalat Khan, ej'^ C^JUf^ title of Mirza Muhammad son of Mirza Badia' of IMashhad. He came to India in the 19th year of Shah Jahan 1645, A. D., 1055 A. H., and was raised to the rank of 5,000 by the emperor 'Alamgir, in whose time he died 1666, A. D., 1076 A. H. Asam or Atham, f^^, poetical name of Hafiz-ullah, which see. Asar, poetical name of Akhiind Shafa'i or Shafia'ai of Shiraz who died at Lar in the year 1701 A. D., 1113 A- H., and left a Dfwan containing 10,000 verses. Asar, poetical name of Nawab Husain All Khan, son of Amir-ud-daula Haidar Beg Khan. He is the author of a Diwan. 'Asi, L?'^^, the poetical name of Ghulam Sarwar, author of the Kaf Nama, which consists of Ghazals, all the verses of which end in Kaf, hence the name ; another p)eculiaiity is that the first letter of every verse of the first Ghazal is Alif, of the second Be, of the third Te, &c., a ghazal for every letter of the alphabet. Asir, ^■i-"^ poetical name of Sayjnid Gulzar Alf, the son of Nazi'r, a poet of Agra. He is the author of an Urdu Diwan, and is stiU living in AgTa, (1878). Asir, J^^) commonly called Mirza Jalal Asir, a celebrated poet of Persia and a relation of Shah Abbas the great. He flourished about the year 1600 A. D., never came to India, and is the author of a Diwan iu Persian. He died in 1630 A. D., 1040 A. H. Asir-ud-din Akhsikati, >v^^^| ^^,ji>Jf ^jjwf a native of Akhsfkat a city in the province of Farghana, was an excellent poet and contemporarj' with Khakani. He died in A. D., 1211, 608 A. H. He spent the greatest part of his life at the courts of the Atabaks, and stood in high favor with Arsalan Shah, the son of Tugkral, Eldiguz and Kizil Arsalan. Asir-ud-din Aomani or Aamani, t^'^'^i*"', a poet of Hamdan, who was a pupil of Nasi'r-ud-dm Tusf. He is the author of a Diwan in Persian and Ai-abic. Asir-ud-din ibn-Umar al-Abhari, i^i>j( author of the " Kashf," " Ziibda," and " Hidaya," which is also called Hidayet-ul-Hikmat, tha Guide to Philosophy. He died in 1344 A. D., 745 A. H. Asghar, i^)^ U-J:'~'^^'*^ Husain Khan (Nawiib) of Fur- rukhabad in 1874 went to Bombay intending to proceed to Mecca on a pilgrimage. 'Ashrati, Lstx^^^i vide Ishrati. Asha'ri, Li'^*^'? the surname of one of the most celebrated doctors among the Musalmans, named Abul Hasan AH bin-Isma'il. He died in 936 or 941 A. D., 324 or 329 A. H. 'Ashik, (3^ ^5 poetical name of Mahdi AH Khan, grandson of Nawiib AH Iilardan Khan. He is the author of 3 Diwans in Urdu, two in Persian, a book called Hamla Haidari and several works. 'Ashik, <3^'*j poetical name of Shaikh Niir-ud-din Muliam- mad, the author of the Masnawi caUed " Aish wa Tarab," Enjoyment and Merriment, composed in 1668 A. D., 1079 A. H. 'Ashik Pasha, (3'"^^ a Tui-kish poet, who was born at Hirshari, in the reign of Sultan Orkhan the successor of Othman, and died at no very advanced age, in the reign of Murad I. He was, says Von Hormuz, one of the richest Shaikhs of his time, but Hved nevertheless the Hfe of a simple darvesh, from conscien- tious motives. His Diwan or great work, in imitation of Jalal-ud-din Eumi's is a collection of mystical poetry exceeding ten thousand distichs, and divided into tea books, each book into ten parts.
