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Hamid
AIdu'I Fazl, asserts in his preface to the " Hajat Dara Shi-
kohi," that he commenced his work in the 14th year
of the reign of Shah Jahan 1642 A. D., 1052 A. H., the
ahovc name of the book gives the year of the Hijra, and
brought it to a conclusion in 1056 A. H.
Hakim-ul-Mumalik, (
Arabic characters), title of Mir Mu-
hammad Mahdf, a physician who held the rank of 4000
in the reign of the emperor 'Alamgir.
Hakiri, L$>^^} poetical name of Moulana Shahab-uddui
Mua'mmai.
Halaki, (Arabic characters) of Hamdan, a Persian poet, though
illiterate, wrote a panegyric on the accession of Shah Is-
ma'il Safwi II, to the throne of Persia, in the year 1576
A. D., 984 A. H., for which he received a handsome pre-
sent from the king, while other poets who wrote on the
same occasion, received nothing.
Halaku Kaan or Khan, (Arabic characters), also caUed El-
khan, was the son of Tiili Khan, and the fourth successor
and grandson of Changez Khan the Tartar. In the reign
of his brother Mangu Kkin, king of Tartary, he was de-
tached, in May, 1253 A. D., Eabf I, 651 A. H., attended
by one hundred and fifty thousand horse to subdue Per-
sia, which he soon conquered, after which he extirpated
the power of the Isma'flis, the descendants of Hasan
Sabbah, the founder of the sect, and destroyed their strong-
holds in November, 1256 A. D., Zil-kada, 654 A. H.
He next intended to march direct to Constantinople, but
was persuaded by Nas'ir-uddi'n Tusi (whom he had made
his prime minister) to turn his arms against Baghdad.
He marched against that capital, and after a siege of some
months, took it in February, 1258 A. D., 4th Safar, 656
A. H. The Khalifa Mustaa'sim Billah and his son were
seized, and with 800,000 of its inhabitants were put to
death. After these successes Halaku was desirous of
returning to Tartary to take possession of the government
of his native country, which had become vacant by the
death of his brother, Mangu Kaan : but the great defeat
which the general whom he had left in Syria suifered
from Saif-uddin Fi'roz, the prince of the Mamluks of
EgjT)t, compelled him to abandon his design : and after
he had restored his afiairs in Syria, he fixed his residence
at Maragha, in Azurbejan, where he died on Sunday the
8th February 1265 A. D., 19th Eabi' II, 663 A. H., after
a reign of twelve years from his first coming to Persia,
and eight years from the death of his brother. During
his auspicious reign, the literature of Persia resumed its
former flourishing state. The venerable Persian Bard
Sa'df of Shiraz was living in his time. Halaku was suc-
ceeded by his son Abakaan in the kingdom of Persia.
Zist of Micgltal-Tartar or Tlkliaiii dynasty of
Persia.
Halaku Khan, the son of TuH Khan, succeeded his brother
Mangu Kaan in the kingdom of Persia.
Aba Kaan, the son of Halaku.
Nikodar or Ahmad Khan, brother of Abaka.
Arghun Khan, son of Abaka.
Kaikhatu Khan, son of Abaka.
Baidu, grandson of Halaku.
Ghiizan Khan, son of Arghun Khan.
Aljaitu, the son of Arghun Khan.
Abu Said Bahadur Khan, the son of Aljaptu, after whose
death the dynasty became dependent.
Halati, (Arabic characters), poetical title of K&sim Beg, who was bom
and brought up in Teheran, and spent the greater part of
his life at Kazwui. Pie flourished in the reign of Shah
Tahmasp Safwf, and wrote the chronogram of the acces-
sion of Shah Ismail II, in 1576 A. D., 984 A. H. .He is
the author of a Diwan in Persian.
Halima, the name of Muhammad's nurse, who, it
is said, had formerly no milk in her breasts, but immedi-
ately obtained some when she presented them to the new
born prophet to suck.
Hallaj, This word, which properly signifies the
person that prepares cotton before it is manufactured, was
the surname of Abu Mughi's Husain-bin-Mansur. Vide
Mansvir Hallaj.
Hamd-iillah Mustoufl-bin-Abu Bakr-al-Kazwi-
ni, Khwaja, tj-i^y^^ y is^^^j^
also called Hamid-uddin Mustoufi', a native of
Kazwm, and author of the " Tarikh Guzida," or " Selec-
ted History," which he composed in 1329 A. D., 730
A. H., and dedicated to the minister Ghayas-uddin, the
son of Eashid-uddin, author of the " Jama'-ut-Tawan'kh,"
to both of whom Hamd-uUah had been Secretary. The
" Tarikh Guzida" ranks among the best general histories of
the East. Eleven years after the completion of this his-
tory, the author composed his celebrated work on Geo-
graphy and Natural History, entitled " Nuzhat-ul-Kulub,"
" The delight of hearts," which is in high repute with
Oriental Scholars, and which has obtained for him from
D'Herbelot, the title of " le Geographe Persan." Hamd-
uUah died 1349 A. D., 750 A. H. He was the brother of
Fakhr-uddin Fath-uUah Mustoufi. See also Ahmad-bin-
Abii Bakr.
Hamid, <>^.*^, a poet, who is the author of a poem called
" Ismat Nama," containing the loves of Satin and Mina,
composed in the year 1607 A. D., 1016 A. H., during
the reign of Jahangir.
Hamida Bano,(Arabic characters), the daughter of Malika Bano,
the sister of Mumtaz Mahal, was married to Khalil-
uUah Khan, who died in 1662 A. D.
Hamida Bano Begam, (Arabic characters), styled (after
her death) Mariam Makani, and commonly called Haji
Begam, was a great-granddaughter of Sheikh Ahmad
Jam. She was married in 1541 A. D., 948 A. H., to
the emperor Humayun, and became the mother of the
emperor Akbar. She is the founder of the Sarae called
Arab Sara, situated near the mausoleum of her husband
at old Dehli. She had gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca,
and on her return, brought with her 300 Arabs, for whom
she built this place in 1560 A. D., 968 A. H. She died
at Agrah on Monday, the 29th of August, 1603 A. D.,
17th Shahrewar, 1012 A. H., aged about 78 years, and
was buried in the mausoleum of Humayfin at Dehli.
Hamid-uddin Kazi, LS^^'i i^i'^h'^x^'^ ^'^^'i, of
Dehli, was the author of the " Sharah Hidaet-ul-Fikah,"
and several other works. He died in 1363 A. D., 764
A. H.
Hamid-uddin Mustoufi, Khwaja, j(Arabic characters) Vide Hamd-uUah Mustoufi.
Hamid-uddin Nagori, Kazi, lsj^^^ ini^^^ '^^^j^^, a native of Nagor who held the appointment of Kazf, and died on the 11th July, 1296 A. D., 11th Eamazan, 695 A. H., and is buried at Dehli close to the tomb of Khwaja Kutb-uddin Bakhtiar, commonly called Kutb Shah. He is the author of the book called " Tawala-ush-Shamus," containing religious contemplations and speculative opinions on the essence and nature of the divinity &c., &c. The year of his death is taken from an inscription over his tomb. Hamid-uddin Umar, Kazi, j*^ nH'^l flourished in the time of Sultan Sanjar, the Saljukf king
