Hasan 105 Hasan large presents. After this Hasan and his hrother Husain retired and lived privately at Madina, where after a few years he died of poison, administered to him by one of his wives, whom Yazld, the son of Mu'awia suborned to commit that wickedness, on the promise of marrying- her afterwards. But instead of a new husband, she was forced to be contented with a good sum of money which Mu'awia gave her for her pains ; for Yazid was not so mad as to trust himself to her embraces. This mournful event took place on the night of the 17th March, 669 or 670 A. D., 7th Safar, 49 A. H. He was buried in Madfna at a place called Bakfa. Hasan is said to have been in person very Uke his grandfather Muhammad, who, when he was born, spit in his mouth and named him Hasan. He had twenty children, fifteen sons and five daughters. Though his wives were remarkably fond of him, yet he was apt very frequently to divorce them and marry new ones. Hasan Kaslii, Moulana, t^-^^ ur-=^ ^h'°, a poet who was a native of Kashan. He is the author of many Ka- sidas and Ghazals. The year of his death is not known, but he appears to have flourished about the 8th century of the Hijri era. Hasan Khwaja, e^'"'=^ vide Hasan Sanjari. Hasan Khwaja, a>~-=^ *^L?=^j a darwesh, the son of Khwaja Ibrahim. He is the author of a Diwan of Gha- zals, in the last verses of each he has mentioned the name of his beloved. Hasan Koehak, Sheikh, '•^j^ ^-""^ a grand- son of Amir Chouban or Jovian. He was one of the chiefs, who, during the period of trouble and confusion which took place after the death of Sultan Abu Sa'id, king of Persia, in 1335 A. D., rose to eminence. He fought several battles with Amir Hasan Buzurg, and met his death accidentally by the hands of his quarrelsome wife, in December 1343 A. D., Eajab, 744 A. H. Hasan Maimandi, CS*^^^'* It is recorded by some that he was one of the ministers of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. This statement is altogether incorrect and unfounded, says Mr. Elliot, as it is not mentioned by any great historian. But his son who is commonly called Ahmad-bin-Hasan Maimandi was a minister of that mon- arch. Hasan Maimandi was, during the lifetime of Sul. tan Nasir-uddin Subaktagin, employed as Diwan or Col- lector of Eevenues at Kasba Bust ; but Nasir-uddin was led by the secret machinations of his enemies to entertain an unfavourable opinion of him, till he was at last, in consequence of his having been convicted of extortion and fraud to a large amount, hanged by order of that Sultan ; so that the general notion which prevails that he was the wazir of Saltan Mahmud, is erroneous. Hasan, Mir, C:^*^^'*'^ a Hindustani poet of Lakhnau, and author of the novel called "Masnawf Mir Hasan," containing the loves of Badr-i-Muni'r and Benazir in Urdil verse, which he completed and dedicated to Nawab 'Asaf-uddaula in the year 1785 A. D., 1199 A. H. It is also called " Sahr-ul-Bayan." His ancestors were of Hirat, but he was born at Dehlf and went early in life to Lakhnau, where he was supported by Nawab Safdar Jang and his son Mirza Nawazish AH Khan. He is also the author of a Diwan of about 8000 verses, and of a Tazkira of Urdu poets. He died in 1790 A. D., 1204. A. H. His father's name was Mir Ghulam Husain Zahik. Hasan Mirza, ^jj^j son of Mulla Abdur Eazzak of Lahijan. He has left some noble compositions, such as, " The True Light on the articles of Faith." " The Beauty of good Men in their Works." A pious treatise, and some others. He died in the beginning of the 18th century. Hasan, Moulana, cr*"^ ^^y^, a learned Musalman who lived in the time of the emperor Jahangir and wrote a chronogram on the sudden death of Sheikh 'All Ahmad, son of Sheikh Husain Nakshi, in the year 1609 A. D., 1018 A. H. Hasan Mntkallim, Moulana, (*^^ ^'h^, a poet and pupil of Moulana Muzatfar of Hirat. He flourished in the reign of Malik Ghayas-uddin Kart II, in whose name he composed a book on the art of poetry. Hasan Bafi, 1^*=^^ a Persian poet. Hasan Sabba (ir*'*"^ the founder of the djmasty of the Isma'ilfs in Persia. He was styled Sheikh-ul-Jabal, an Arabic title, which signifies " the chief of the moun- tains." The name by which this ruler and his descen- dants are indiscriminately known in European history, is, " The Old Man of the Mountain." His followers or descendants were also called Hasani, and the English word " assassin," is supposed to have been formed from a cor- ruption of this term. Hasan Sabbah was at first a mace- bearer to Sultan Alp Arsalan ; but in consequence of a quarrel with Nizam- ul-Mulk, the minister of that prince, he retired to Eai, his native country : and from thence, to Syria, where ho entered into the service of a chief of the family of Isma'fl the son of Ja'far Sadik, and adopted the tenets of that sect. The first object of Hasan was to possess himself of a stronghold ; and he succeeded in gaining by stratagem the mountain fort of Alahmiit, situated between Kazwin and Gilan. The fort was built by Hasan-bin-Zaid in the year 860 A. D., 246 A. H., and Hasan Sabbah took it in 1089 A. D., 482 A. H. From this fortress he commenced depredations on the surrounding country, and added several other hill forts to the one he had already seized. That of Eodbar, which is also near Kazwi'n, was next to Alahmiit in consequence. Malik Shah Saljuki, the reigning Sultan, had sent a force to reduce him, but without any success. In the month of October, 1092 A. D., Eamazan, 485 A. H., Nizam-ul- Mulk, who was then following the royal camp from Is- fahan to Baghdad, was stabbed by one of the followers of Hasan Sabbah who was his personal enemy. Hasan Sabbah died in 1124, A. D., 26th Eabf II, 518 A. H. Eukn-uddin, who was the last of this family, and who is better known under the name of Kahir Shah or Khur Shah, after a weak and ineffectual struggle fell before Halakii. That conqueror not only made him prisoner, but took and dismantled all his strongholds. This event took place in the month of November, 1256 A. D., Zi- Kada' 654 A. H. It was his father Ala-uddin Muhammad who forced Nasir-uddin Tusi to remain with him for some years, till he was released by Halaku Khan. Vide Ismail and Ismafli's. The successor of Hasan was Buzurg Umed. Hasan Salimi, ^j*^ vide Salimf. Hasan Sanjari, Khwaja, cfrF^ e>**=^ ^^^J=^, also called Khwaja Hasan Dehlawf, a celebrated Persian poet of Dehli, who was a contemporary of the famous Amir Khusro, and had become at the age of 50 years a disciple of Sheikh Nizam-uddin Aulia. He died, according to the author of the " Mirat-ul-Khayal," in the Dakhan in the year 1307 A. D., 707 A. H., and is buried at Daulatabad. He is the author of several works, amongst which is a Diwan, and one called " Pawaod-ul-Fawad," a collection of letters wiltton by Nizam-uddin Aulia to his disciples. Talib says he died in 1337 A. D., 738 A. H. His father's name was Alai Sanjari. 27
