Hayati 107 Hindu Hayati MuUa, i^h'^^'^, of Gilan, a poet. Hazin, c;ir^ C5"^^ ^^j-'o, the poetical name of Moulana Shaikh Muhammad 'All, a Persian of dis- tinction, eminently learned, and accomplished. He fled into Hindustan from his native country to avoid the per- secution of Nadir Shah in 1733 A. D., 1146 A. H. He was a voluminous author both in prose and verse. He wrote his Memoirs in 1741, eight years after his settle- ment for life in India, and it contains a variety of personal and historical anecdotes, excellent observations on men and manners, besides an interesting account of his travels, and remarks on many modern literary productions. A translation of this work, entitled, "The Life of Shaikh Muhammad AH Hazin," was made by T. C. Balfour, Esquire, and published in 1830. His father's name was Shaikh Abu Talib of G-flan, a descendant of Shaikh Taj- uddfn Ibrahim, commonly called Shaikh Zahid Gilani, who was the spiritual guide of Shaikh Saff-uddin Ardibelf. He was born at Isfahan on the 7th January, 1692 O. S., 27th Kabi' II, 1103 A. H., was in Dehli at the time of Nadir Shah's invasion, and died in 1766 A. D., 1180 A. H., aged 77 lunar years, at Benaras (where he had built his own tomb some time before his death) equally admired and esteemed by the Musalman, Hindu and English inhabitants of that place. He is the author of several works in Persian and Arabic, Hazik, Hakim, tJi'^^'^ ^^-3 son of Hakim Humam, the brother of Abu'l Eatha Gilani. He was a noble of the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan, a physician and a poet, and is the author of a Dfwan in Persian, He died 1658 A. D., 1068 A. H. Hessing, Colonel Jolin William, of Holland. He came to India and was at first employed by the Nawab Nizam AH Khan of the Dakhan in the year 1763 A. D., 1177 A. H., and afterwards by Madho Eao Scindhia in 1784, after whose death in 1794, he continued in the service ot his nephew Daulat Eao Scindhia, by whom he was appointed a Colonel in 1795, with the com- mand of the fortress and city of Agrah. He died on the 21st of July 1803, and was buried in the Eoman Catholic Burial-groimd at Agrah, where a splendid mausoleum of red stone was built by his children, with an English in- scription on his tomb which is of white marble. Hidaet, poetical name of Hidaet Khan, the uncle of Nisar-uUah Khan Eirak. He died in the year 1215 A. H., and left a Diwan. Hidaet-ullah, *^t '^ill'^i*, author of a work on arts and sciences called " Hidaet-ul-Eamal," written in 1601 A. D. Hidaet-ullah Khan, O^^^ '^Jt^i*, great-grandson of Khan 'Azim Mirza Koka. He is the author of a His- tory called "Tarikh Hidaet-ullah Khan" written in the year 1659 A. H. Himu, J*-^t a banian or Indian shopkeeper of the caste of Dhusar, whom SaH'm Shah, king of Dehli, had made su- perintendent of the markets. In the reign of Muham- mad Shah 'Adil, he was appointed his wazii-, and iatrusted with the whole administration of affairs. This person in the beginning of the reign of the emperor Akbar laid siege to Agrah, and having reduced it proceeded to Dehli which also surrendered, and Tardi Beg, governor of that place, who fled to Sarhind, was seized by Bairam Khan, the minister of Akbar, and beheaded for abandoning Dehli, where he might have defended himself. Hi'mii was afterwards defeated and made prisoner in a battle fought at Panipat on Thursday the oth of November, 1556 A. D., 2nd Muharram, 964 A. H., and brought into the presence of the king by Bairam Khan, who begged him to kill the infidel with his own hand. Akbar (who was theu in_ his fifteenth year) in order to fulfil the wish of his minister, drew his sword and touched the head of the cap- tive, while Bairam Khan, drawing his own sabre, at a single blow severed the head of Himu from his body. Hijri, (Sj?-^, the poetical title of a poet who was a native of Konban but Hved in Bengal. He is the author of a Diwan in which there is a Kasida of a most wonderful composition. If you read the first letter of every Misra', you have a Kita' in praise of Nawab Sayyad Muhammad Eiza Khan Muzaflar Jang. Some letters in the Kasida are written in red, if you read them by themselves, you have a Ghazal, and certain letters in the Ghazal form a Euba'i, and certain letters in the Euba'i form a lilisra'. He was living in 1766 A. D., 1180 A. H. Hilal Kazwini, i^V^y J^*, an author who died in 1527 A. D., 934 A. II. " Hilali, t^o tjb^ tr'^*^ of Astarabad, was a Tartar of the tribe of Jughtai or Chughtai, and author of a Diwan con- sisting of amorous odes. In his youth he travelled to Khurasan, and resided in Hirat, where the illustrious Amir 'Alisheir conferred on him many favours. He was a Sunni by reHgion, and was, by the contrivance of his enemies, who were Shias, put to death by order of one of the Uzbak chiefs in the year 1530 A. D., 936 A. H., but according to a book called Tuhfa Shahi, in 1533 A. D., 939 A. H. He is the author of the following works, viz. " Shah-wa-Darwesh," " Laili-wa-Majnun," " Sifat-ul- 'Ashikim," and a Diwan. Hilm, (♦■'■^, poetical name of Prince Mirza Said-uddin, com- monly caUed Mirza Faiyaz-uddin, son of Mii-za Eayaz- uddin alias Mii'za Muhammad Jan, sou of Mirza Khurram Bakht, son of Mirza Jahandar Shah, son of Shah Alam, king of Dehli. He is the author of a Diwan. Himmat Bahadur Gushain, ii>i^*^{)^'tJ cu**^ Dfwan of Ghani Bahadur, Nawab of Banda, and one of the Pesh- wa's (Biiji Eao II) principal officers in Bundelkhand. He joined the British troops under the command of Lieut.- Col. Powell in September, 1803, and gave battle to Sham- sher Bahadur, Nawiib of Banda, who was defeated and compelled to retreat with loss. Himmat Bahadur was a powerful commander of a large body of horse, and of a numerous party of Gushains or Nagas, a peculiar class of armed beggars and rehgious devotees of whom he was not only the military leader, but also the spiritual guide. He died in 1814 and his family is provided for by the Bri- tish Government. Himmat Zhan, was the son of Khan Jahan Shaesta Khan, the son of the wazir Asaf Khan. He built his house on the banks of the river Jamna in a year with many other buildings such as gardens, reservoirs, baths, kc, &c., of which nothing remaia now. But a bath, a reservoir, a BaoH, &c.&c.,are stUl to be seen. His proper name was Sayyad MuzafFar. Shah Jahan con- ferred on him the name of Himmat Khan, In the 1 Oth year of Alamgir he was appointed governor of Allahabad. In the 24th year of Alamgii-, the appointment of Bakhi- gani was conferred on him ; and in the 30th year of Alamgir, he was again appointed governor of Allahabad. Hinda, the daughter of Utba and wife of Abu Sufian. Vide Hamza (Amir). Hindal Mirza, ILr* J'*^^*, vide Handal Mirza. Hindu Rao, j'j J*^*, the brother of Bija Baf, the wife of IMaharaja Daulat Eao Sindhia. His Kothf or Eekka House on a hillock is well-kno^vn at DehH. He died in 1855 A. D.
