Khayal 150 Khuda to whom he dedicated the above work. He died at Balkh after a lingering illness on the 23rd of June, 1498 A. D., 2nd Zi-Ka'da, 903 A. H., aged 66 years. There is no other Oriental work (says Sir H. M. Elliot) that stands higher in public estimation than the Eauzat-us-Safa. This work is written in seven hooks, the author had just completed the 6th hook when he died, and his son Khon- da Mir wrote the 7th book, and finished it in 1523 A. D., 929 A. H. Khayal, 0^^} the poetical title of Mir Muhammad Taki, author of a work called " Bostan Khayal," the Garden of Imagination. He flourished about the year 1756 A. D., 1170 A. H. Khayali, (/^^^^ cs^'-'^j of Bukhara, a pupil of Khwaja 'Ismat-ullah, and though he spent the greater part of Ms life in his native country, he was two years at Hirat in the service of Mirza Ulugh Beg, during whose reign he died and left a Diwan. Khazini, l5^3^> an astronomer whose proper name is 'Abdul Eahman. Khink Sawar, jL?*" <-^^, vide Sayyad Husain Khink Sawar. Khirad, ■^^'^5 the poetical name of Bakir Kashl, which see. KMtabi, l5^'-'*'^> the poetical title of Shah Isma'il Safawi I. Khizir Khan, lU^^ ^'^^^j king of Dehli. Firishta says that both the authors of the " Tabkat Mahmud Shahf," and of the " Tawarfkh Mubarik," style him a Say- yad or a descendant of the prophet. His father Malik Sulaiman was governor of Multan, and he succeeded him in that office. He defeated Daulat Khan Lodi in a battle, and having taken him prisoner, ascended the throne of Dehli on the 4th of June, 1414 A. D., 15th Eabi' I, 817 A. H. He died after a reign of seven lunar years two months and two days on the 4th June, 1421 A. D., 17th Jumada I, 824 A. H., and was succeeded by his son Mubarik Shah. Khizir Khan did not assume the title of emperor, but pretended to hold the empire for Shahrukh Mirza, the son of Amir Taimiir, in whose name he struck coins. The folloioing is a list of the Jdngs of the Wi or Sadat Dynasty of Dehli. A. D. A. H. Khizir Khan, a Sayyad, began 1414 817 Mubarik Shah, son of Khizir Khan, . . „ 1421 824 Muhammad Shah, the son of Farid, the son of Khizir, „ 1434 837 'Ala-uddin, son of Muhammad Shah, the last of the Sayyads who abdica- ted in favour of Bahlol Lodi, „ 1446 849 Khizir Khan, {^^j^^, the son of Sultan 'Ala-uddin Kliilji. This prince fell in love with Dewal Devi, the daughter of Eae Karan, raja of Gujrat, and married her. The history of their loves is written in a poem, entitled, " Ishkia," by Amir Khusro. Vide Kaula l)evi. Khizir Khan, Khwaja, ij-=^j^=^ a descen- dant of the kings of Kashghar. He served under the emperor Humayiin who gave him his sister, named Gul- badan, in marriage, and appointed him governor of Labor and afterwards of Behar, where he died about the year 1559 A. D., 966 A. H. Khizir, Khwaja, name of a prophet who, the Orientals say, is still living, and sometimes appears to travellers who have lost their way. He is said to have accompanied Alexander the Great to the dark regions of Zulmat, where he was told he would find the Water of Life. Khojam, (^^^, the poetical name of Khwaja Sultan, the author of a poem in Urdu containing the story of Sham- shad Shah, dedicated to Sa'adat 'Ali ELhan, the Nawab of Lakhnau. Khondamir, ^■J:*I'Hj^, the son of the celebrated Amir Khawand Shah (Mirkhond). His full name is Ghayas- uddin MTihammad bin-Hamid-uddin Khond Amfi-. He is the author of the history called " Khulasat-ul- Akhbar," which is considered to be an abridgment of the " Eauzat- us-Safa ;" this book he wrote in 1498 A. D., 904 A. H., and dedicated it to Amir 'Alfsher his patron. He was born, says Sir H. M. Elliot, at Hirat about the year 1476 A. D., 880 A. H., for he states in the preface to the " Habib-us-Siar," that when he commenced it in the year 1521 A. D., 927 A. H., he had advanced through seven or eight stages beyond the fortieth year of his life. It was after the name of his patron Karim-uddin Habib- ullah, a native of Ardibel, that he entitled his work " Habib-us-Siar." Besides the abovementioned works, he composed the " Masir-ul-Maluk," the " Akhbar-ul- Akhiar," the " Dastiir-ul-Wazra," the " Mukarim-ul-Akh- lak," and the " Muntakhib Tarikh Wassaf." There are two other works ascribed to him, called " Gharaeb-ul- Asrar," and " Jawahir-ul-Akhbar". He was compelled to leave Hii-at on account of the disturbed state of the coun- try in 1527 A. D., 933 A. H., and afterwards too];: a journey to Hindustan in company with Maulana Shahab- uddin the punster, and Mirza Ibrahim Kanuni, esteemed the most literary men of the age. On Saturday the 19th of September, 1528 A. D., 4th Muharram, 935 A. H., they reached the metropolis of Agrah, and were intro- duced to the emperor Babar Shah. They were loaded with presents and directed to remain in future about his person. Khondamir accompanied the emperor on his expedition to Bengal, and upon his death attached him- self to his son Humayun, in whose name he wrote the " Kaniin Humayuni," which is quoted by Abii'l Fazl in the Akbar-nama. He afterwards accompanied that mon- arch to Gujrat, and died in camp during the emperor's march from Khandesh to Mandu in pursuit of Bahadur Shah Gujrati. This event took place in 1535 A. D., 942 A. H., some time after the death of his friend Maiilana Shahab-uddin, who died the same year. At his own re- quest his body was conveyed to Dehli, and was buried by the side of iSTizam-uddin Aulia and Amir Khusro. The last and 7th book of the " Eauzat-us-Safa" was written by him. Khub, the poetical appellation of Kamal-uddin Shi- stani, the author of a mystical masnawi in the Gujrati dialect, composed in 1578 A. D., 986 A. H. He also wrote a Persian translation and commentary on it in 1582 A. D., 990 A. H. Khub-uUah, Shaikh, VJ-^' ^i^, of AUahabdd, sur- named Shaikh Muhammad Yahia, was the nephew and son-in-law of Shaikh Afzal of that place, whom he suc- ceeded on the masnad of Irshad, that is to say, as a spiri- tual guide. He died at Allahabad on Monday the 1st of November, 1731 A. D., 1144 A. H., and his son Shaikh Muhammad Nasir, whose poetical name was Fazli, suc- ceeded him. Khub-uUah is the author of several works. Khuda Banda, 2^^ 1"^^, vide Muhammad Khuda Banda. Khuda Banda Khan, vy'^ f*^ 1'*=^:, son of Amfr-ul-
