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Muzaffar 200 Muzaffar of petty rulers of Fars or Persia. From tte period at ■which the fortunes of the family of Halakti began to decline, i. e., after the death of Sultan Abu Sa'id in 1335 A. D. till the conquest of Persia by Amir Taimur, the province of Fars was governed by a dynasty of petty rulers, who took the name of Muzaffar from their founder, Mubai-iz-uddin Muhammad whose title was Al-Muzaffar, or the Victorious, which title he received on his victory over Abu Ishak, the governor of Shiraz in 1353 A. D., 754 A. H. The capital of this family was Shiraz, which is said to have attained its great prosperity under their rule. Vide Muhammad Muzaffar. Muzaffar, ^^^} the poetical name of a person who flourished about the year 1690 A. D., 1102 A. H. The name of his Murshid or spiritual guide was Alf Amjad, in whose praise he has written some Ghazals. Muzaffar Husain Mirza, 'jj'^ iDi-^y^, was the son of Sultan Husain Mirza, ruler of Khurasan, after whose death in May 1506 A. D., Zil-hijja 911 A. H. he conjointly with his brother Badi-iizzaman Mirza, ascended the throne of Hirat ; but they did not enjoy it long, for Shahi Beg Khan, the Uzbak, defeated them in May 1507 A. D., Muharram 913 A. H. and took possession of the country. Muzaffar Husain Mirza, who had gone to Astarabad, died there the same year. Muzaffar Husain Mirza, t}^ J^"^, of the royal Safwi race of Persia, was the son of Sultan Husain Mirza, the son of Bahi-am Mirza, the sou of Shah Isma'il Safwi. He left his jagir of Kandahar, and proceeded to India; and on his arrival at the court of the emperor Akbar in August 1595 A. D. was appointed an amir of 6000. The Sarkar of Sambhal was assigned to him in jagir, and Kandahar (which was made over to the emperor,) to Shah Beg Kabuli. About the year 1609 A. D. Mii-za Khui-ram (afterwards Shah Jahan) was married to a daughter of Muzaffar Husain who received the title of Kandahari Begam. Muzaffar Husain Mirza, (Arabic characters), was the son of Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Gulrukh Begam. He was married to Khanam Sultan, the daughter of the emperor Akbar in 1593 A. J)., and was living in 1600 A. D. Muzaffar Jang, .j^^'*^ also called Muzaffar Husain Khan, Nawab of Farrukhabad, whose original name was Diler Himmat Khan. He succeeded his father Ahmad Khan Bangash in the month of November, 1771 A. D., Sha'ban, 1185 A. H., and received the above title from the emperor Shah 'Alam, who was then proceeding to Dehli from Allahabad. He ceded his territory to the English on receipt of a pension of 108,000 rupees on the 4th June, 1802 A. D. After his death, his grandson Tafazzul Husain Khan succeeded him. Muzaffar Jang, <^^^ J^'^i whose original name was Hidaet Muhfn-uddfn, was the favourite grandson of the celebrated Nizam ul-Mulk, the Siibadar of Haidarabad. He was the son of that nobleman's daughter, and on his death, he collected an army and gave out that his grandsu-e had in his will not only appointed him to inherit the greatest part of his treasures, but had likewise nominated him to succeed to the government of the southern provinces. Nasir Jang, his uncle, who had taken possession of his father's wealth, was enabled to keep his father's army in pay ; and this was so numerous, that the forces which Muzaffar Jang had collected were not sufficient to oppose him with any probability of success. Muzaffar Jang subsequently went to Arkat (Arcot) where he defeated and killed Anwar-uddin Khan, the nawab of that place, by the assistance of the French in a battle fought on the 23rd of July, 1749 A. D., and was acknowledged the lawful Siibadar of the Dakhin. Pie was, however, after some months obliged to surrender himself to Nasir Jang, who kept him in close confine- ment ; but after the murder of Nasir Jang in December, 1750 A. D., 17th Muharram, 1164 A. H., he was again raised to the masnad by the assistance ol the French. His reign was, however, of short duration, for he was not long after assassinated by the same persons who had raised him to power. His death took place on the 3rd of February, 1751 A. D., 17th Rabi' I, 1164 A. H.,-when Salabat Jang, the third son of the old Nizam, was placed on the masnad by the French. Muzaffar Kawami, Maulana, c5*L?-» ^h'^, vide Kawami. Muzaffar Khan, ITawab, ij^ y^ vl^, was the younger brother of Amir ul-Umra Khan Dauran Abdus Samad Khan, by whose interest he was appointed gover- nor of Ajmeir in the reign of Farrukh-siyar, and was ordered to march with a numerous army against the Marhatta chief Malhar Rao Holkar, who had invaded the territories of the Maharaja Jaising Sawai of Amber (now called Jaipur). Muzafi'ar Khan was slain along with his brother in the battle which took place between the em- peror Muhammad Shah and Nadu- Shah in the month of February, 1739 A. D., Zi-Ka'da, 1151 A. H. Muzaffar Khan, ^^M- j^"^, a nobleman who was appointed governor of Agrah by the emperor Jahangir in the year 1621 A. D., 1030 A. H. He built the mosque in the city of Agrah, called " Kalin or Kali Masjid," in the year 1631 A. D., 1041 A. H. which is still standing but in a ruinous state. Muzaffar Khan Tirbati, Ls^^y <J-^ y^'^s a nobleman who was appointed governor of Bengal by the emperor Akbar in 1579 A. D., 987 A. H. In his time Baba Khan Kakshal rebelled against the emperor, took Gaur, slew Muzaffar Khan at Tanda in April, 1580 A. D., Rabi' I, 988 A. H., and became independent for some time. Muzaffar, Maulana, y^ Ul/^^ a celebrated poet of Hirat in Khurasan, who lived in the time of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Kart, and Shah Shujaa' of Shiraz. Muzaffar Shah I, i^-^y^, whose original name was Muzaffar Khan, was the first king of Gujrat. He was born at Dehli on the 30th June, 1342 A. D., 25th Mu- harram, 743 A. H. His family had been elevated from menial stations in the household of the kings of Dehli. He was, however, appointed governor of Gujrat in 1391 A. D., 794 A. H. by Sultan Muhammad Tughlak II, king of Dehli, in the room of Farhat ul-Mulk who had rebelled against the king ; a battle took place in which the latter lost his life. In the year 1396 A. D., 799 A. H. Muzaffar Khan caused himself to be proclaimed king under the title of Muzaffar Shah, and directed coin to be struck in his name. He died after a reign of nearly 20 years, on the 27th July, 1411 A. D., 6th Rabi' II, 814 A. H., in the 71st year of his age, and was succeeded by his grandson Ahmad Shah the son of Tatar Khan. Sififfs of Gujrdt. 1. Muzaflfar Shah 1. 2. Ahmad Shah I, his grandson, the son of Tatar Khan. 3. Muhammad Shah, surnamed Karim, the merciful. 4. Kutb Shah. 5. Daud Shah, his uncle, deposed in favour of 6. Mahmud Shah I, surnamed Baikara, who made two expeditions to the Dakhin. 7. Muzaffar Shah II.