Nasir 207 Nasir-uddin in Bengal by H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A., Professor, Calcutta Madrasa. Nasir, Shaikh, iS'^^-l;^^^ ^i*> of Akbarabad, a Musalman saint who is said to have performed a number of miracles, and was highly respected by the emperor Shah Jahan. He died on the 7th June, 1647 A. D., 13th Jumada I, 1057 A. H., and was buried at Agrah. Wasir-uddin Kabbacha or Fattah, u;:!'^' k, ruler of Sindh. It is related in several Histories such as the "Khulasat ul-Hikaet," the " Haj-nama," and the History of Haji Muhammad Kandaharf, that the first establishment of the Muhammadan faith in the country of Sindh took place in the time of Hajjaj bin-Yiisaf, gover- nor of Basra, at the time when Wah'd the son of the Khalif 'Abdulmalik was ruler of the provinces of both 'Iraks. Hajjaj deputed Mahmud Husain in the year 706 A. D., 87 A. H. with a select army into Mikrau, and he subdued that country ; and made converts of many of the inhabitants called Ballochis. He afterwards deputed Budmin to conquer Dibal (modern Thatta on the Indus). Budmin failed in his expedition, and lost his life in the first action. Hajjaj, not deterred by this defeat, resolved to follow up the enterprise by another. In consequence, in the year 712 A. D., 93 A. H., he deputed his cousin Imad-uddfn Muhammad bin-Kasim the son of Akil or Ukail Thakafi or Sakafi with six thousand soldiers to attack Dibal, and he in a short time conquered the place, and Raja Dahir, the ruler of Dibal was slain in battle. After the death of Muhammad bin- Kasim, a tribe who trace their origin from the Ansaris, established a government in Sindh ; after which the zamindars, of the tribe of Sumara, usurped the power, and held independent rule over the kingdom of Sindh for the space of 600 years. In the course of years, the dynasty of Sumara was subverted, and the country subdued by another dynasty called Sumana, whose chief assumed the title of Jam. During the reigns of these dynasties in Sindh, the Muhammadan kings of India Proper, such as those of Ghazni, Ghor and Dehli, invaded Sindh, and seizing many towns, appointed Muhammadan governors over them. Among these rulers, Nasir-uddfn Kabbacha asserted his independence, and caused the public prayers to be read in his name as king of Sindh. Nasir- uddfn was one of the Turkish slaves of Shahab-uddfn Muhammad Ghori, who made him governor of TJchcha in Multan about the year 1203 A. D., 600 A. H. He espoused the daughter of Sultan Kutb-uddfn Eaibak vice- roy, and afterwards king of Dehli, after whose death in 1210 A. D., 607 A. H., having seized many of the towns subjected to the Sindh government, he reduced the territory of the Sumanas to the small tract of country around Thatta, and relinquishiag the allegiance to the throne of Dehli, became independent. Besides Sindh, his kingdom embraced the provinces of Multan, Kohram and Sursati. He was twice attacked by Taj-uddfn Elduz of Ghazni, but he successfully repelled both these inva- sions. In 1225 A. D. Shams-uddin Altimsh, king of Dehli, made several attempts to remove him from his government, and even marched for that purpose as far as TJchcha, when Nasir-uddin having no hopes of even- tually repelling the arms of the Dehli monarch, placed his family and personal attendants with his treasure, in boats, and endeavoured to occupy a contiguous island ; when a storm coming on, the boat foundered, and every one perished. This monarch reigned in Sindh and Multan for a period of 22 years. In the latter end of the reign of Muhammad Tughlak of Dehli, Sindh owned allegiance to that monarch ; nevertheless, occasionally taking advantage of local circumstances, the Sindhfs contrived, for a considerable period, to shake off their allegiance. The first of the family of which we have any account was Jam Afra. 737 to 740 A. H. 1. 1353 1367 1380 1391 1393 1409 1423 The following is. a list of the Jam dynasty of Sumana, originally Rdjpiits. A. D. Jam Afra, reigned 3 years and 6 months from 1336 A. D., and died 1339 ,, Choban, his brother, reigned 14 years and . . „ Bani, son of Jam Afra, reigned 15 years and . . „ Timmaji, son of Jam Afra, reigned 13 years, „ Salah-uddin, converted to Muhammadanisn, . . „ Nizam-uddin, his son, . . „ ' Ah'sher, his son, „ Giran, son of Timmajf, died on the 2nd day after his accession. ,, Fatha Khan, son of Is- kandar Khah, „ Tughlak, his brother in- vaded Gujrat, reigned 27 years, and was suc- ceeded by his kinsman Jam MulDarak, who was deposed after a reign of 3 days, „ Sikandar, son of Fatha Khan, reigned 1 8 months and „ Sanjar, a descendant of the former kings of Sindh was elected in 1452, reigned 8 years and 13. „ Nizam-uddin, common- ly called J&m Nanda, was contemporary with Hasan Langa, king of Multan, reigned 30 years, and died 1489 „ Firoz his son, reigned about 33 years, when Shah Beg Arghiin, governor of Kandahar in 1520 A. D. marched to conquer Sindh, and occupied the whole country, even to the possession of Thatta, . . Shah Bog Arghiin, reigned 3 years, Shah Husain Arghun, . . Mahmud of Bakkar, reigned till 1572 A. D, when the emperor Akbar annexed Sindh to the empire. Nasir-uddin Kazi Baizawi, iSJ^^. ls'^^ i:rt'^t^l^, the son of Imam Badr-uddin Umar bin-Fakhr-uddin 'All Baizawf. Vide Baizawi. 754 » 2. 769 3. 782 )) 4. 793 )) 5. 796 J) 6. 812 7. ?J >; 8. 827 9. 854 » 10. 856 11. » 12. 1450 1452 1460 894 927 14. 930 966 982 1520 1523 1554 Nasir-uddin Khilji, Sultan, tr;i'^lr'*^ lyllai- , was the son of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Khilji, king of Malwa. He ascended the throne of that kingdom a few days before the death of his father which happened on the 25th October, 1500 A. D., 27th Eabf II, 906 A. H. He reigned eleven years and four months ; and having previously declared his third son Mahmud, his successor, died about the year loll A. D., 917 A. H. Nasir-uddin Mahmud, Sultan, urt"^!^ u;^**) son of Sultan Shams-uddin Altimsh, succeeded
