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Abdul 10 Abu 'Abdul Wahhab (Kazi), v'V' '^•^^ (^'*'^ lived in the time of the emperor 'Alamgir, and died on the 26th No- vember 1675 A. D., 18th Ramazan 1086 A. H. at Dihli. He is the author of a Dastiir-ul-'Amal, which he dedicated to that monarch. 'Abdul Wahhab (Mir),(Arabic characters), author of the " Tazkira-i-Be-nazi'r", which he wrote about the year 1758 A. D., 1172 A. H; 'Abdul- Wahhab, v'^Vl author of the Manakih-i Maulawf Eum, containing the memoirs of the celebrated Jalal-uddm Eumi. 'Abdul- Wahhab bin- Ahmad, '^♦='1 i^? v^'b-'l '^^"^ author of the Arabic work on theology, called " Anwar Ahmadiya," wiitten in 1548 A. D. 'Abdul- Wahhab, or Muhammad bin-'Abdul-"Wahhab, founder of the sect of the Wahliabis, was born at Huraimala in the province of Najd in Arabia about the year 1750 A. D. 'Abdul- Wahid, 0.=>-L>-'l author of the Sab'a Sanabil, essays on the duties of Instructor and Student, written in the year 1561 A. D., 969 A. H. 'Abdul- Wahid (Mir), (Arabic characters), a native of Bil- gram, in Audh, whose poetical name was Shahidi. He died in his native country on the 11th of December 1608 A. D., 3rd Ramazan 1017 A. H. His son's name was Mir 'Abdul- Jalfl, the father of Sayyid Uwais, whose son's name was Sayyid Barkat-uUah. 'Abdul- Wahid (Mir), (Arabic characters), of Bilgrdm. He wrote under two assumed names, viz. Wahid and Zauki, was an excellent poet in Persian and in Hindi, and is the author of a work in pirose and verse, called " Shakar- istan-i-Khayal," wherein he has mentioned the names of all kinds of sweetmeats. He was killed on the 13th October 1721 A. D., Friday, 2nd Muharram 1134 A. H., in an affray with the zam'mdars of Rahun in the Panjab, the settlement of which place was entrusted to his father Sayj'id Muhammad Ashraf. 'Abdul- Wahidi, a Turkish poet, author of a Diwan com- prising 30 Kasidas, 200 Ghazals, 29 Tarikhs, and 64 Ruba'is. 'Abdul-Wasi' of Hansi, C*»iyi 'H*, author of a Persian grammar, called after his name " Risala-i- ' Abdul-Wasi'." He flourished in the last century, and is also the author of a Hindustani Dictionary, entitled " Gharaib-ul-Lughat". For further notes vide Proceedings, Asiatic Society Bengal, for 1877, p. 121.] 'Abdul-Wasi' Jabali, (/^-^^ 2**Lj-'t a celebrated poet of Persia, who flourished about the year 1152 A. D., 647 A. H., in the time of Sultan Bahram Shah, son of Sultan Mas' lid, of Ghaznf, and Sultan Sanjar Saljuki, in whose piaise he wrote several beautiful panegyrics. He died in the year 1160 A. D., 555 A. H. ' Jabal' means a mountain, and as he was a native of Ghurjistan, a moun- tainous country, he chose "Jabali" for his poetical title ; vide Jabali. Vide Sprenger, Catalogue of Oudh MSS., p. 443.] Absngnefll, (a corruption of an Arabian name, spelt so in Lempriere's Biographical Dictionary), was an Arabian physician of the 12th century, and author of a book, the translation of which entitled ' De virtutibus medicinarum et ciborum', was printed at Venice in 1581, foUo. 'Abhai Singh, a^Xw A^l; , Raja of Jodhpur, who had acquired his power by the murder of his father Raja Ajit Singh Rathauri in the beginning of the reign of Muham- mad Shah, emperor of Dihli, about the year 1726 A. D., 1139 A. H. He served under the emperor, and having in a battle defeated Sarbaland Khan, the usurper of Gujrat, was appointed governor of that province in 1727 A. D., 1140 A. H. ; but his younger brother Bakht Singh succeeded his father to the R&j of Jodhpur. Abhai Singh was poisoned in 1752 A. D., and after his death his son Bijai Singh succeeded him. 'Abi Bakr, author of the " Jawahir-ul-Ganj," and of a another work on Sufism, called " Marsad-ul-'Ibad." 'Abi Bakr Muhammad, author of an Arabic work in prose entitled " Adab-ul-Kitab," written in 984 A. D., 374 A. H. 'Abid-Khan, ^yUi. i3.jb, a nobleman on whom Auiangzib conferred the Subadarship of Multan. Abjadi, the poetical name of Mir Muhammad Isma'il Khan, tutor of the Nawab 'Umdat-ul-Umara of the Kama- tik, who made him a present of 6,700 Rs. on the comple- tion of the history, called " Anwar-nama," a masnawi, or epic, containing an account of the exploits of Nawab Anwar Khan, the father of the patron of the author. It was completed in 1760 A. D. (1174 A. H.), and in 1774 the title of Malik-ush-shu'ara, or poet laureate, was con- ferred on the author. Vide Abdi. 'Abka Khan, (Arabic characters), vide Aba Kaan. Abu-'Abbas, the first khalifa of Baghdad, of the race of 'Abbas. Vide Abul-' Abbas. Abu-' Abdullah, <xiJl _jJ|- There are three Muhammadan saints of this name, whose lives are written by Abu-Ja'far. The first is surnamed Kuraishi, because he was of the family of the Kuraishites and a native of Mecca. The second bore the name of Iskandar, and the third that of Jauhari. Abu-'Abdullah Bukhari, vide Muhammad Isma'il Bu- khari. Abu-'Abdullah, aJUi o^x^ yU Muhammad Fazil, son of Sayyid Ahmad, the son of Sayyid Hasan of Agra, author of the poem called " Mukhbir-ul-Wasilin", written in praise of Muhammad and his descendants, with the dates of their respective deaths in verse. The title of the book is a chronogram for 1106 A. H., in which year it was completed, corresponding with 1650 A. D. He flourished in the time of 'Alamgir and died in the year 1694 A. D. He is also called Mazhar-ul-Hakk, which see. Abu-'Abdullah, wJJI/o^^jI aJJ) <i.A£ jjj, commonly called Ibn-Malik, author of the " Sharh Sahili Bukhari." He died at Damascus in 1273 A. D. (672 A. iS.) Abu-'Abdullah, <sJLI| ii,AC the surname of Shafi'i, which see. Abu-'Abdullah, Lf^V is/'^^ i^^ -^^^'^the son of Ahmad Ansari, an Andalusian author, who died A. D. 1272 (671 A". H.). Abu-'Abdullah, ^^.t.^ A-Ul Muhammad ul-Ha- midi, son of Abu-Nasr, author of the work called "Jam' baina-l-Sahihain" and the history of Andalusia, called " Tarikh Undulus". The former comprehends the collec- tions of al-Bukhar£ and Muslim, and has a great reputa- tion. He died in 1095 A. D. (488 A. H.). Abu-'Abdullah Maghribi, ij'y^ •^^'t, named Muhammad bin-Iama'£l, tutor of Ibrahim Khawas, Ibrahim