Nasir-ddin 208 Nasr-uUah his nephew Sultan 'Alauddm M^sa'ud Shah in June, 1246 A. D. to the throne of Dehli. He reigned 20 years, was imprisoned, and died on the 18th February, 1266 A. D., when Ghayas-uddin Balban succeeded him. Nasir-uddin Mahmud, h*^- ly^'^lr'*^, sumamed Baghra Khan, governor of Bengal, was the son of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Balban, and the father of Moizz- uddin Kaikubad who was, dui-ing the absence of his father in Bengal, made king of Dehlf. When Sultan Ghayas-uddin Tughlak in 1324 A. D. marched in person towards Bengal, he was then living, and came from Lakhnauti to pay his respects bringing with him many valuable presents. He was confirmed in his government of Bengal, and permitted to assume the ensigns of royalty. He died in the time of Muhammad Tughlak Shah. Vide Baghra Khan. Nasir-uddin Muhtashim, t^H'^-'ir^'j, is the person in whose name Khwaja Nasir-uddfn Tusi wrote the work entitled " Akhlak Kasiri." Nasir-uddin Murtaza, i^^y (irJi^-V^^j author of several works, one of which is called " Eisala Misbah Um Nahv." He died in 1213 A. D., 610 A. H. Nasr, J^, commonly called Nasr Badakhshi, is the poe- tical name of Mirza 'Abu Nasr of Badakhshan who was an author, and died in 1668 A. D., 1078 A. H. Nasr Ahmad, •^^^l a grandson of Saman. He was appointed governor of Bukhara by the KhaUf Mo'tamid BiUah in 875 A. D., vide Isma'il Samanf, Nasrabadi, is-^^. j'^^, the full name of this author was Muhammad Tahir ; he was bom at Nasrabad (which is in the district of Isfahan) about the year 1616 A. D., 1025 A. H., and is the author of the biography called " Tazkira Nasrabadi," which he wrote in the year 1672 A. D., 1083 A. H., and added about nine biographies ten years after. Nasr 'Asim, ^'^^j^, was the first who introduced the diacritical marks in the Kuran by order of the Khalif 'TJsman. Nasrat, ^j^^, the poetical title of DUawar Khan who is the author of a Diwan. He died in 1726 A. D., 1139 A. H. Nasrati, Lsir'^t a celebrated poet of the Dakhin, who is the author of a heroic poem in Hindi and the Dakhini dialect, called " 'Alf-nama," which contains the conquests or wars of Sultan ' Ali ' Adil Shah of Bijapiir. This prince, to whom the work was dedicated, was assassinated in 1-580 A. D., 938 A. H. Nasrati is also the author of two other poems called " Gulshan Ishk," and " Guldastae 'Ishk," the former is the tale of Eaja Manohar and the princess C'hintawati, and the latter contains a variety of odes and amatory poems, also dedicated to his patron the Sultan, between the year 1560 and 1570 A. D. Nasrat Jang, iSjy^>, .vide Khan Douran Nasrat Jang. Nasrat Khan, tu'^ ^i^e Khan Douran Nasrat Jang. Nasrat Shah, ^j^, the son of Fatha Khan, the son of Firoz Shah Tughlak. The throne of Dehli which was vacaled by Sultan Mahmud Shah on the invasion of Amir Taimur in 1399 A. D., was taken possession of by Nasrat Shah on that conqueror's return to Persia. He reigned eleven months and was defeated in a battle by his cousin Ekbal Khan the son of Zafar Khan who succeeded him in 1400 A. D. The Subahs had rendered themselves independent in their own governments, during the misfortunes and confusions of the empire. Gujrat was seized upon by Khan 'Azim Zafar Khan ; Malwa by Dilawar Khan ; Kanauj, Audh, Kara and Jaunpur by Sultan-ush-Sharak Khwaja Jahan; Labor, Dibalpiir, and Multan by Khizir Khan ; Samana by Khalfl. Khan ; Bayana by Shams Khan ; Mahoba by Muhammad Khan bin-Malikzada Firoz, and so on. Nasrat Shah, Cly^, who is called by General Briggs, Nasib Shah, succeeded his father 'Alauddin in the government of Bengal in 1524 A. D., 930 A. H. When the emperor Babar slew Ibrahim the son of Sikandar Lodi, and ascended the throne of Dehli in 1526 A. D., 932 A. H., many of the adherents of the Lodi dynasty sought protection at the court of Bengal, and among others the prince Mahmud (brother to Ibrahim Lodi) also took refuge there, and his sister became the wife of the king. Nasrat Shah died in 1538 A. D., 945 A. H., and Mahmud who was then one of his ministers succeeded in usurping his throne. About this period Sher Khan, who afterwards ascended the throne of Dehli, attacked and defeated Mahmud in action, and eventually expelled him from Bengal, whence he fled to the court of Dehli, where representing his grievances, the emperor Humayiin marched with an army and took the kingdom of Bengal from Sher Khan whom he defeated in a general action. Sher Khan rallying his defeated troops in the year 1542 A. D., 949 A. H., succeeded in re-conquering Bengal. On his death, and after the accession of his son SaLim Shah to the throne of Dehli, the province of Bengal was made over to Muhammad Khan Afghan, one of the officers of his court, on whose death his son declared his independence, and proclaimed himself king under the title of Bahadur Shah. Nasr bin-Ahmad Samani, ^s^^ ^r^, vide Nasr Samani. Nasr Samani, Amir, tP^^t** j--^^ ^*t, the third Sultan or Amir of the race of Saman or Samanides, was eight years old when he succeeded his father Amir Ahmad on the throne of Bukhara and Khurasan 914 A. D., 301 A. H. He enjoyed a long and prosperous reign and died at Bukhara 943 A. D., Eajab, 331 A. H., leaving all his territories in peace. He was succeeded by his son Amir Nuh I. Eodaki the poet lived in his time. Nasr-uUah, t^^' t^' <^>..*^^i'^^ the son of 'Abdul Hamfd bin-Abi ul-Ma'aH, a poet who flourished in the reign of Bahram Shah of Ghazni, in whose name he wrote the book called " Kallela Damna." or Pilpay's Fables, which ho translated from the Arabic into Persian. Vide 'Abu'l Ma'ali the son of 'Abdul Majid. Nasr-Ullah, ^^^^ ^'^> king of Bukhara, who died in the year 1860 A. D. He was a great tjTant, a greater probably never ruled a people. When on his death- bed, and so weak as to be scarcely able to make himself understood, he directed one of his wives to be brought into his room. The poor lady's brother had recently been in rebellion, and the news of his defeat and capture reached the tj-rant when on his deathbed. Unable to glut his eyes with, the sight of their execu- tion, he wreaked his vengeance on his own wife, because she was sister to the rebel chief. She was beheaded before his ej-es now about to close in death. Laden with every crime that could burden the conscience of a re-
