Nizam-ul-Mulk 212 Nur the state of things at court, sent in his< resignation, and marched off for the Dakhin, and though he continued to send honorary presents, on fixed occasions to the emperor, he thenceforth conducted himself, in other respects, as an independent prince, and governed the provinces of the Dakhin for 30 years with great ability and success. He was x^resent in the battle which took place between Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah, and is the progenitor of the present Nizams of Haidarabad. He died on the 22nd May, 1748 A. D., 4th Jumada II, 1161 A. H., thirty- seven days after the death of the emperor Muhammad Shah, aged 104 lunar years, and was buried at Burhanpiir near the tomb of Shah Burhan-uddin Gharib. He left behind him six sons, viz., Ghazi-uddm, Nasir Jang, Salabat Jang, Nizam 'Alf, Basalat Jang and Mughal 'Ah', and was succeeded in the government of the Dakhin, by the second, Mir Ahmad surnaraed Nasir Jang, who was present at Burhanpiir when his father died ; the eldest Ghazi'-uddin Khan then residing at Dehlf in the office of Amfr-ul-'Umra. Nasir Jang was assassinated in December, 1750 A. D., and Muzaffar Jang a grandson of Nizam-ul-Mulk was placed on the throne, and soon after assassinated in February, 1751 A. D. ; Salabat Jang, by the influence of the French, was then proclaimed and reigned until 1761 A. D., when he was imprisoned, and in 1763 A. D. put to death by his brother Nizam 'AH, who ascended the throne and reigned until the 6th August, 1803 A. D. when he died, and was succeeded by his eldest son Mirza Sikandar Jah. Sikandar Jah died on the 23rd May, 1829 A. D., and was succeeded by his son Mir Farkhunda 'All Khan the present Nizam (1858). Nizam-ul-Mulk appears to be the author of a Diwan which was found in the Library of Tipu Sultan called " Diwan 'Asaf Nizam-ul-Mulk." Nizam-ul-Mulk Bahri, l5>=- '-^^■^t the father of Ahmad Nizam Shah Bahri who was the first king of the Nizam Shahi dynasty. Nizam-ul-Mulk was origin- ally a Brahman of Bijanagar, but being taken prisoner in his infancy by the army of Sultan Ahmad Shah Bahmani, was made a Musalman, and was educated as one of the royal slaves. He finished his education under the same tutor with the king's eldest son Sultan Muhammad, and became eminently learned in Persian and Arabic litera- ture. On the accession of Sultan Muhammad II to the throne of the Dakhin in 1463 A. D., he was raised to the rank of a thousand and the charge of the royal falconry was entrusted to him, on which account he was called Bahri, i. e., a falconer. By degrees he rose to the highest honours and was appointed governor of Tilangana. On the death of Muhammad Shah in 1482 A. D., he by his will became first minister to his son Sultan Mahmud II, who added Bir and other districts to his jagi'r. This he committed to his son Malik Ahmad, who took up his residence at Khaibar and employed himself diligently in the affairs of his government, and after his father's death set up a separate dynasty in the Dakhin called Nizam Shahi, the capital of which was Ahmadnagar. Nizam-ul-Mulk who had the sole power of the administration in his hands, latterly paid little or no regard for the king's authority, was murdered by the orders of the Sultan about the year 1486 A. D., 891 A. H., or some time afterwards. Nizam-ul-Mulk Mahmud, '^■»^'° >J>Uf^^^ the son of Abf Sa'id Junaidi, a general and wazfr of 6hams-uddin Altamsh, king of Dehlf. He died in the reign of Sultana Kazia, on the mountains of Sirmor where he had taken refuge from his enemies about the year 1238 A. D. he met Sa'df and other distinguished men. Towards the end of his life he retired from the world and lived by agriculture. He died in 1320 A. D., 720 A. H., and left besides a Di'wan, two Masnawis. Nizari, Hakim, tj-'l^-v^ isj]y f*i^^, of Kohistan, a man of talents, but given to gaieties and pleasure, parti- cularly to wine. He travelled much, and in his travels the fourth Nuh I, Samani, Amir, king of the Samanian dynasty, succeeded his father Amir Nasr to the throne of Khurasan and. Bukhara in 942 A. D., 331 A. H, and died in 954 A. D., 343 A. H. His son 'AbdulmaHk succeeded him. Nuh II, S a m a n i, A m i r, (•ijo j^^j^^U ^ y ^^i, seventh king of the Samanian dynasty, surnamed 'Abu'l K^asim, succeeded his father Ami'r Mansur I in March, 976 A. D., Kajab, 365 A. H. His reign was marked by extraordinary vicissitudes of fortune. He was contem- porary with Subaktagfn, a chief of high reputation, who had established a principaKty at Ghaznf. He died in 997 A. D., Eajab, 387 A. H., and was succeeded by his son Mansur II. Nur 'Ali Shah, a leader of the Sdfi sect and disciple of Ma'sum 'Alf Shah, is supposed to have been poisoned, and died on the 3rd June, 1800 A D 10th Muharram, 1215 A. H. close to the grave of the Pf??o!*/°''^' ^^^"^ ^ ^^^8^'^ of Mousal, vide Mastim All bnah. Nuri, (sjy ^jt^.^t i^^t J y ^^li^ appellation of Kazi Niir-uddfn of Isfahan who 'died in 1592 A. D., 1000 A. H., and left a Diwan. Nuri, iSjy, a poet who is the author of the " Maulud Nuria," in verse, which he dedicated to Sultan 'Abu'l Muzafi'ar Ya'kiib Bahadur Khan, commonly called Ya'kab Beg. He died in the year 1482 A. D., 887 A. H. Nuri, <S)y, vide Nur-nddin Safaiduni. Nur Jahan Beg am, o't^^jy, the favourite Sultana of the emperor Jahangi'r, was the daughter of the wazfr Ya'tmad-uddaula whose tomb is at A "-rah She had attracted the notice of the prince Sultan Salfm (after- wards Jahangi'r) ; but was, at the suggestion of his father the emperor Akbar, in order to withdraw the lady from the ^attentions of the prince, married to Sher Afo'han Khan, a young Persian lately come into the service and
- ° Z^""^ Akbar gave a jagfr in Bengal. After the death
01 bis father, Jahaugfr appointed Kutb-uddfn Khan his foster-brother the son of Shaikh Sali'm Chishti as o'over- nor of Bengal with the intention that he might procure for him the object of his passion. Kutb-uddfn Khan on his arrival at Burdwan was slain by Sher Afghan Khan who was himself despatched by Kutb-uddfn's attendants' Nur Jahan was seized and sent as a prisoner to Dehlf and was at first placed by the emperor among the atten- dants of his mother, but he subsequently married her m the sixth year of his reign 1610 A. D., 1019 A H changed her name, which was Mehr-un-Nisa, into Niir Jahan (the light of the world), and raised her to honours such as had never before been enjoyed by the consort of any king m India. From this period her ascendancy knew no bounds; the emperor took no step without consulting her ; and on every affair in which she took an interest, her will was law. A circumstance so uncom- mon m an Asiatic government is thus recorded on the coins of that period. " By order of the emperor Jahangi'r, gold acquired a hundred times additional value by the name ^ of the empress Nur Jahan." Her father Mirza Ghayas or Ayas was made prime minister with the title of Ya'tmad-uddaula ; and her two brothers were raised to the first rank of 'Umra, by the titles of Ya'tkad Khan,
