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Taliir-al-Azaz 269 Taj-uddin Tahir-al-Azaz din Allah, cj^^ j^^JO^Lt, son of Hakim Abu Mansur, succeeded his father 1020 A. D. on the throne of Egypt. lie reigned 15 years, and left his crown to a son under seven years of age, named Al-Mustanasar BiUah. Tahir died in 1036 A. D., 427 A. H. Tahmasp I, Shah Safwi, (^^*-° jt-i, ^ng of Persia, was born on "Wednesday the 22nd of February, 1514 A, D., 26th Zilhijja. 919 A. H., and succeeded his father Shah Ismail I to the throne of Persia, on the 24th May, 1524 A. D., 19th Rajab, 930 A. H., when he was ten years of age. The reign of this prince owes much of its celebrity to the truly royal and hospital reception he gave to the emperor Humayun 1543 A. D., when that monarch was forced to fly from India, and to take shelter in his dominions. All the means of the kingdom were called forth to do honour to the royal guest : and they were as liberally furnished to replace him upon his throne. Shah Tahmasp died at the age of 64 after a reign of more than 53 lunar years, on Tuesday the loth of Jlay, 1576 A. D., 15th Safar, 984 A. H. His fourth son Ismail Mirza succeeded him. According to his own request he was buried at Mashhad. Tahmasp II, Shah, Safwi, i^y^-^ ^-^U^Js king of Persia was the son of Sultan Husain. He assumed the title of king of Persia after the confinement of his father by Mahmud the Afghan chief, and struggled a few years with his fate ; but a weak, effeminate, and debauched youth was unsuited for such times : and he only merits a place in history, as his name furnished a pretext for the celebrated Nadir Kuli Khan to lay the foundations of his great power. He was confined at Sabzwar in Khurasan, and put to death by Eaza Kuli Khan, the son of Nadir Shah who was then absent in his expedition to India in 1739 A. D., 1151 A. H. Tahmasp Kuli, Mirza, t*^ ^jy, a Turk, and an excellent poet, who flourished in the time of the emperor Shah Jahan, and wrote a beautiful chronogram consisting of nineteen verses in Persian on the marriage of the emperor's eldest son Dara, Shikoh, each hemistich of which gives the year 1633 A. D., of the Hijra, 1043 A. H. Tahmurs, '^J*^, commonly called Deoband or the Magician binder, a title which he derived from the success with which he warred against the enemies of his family. He succeeded his father Hoshang, and was the third king of Persia of the first or Pishdadian dynasty. He governed Persia 30 years, and was succeeded by his nephew, the famous Jamshed. Tahsin, lirt*"^ ? poetical name of Mir Muhammad 'Ata Husain Khan of Lakhnau who lived in the court of Nawab Mansur 'AH Khan, Safdar Jang, and had the title of Murassa Rakam. His father Mir Muhammad Bakir whose poetical name was Shank, was also a learned man and a poet. Tahsin is the author of the works called " Zawabit Angreizi" " Tawarikh Kasimi," " Inshae Tahsin," and of the "Nautarz Murrassa," an Urdu version of the Four Darweishes, which he wrote in the commence- ment of the reign of Nawab 'Asaf-uddaula about the year 1775 A. D. Vide Ata Husain Khan. Tahsin 'Ali Khan, (Arabic characters), an eunuch of Nawab 'Asaf-uddaula of Lakhnau. He died in the time of Nawab Saadat 'All Khan in August, 1813 A. D., Shaban, 1228 A. H. Taimur, ^y*'^'> Amir Taimtir. 68 Taimur Shah, Js'-^J^+i-', the eldest son of Ahmad Shah Abdalf, succeeded his father to the throne of Kabul and Kandahar in 1772 A. D., 1186 A. H., after murdering Shah Waif Khan his father's wazir, who intended to crown his son-in-law prince Sulaimdn a younger brother of Taimur. He reigned 20 years over Kabul, Kandahar and Khurasan and died 17th May, 1793 A. D., 7th Shaw- wal, 1207 A. H., aged 47 years. 'He left several sons, viz., Humaydn Shah, Zaman Shah, Mahmud Shah, Shah Shujaa, Ffroz Shah, Abbas and Ayyiib. On Taimiir's death, a powerful faction headed by his favourite wife, and supported by Painda Khan entitled Sarfaraz Khan, the head of the Barakzai family, placed Shah Zaman upon the throne, at Kabul ; Humayun the elder brother, proclaimed himself king of Kandahar, and Mahmud be- came the ruler of Hirat. Taimur Sultan, ^J-'^^ J^*~ the successor of Shaibani Khan the chief of the Uzbaks, after whose death in 1510 A. D., 916 A. H., he took possession of Samarkand, and Jani Beg Khan and 'Abdullah Khan divided Bukhara between themselves. Taj alii, ls^^'^, poetical title of 'AH Raza, an encomiast of 'Aka Husain Khwansarf. He is the author of a poem called " Marai-ul-Khayal. He died in 1677 A. D., 1088 A. H. Tajara Begam, f*^^ b^^, the mother of Wajid 'AH the ex-king of Lakhnau, who proceeded to England after the annexation of Audh to the British possessions and died in France in 1857 A. D. Vide Jawad 'AH. Taji, (j'^^ poetical appellation of Mir Muhammad Husain, the native country of whose forefathers was Andjan in Persia. He fiourished in the time of 'Alamgir, and is the author of a Diwan. Tajrid, "^^^^ a poet TV-ho is the author of a Diwan. Taj-uddin 'Abdul Wahhab bin-as-Sabki, l5H*' U'. v^V'^* Z^, author of the " Tabakat-ash- Shafi'at." There are numerous biographical collections treating of the Uves of the principal followers of Shafai besides the one just mentioned which have similar titles, but the most noted is by Taj-uddin. He died in 1369 A. D., 771 A. H. Taj-uddin Abu Ja'far bin-Sukman, (ii'*^ y'^'^ji^ t^i"^^ an author who died 1118 A. D., 512 A. H. Taj-uddin Abu'l Pazl, isri J^l^l ^j<jJ| ^tj^ son of Tahir, ruler of Sistan also caUed Nimroz which country he received from Sultan Sanjar Saljiiki sometime about the year 1150 A. D., 545 A. H. The following is a Hst of his descendants who reigned in Sistan till the invasion of Changeiz Khan. 1. Taj-uddin 'Abii Jafar. 2. Shams-uddin Muhammad son of Taj-uddin, who along with his sister was slain by his own subjects. 3. Taj-uddin Harb son of 'Izzul Mulk who is said to have reigned 60 years. 4. Bahram Shah son of Taj-uddin in whose time lived Abu Nasr Farahi the author of the " Nisab-us- Subian." 5. Nasrat-uddin son of Bahram, who was killed in battle against his brother Rukn-uddin. 6. Eukn-uddin son of Bahrain, who was slain at the timo of the invasion of Changeiz Khan.