'Y'a'jaz, (
language characters) the poetical name of Shaikh Muhammas
Said a native of Agrah and an excellent poet. He wda
living about the year 1691 A. D., 1102 A. H. in the
reign of the emperor 'Alamgfr, and was employed in the
service of Nawab Mukarram Khan, Nazim of Multan.
He was a contemporary of the poet Sarkhush, who has
mentioned him in his biography called " Kalmat-ush-
Shu'ara.
Ya'kub Beg or Sultan Ya'kub, (language characters) the son
of Uzzan Hasan, whom he succeeded in 1477 A. D., 882
A. H. and became the king of the Turkman tribes called
Akkoinlu or the White Sheep. After his death he was
succeeded by his son Alwand Beg who was defeated about
the year 1500 A. D., 996 A. H., by Shah Isma'il I, Safwi.
Ya'kub bin-Idris,(language characters) vide Kirmami.
Ya'kub bin-Lais Saffar, Amir, (language characters) He is also called Yakut and is the first
who rebelled against the Abbasides and is the founder
of the dynasty of the Safari or Safarides which signifies a
pewterer. He raised himself from a humble station of a
coppersmith, to the rank of a sovereign in Si'stan, and
having obtained the possession of Khurasan and Tabari-
stan in 874 A. D., 260 A. H. from Muhammad the son of
Tahir II whom he took prisoner, he was declared rebel
by the Khalif Mo'tamid, in consequence of which he
marched with a powerful army towards Baghdad in the
year 878 A. D., 265 A. H., but died on the road after a
reign of eleven years. He was succeeded by his brother
Amru bin- Lais. Vide Lais.
Ya'kub, Sultan, (language characters) vide Ya'kub Beg.
Yakut, (language characters), vide Ya'kub bin-Lais.
Ya'mali of Hirat, (language characters) a poet who is the
author of a Persian Diwan.
Yari, Maulana, (language characters), an author.
Yehia bin-'Abdur Rahman, (language characters),
author of the Arabic work on Theology called " Ayn-
Til-Ilm," the fountain of science, and one entitled "Afzal-
us-Salat, a collection of Traditions.
Yehia bin-'Abul Mansur, (language characters) one of
the greatest astronomers that lived in the time of the
Khalif Al-Mansur.
Yehia bin-Ahmad-al-Hilli or Hulli, (language characters), who was celebrated for his knowledge of tra-
ditions, is well known amongst the Imamia sect for his
works on jurisprudence, is the author of the " Jama-ush-
Sharaya" and the " Madkhal dar Usiil Fikh which are in
the greatest repute. He died 1280 A. D., 679 A. H.
Yehia bin-Aktam, (language characters), was Chief Justice
during the Kliilafat of Al-Mamun. He died in the reign
of the Khalif Al-Mutwakkil 856 A. D., 242 A. H.
Yehia bin-Khalid, (language characters) Grand wazir of Harun-
al-Rashid, whose son Jafar-al-Barmaki, was put to death
by order of that khalif 803 A. D., 187 A. H.
Yehia bin-Ma' az Razi,(language characters) a very
learned Muhammadan who died on the 9th August, 871
A. D., 18th Ramazan, 257 A. H,, and was bui-ied at Nai-
shiipur.
Yehia Eashi, Mir, (^(S" dr^^*, one of the celebra-
ted poets of the reign of the emperor Shahjahan. On
the completion of the palace and city of Sha'hjahanabad
m the year 1648 A. D., 1058 A. H., he wrote a chrono-
gram for which he was rewarded by that monarch with
6000 rupees. He died in the year 1654 A. D., 1064
A. H.
Yehia Maneiri, t^-^i-" a celebrated saint who is
buried at Maneir, vide Sharaf-uddin Ahmad Ahia
Manem.
Yehia, MuHa of Naishapur, tsJj^^ lis'^i^.
His poetical name is Fattahf. He is the author of a
Diwan and of the Persian work called " Shabistan Khayal "
'the Chamber of Imagination." He flourished in the
reign of Shahrukh Mirza, and died 1448 A. D., 852 A. H.
Yekin, iui^i, the poetical name of Inaam-ullah Khan, an
Urdu poet who has left in a Diwan or collection of Hindi'
poems, principally on love subjects. He was the son of
Azhar-uddi'n Khan Bahadur Mubarak Jang, a grandson
of the Mujaddid Alif Sani, or Eeformer of the second
thousandth year, and a pupil of Mirza Janjanan Mazhar,
who was so fond of him that he wrote most of his poetry
m his name ; he was killed at the age of 25 years in the
time of Ahmad Shah about the year 1750 A. D 1163
A. H. by his own father, because he brought disgrace on
his family. His Diwan is very celebrated.
Yelduz, jj'^k, vide Taj-uddin Elddz.
Yemin-uddin, Am r, ui^^ enmei Malik-
ul-Fuzla or prince of the learned, was the father of Amir
Mahmud commonly called ibn-Yemin, vide Amir Yemin-
uddin, also Tughrai.
Yemin-uddin, Amir, (language characters)
a poet who was a native of Nazlabad in the province of
Baihak m Persia. He was cotemporary with the poets
Katibi and 'AH Shahab. He is the author of several
Masnawis, viz., " Misbah-ul-Kulub containing Dialo-ues
between the Candle and the Moth ; " Mishkat-ul-Talibin"
dialogues between Wisdom and Love ; and the story of
" Fatha and Fathuh."
Yemin-uddin Tughrai of Mashhad, dr^*-!=' cH-^t
liT-i-^, vide Tughrai Mashhadi.
Yezdi, iS'^ji, author of a treatise conceming divine love,
called " Eisalat fi bayan Muhabbat."
Yezdijard I, -^J^yri, sumamed Al-'Athim or Al-'Asim,
the sinner (the Isdigertes of the Greeks) whom some
authors term the brother, and others the son of his pre-
decessor Bahram IV, whom he succeeded to the throne of
Persia 404 A. D. This monarch is represented by Persian
historians, to have been a cruel prince, and we are told
the nation rejoiced when he was killed by the kick of a
horse. He died after a reign of ^.6 years, and was suc-
ceeded by his son Bahram V.
Yezdijard II, ^Jr*, (the Isdigertes II of the Romans),
succeeded his father Bahram V to the throne of Persia
438 A. D. He was a wise and brave prince and reigned
18 years. °
Yezdijard III, ■i^e^^J^^, the son of Shahryar and grand-
son of Khusro Parwez, was raised to the throne of Persia
after the dethronement of the queen Arzami Dakht, 632
