Chosroes 78 Dara Chosroes I, of Persia, Is anshirwan the Just. CllOSroes II, vide Khusro Parviz. Dabir-ud-daula Amin-xil-Mulk (Wawab), ,JdJt ^^J;xl| ^i^^ title of Khwaja Farid-uddm Ahmad Khan B.'ihadur Muslah Jang, the maternal grand- father of Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Munsif of Dehli'. Whilst the British were in Bengal, and the AVaki'l of the king of Persia was killed in Bombay in an affray, it became urgent for the British Grovernment to send a Wakil on deputation to Persia. Dabfr-ud-daula was selected for this high office. On his return, after fully completing the trust, he was appointed a full Political Agent at Ava. After this, in latter times, he held the ofB.ce of Prime Minister to Akbar Shah II. Dai, ^^^'^} whose full name is Nizam-uddi'n Muhammad Dal', was a disciple of Shah Na'mat-ullah WaH, and is the author of a Diwan which he completed in the year 1460 A. D., 865 A. H. Daghistani, a poet of IJaghistan in Persia, who is the author of a Persian work called "Eayaz-ush-Shu'ara," vide Walih. Dahan, iv^^^i^, whose proper name is Abu Muhammad Sa'id, son of Mubarik, better known as Ibn Dahan-al- Baghdadi, was an eminent Arabic grammarian, and an excellent poet. He died in 1173 A. D., 569 A. H. Dailamites, the, a dynasty. Dakiki, i^^i-^'^} a famous poet at the court of Amir Nuh II, son of Amir Mansur Samani, by whose request he had commenced to write the Shah Nama, but before he could finish a thousand verses of the story of Gashtasp, he was slain by one of his slaves. The year of his death is not known, but this event appears to have taken place during the reign of his royal master, who reigned in Khurasan twenty years, and died in 997 A. D., 387 A. H. His proper name, according to the Aitashkada, was Mansur bin-Ahmad. Dalpat Sah., the husband of Eani Durgawati, which see. Dalpat, ^t^'i, raja of Bhojpiir near Buxar, was defeated and imprisoned, and when he was at length set at liberty by Akbar, on payment of an enormous sum, he again rebelled under Jahangfr, till Bhojpur was sacked, and his successor Kaja Partab was executed by Shah Jahan, whilst the Kani was forced to marry a Muhammadan courtier.
Dalip Singh (Maharaja), (
Arabic characters) the
youngest son of Maharaja Eanjit Singh, ruler of the Pan-
jab. He was only ten years of age when he was raised to
the masnad at Labor after the death of his nephew, Raja
Sher Singh, in September, 1843. In his time the Panjab was
annexed to the British Government, 1846 A, D. " On the
19th of March," (1849) says Marshman, " the young Ma-
haraja took his seat for the last time on the throne of
lianjft Singh, and in the presence of Sir Henry Lawrence,
the Resident, and Mr. Elliot, the Foreign Secretary, and
the nobles of his court, heard Lord Dalhousie's proclama-
tion read in English, Persian, and Hindi, and then affixed
the initials of his name in English characters to the do-
cuments which transferred the kingdom of the five rivers
to the Company, and secured him an annuity of five lakhs
of rupees a year. Dali'p Singh was baptized on the 8th
March, 1835 A. D., and went to England where he is
still living.
Damad, ti'^^'ii, poetical name ofMuhammadBakir, which see.
Damaji, ts^^'^i, the first Gaekwar of Baroda. His succes-
sor was Pelaji.
Damishki, ij^^'°'^> an illustrious Persian poet, named
Muhammad Damishki, who flourished in the time of Fazl,
the son of Ahia or Yahia, the Barmecide or Barmaki.
Danial Mirza (Sultan), ^^^^'^ the third
son of the emperor Akbar. He was born at Ajmir on
AVednesday the 10th September, 1572 A. D., and received
the name of Danial on account of his having been born in
the house of a celebrated Darwesh named Shaikh Danial.
His mother was a daughter of Raja Bihari Mai Kachh-
waha. After the death of his brother, prince Sultan Mur-
ad, he was sent to the Dakhan by his father, accompanied
by a well appointed army, with orders to occupy all the
Nizam Shahi territories. Ahmadnagar was taken in the
beginning of the year 1009 A. H. or 1600 A. D.,
Sultan Danial died on the 8th April, 1605 A. D.,
1st Zil-bijj:i, 1013 A. H., in the city of Burhanpur,
aged 33 years and some months, owing to excess in
drinking. His death and the circumstances connected
with it, so much affected the king his father who was in
a declining state of health, that he became every day
worse, and died six months after. From the chronogram
it appears that the prince Danial died in the year 1012
A. H., or 1604 A. D., a year and six months before his
father.
Danish, (Arabic characters)poetical name of Mir Eazi who died in
1665 A. D., 1076 A. H.
Danishmand Khan, (Arabic characters), whose proper name
was ]Iuhammad Shafi' or Mulla Shafi', was a Persian
merchant who came to Siirat about the year 1646 A. D.,
1056 A, H., from which place he was sent for by the
emperor Shah Jahan. He was soon after raised to the
mansab of 3000 and paymastership of the army, with the
title of Danishmand Khan. In the reign of 'Alamgir he
was honored with the mansab of 4000, and after some time
to that of 5000, and appointed governor of Shah Jahana-
bad, where he died in the month of July, 1670 A. D., 10th
Rabi' I, 1081 A. H. He used to speak much about the
Christian religion. Bernier, the French Traveller, who
accompanied 'Alamgir to Kashmir in 1664, has mentioned
him in his Travels.
Danishmand Khan, c;^^ (Xi+^l^^ whose original name
was Mirza Muhammad, and poetical, AH, was a native
of Shiraz. In the year 1693 A. D., he was honored with
the title of Na'mat Khan, and the superintendence of the
royal kitchen by the emperor 'Alamgir. After the death
of that monarch, the title of Nawab Danishmand Khan
AH was conferred on him by Bah4dur Shah, by whose
order he had commenced writing a Shahnama or history
of the reign of that emperor, but died soon after in the
year 1708 A. D., 1120 A. H. Vide Na'mat Khan All.
DaraorDarab I, (Arabic characters) the eighth king of the second
or Kaianian dynasty of the kings of Persia, was the son
of Queen Humai, whom he succeeded on the Persian
throne. His reign was distinguished by several wars ;
particularly one against Philip of Macedon. He reigned
twelve years, and was succeeded by his son Dara or Darab
II.
Dara or Darab II, vL)'*^ 1)'"^^ is the celebrated Darius
Codomanus of the Greeks. He succeeded his father Dara
I, as king of Persia, and was slain in battle against Alex-
ander the Great in the year 331 B. C. He was the last
and ninth king of the 2nd or Kaianian dynasty of the
kipgs of Persia.
