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Parkhari 88 Patha Parkhari, tsj^=t^, a poet who was in the service of Amir Kaikaus, and is the author of the story of " W&mik-wa- Uzra," in verse. Farkhunda Ali Khan (Mir), ls^^ Siy'^^y Nizam of Dakhan. He succeeded his father Sikandar Jah in the government of Haidarabad in 1829 A. D. Vide Afzal-uddaula. Faroghi Kashmiri, (jjt*'^^ i^j >*, a poet who died in 1666 A. D., 1077 A. H. Faroghi (Maulana), i^^jj^ ^^^j-^, of Kazwm in Isfa- han ; he was a dealer in perfumes, hut an excellent poet, and lived in the time of 'Abbas the Great. Farrukhi, cs^^^ or Farkhf, a poet who flourished in the time of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, was a pupil of Unsari the poet, and a descendant of the royal race of the kings of Si'stan. He is the author of a work called " Tarjuman ul-Balaghat" and of a Diwan in Persian. He wrote se- veral panegyrics in praise of Abu'l MuzafFar, the son of Amir Nasr and grandson of Nasir-uddm, ruler of Balkh. Farrukh Fa'l, J'* ^ a son of the emperor Humayiin by Mah Chuchak Begam, born at Kabul in 1655 A. D., 962 A. H. Farrukh-siyar (Muhammad),^^^^^ <^*=='°, emperor ofDehli, born on the 18th July, 1687, O. S., ISthRamazan, 1098 A. H., was the son of Azi'm-ush-Shan, the second son of Bahadur Shah I, and great-grandson of the emperor Alamgi'r. His father was killed in the battle fought against Jahandar Shah his uncle and predecessor. One of Jahandar Shah's first acts on his accession to the throne had been to put all the princes of the blood within his reach, to death : among those whom he could not get into his power, was Farrukh -siyar, who was in Bengal at the time of his grandfather Bahadur Shah's death. But when the information of his father's death reached him, he threw himself on the compassion and fidelity of Saiyad Husain AH Khan, the governor of Behar, who warmly espoused his cause, and prevailed on his brother, Saij^ad Abdullah Khan, governor of Allahabad, to adopt the same course. By the aid of thr se noblemen, Farrukh-siyar as- sembled an army at Allahabad, marched towards Agra, defeated Jahandar Shah, took him prisoner, and having murdered him, he ascended the throne in the fort of Dehli on Friday the 9th of January, 1713, O. S., 23rd Zil-hijja, 1124 A. H. The former Amir-ul-Umra Zulfikar Khan and many other nobles and dependants of the late emperor were put to death by the bow-string and other punishments. Eaja Subhchand, Di'wan to the late Ami'r- ul-TJmr&, had his tongue cut out : Azi'z-uddin, son of Ja- handar Shah, 'All Tabar, the son of 'Azim Shah, and Humayun Bakht, younger brother to Farrukh-sij^ar were deprived of their sight by a red hot iron drawn over their eyes. On Farrukh-siyar's accession, Abdullah Khan, the eldest brother, was made "Wazir with the title of Kutb-ul- Mulk, and Husain Ali Khan raised to the rank of Amir- ul-Umra (Commander-in-Chief) which was the second in the State. His nuptials with the daughter of Raja Ajft Singh of Marwar, were celebrated with unprecedented splendour in the year 1716 A. D., 1128 A. H. Farrukh- siyar had not long enjoyed the throne, when a jealousy arose between him and the Wazir Kutb-ul-Mulk. And on the emperor's trying to form schemes for the recovery of his independence, he was deposed, blinded and imprisoned hy the two brothers. This event took place on the 18th February, 1719, 0. S., 8th Eabi' II, 1131 A. H., and not long after he was murdered on the 16th May, A. D., 9th Rajab, 1131 A. H., following, and buried in the court of the mausoleum of the emperor Humayun at Dehli. He reigned 6 years 3 months and 15 days. After his deposal the Saiyads set up a prince of the blood to whom they gave the title of Raff-ud-Darjat. It was from Farrukh-siyar that the East India Company obtained their Farman_ of free trade, with leave to purchase thirty- seven districts in Bengal, besides various privileges, but little attention was however paid to it by the Suhas, till the English acquired force to give it weight. Farrukhzad, ■^^j^, a prince of Persia of the Sasanian race. Vide Turan Dukht. Farrukhzad, '^^j^', son of Sultan Masa'ud I, of Ghazni, began to reign after the death of his brother Sultan Abdul Rashid in March 1053, A. D., 444 A. H. He reigned 6 years and died in the latter part of the year 1058 A. D., when his brother Sultan Ibrahim succeeded him. Farsi, ^~ cs*^' or Farasf, surname of Abu'l Fawaris Ibrahim, a Persian author. Farsi, ls'V', poetical name of Sha^ff xhin Ami'r-ul-TJmra, which see. Faryabi, vide Zahfr-uddin Faryabi. Faryad, -i^O', the poetical name of Lfld Sahib Eae, a Kayeth of Lakhnau. He originally had assumed Kurban for his poetical name, but latterly changed it to Faryad. He was living in 1782 A. D., 1196 A. H. Farzada Kuli, ^^Sdjj>, author of a Catalogue of books in the Arabic, Persian, and Hindi languages, amounting, on a rough estimate, to upwards of 2,000 volumes. From its mentioning the Diwan of Sauda, it appears that it was written within the last fifty or sixty years. It also mentions the " Mustafa Nama," in the metre of the Shah Nama, embracing the history of Persia from Muhammad to Tahmasp Shah Safwf, amounting to 104,000 couplets; also of a Persian translation of the Mukamat of Harfzl. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 11. Farzadak, 6^jj', the son of GhaHb, called the master of Arabian poets, was an author, and had the whole Kuran by heart. He died in 728 A. D., 110 A. H., aged upwards of 70 years. He flourished in the reign of Abdul Malik, the son of Marwan I, who imprisoned him because he wrote a paneg^Tic in praise of Imam 'AH Zain-ul-'Abidm, son of Imam Husain, but was released, after the death of the khalif, by his son Wali'd. His Di'wan in Arabic is much esteemed in Hujaz and Irak. Fasihi Ansari, LfJ^^ iS)^^^ S?"^^* of Hirat, a Per- sian poet, who flourished about the year 1595 A. D., 1004 A. H. He never came to India. He died in 1636 A. D., 1046 A. H. Pasih-uddin Muhammad Nizami Maulana, j^/oLtj ,i.^s:'° t^JoJt ^A^i tjJI^'Oj author of the Sharah Jughmini." Fassi, t5-**^ surname of Fakih-uddia Muhammad-ibn- Ah- mad 'AH-al-Husaini ; he was a native of Fass (Fez) on which account he was called Fassi. He was an author and Kazi of the city of Mecca, and died 14-29 A. D., 833 A. H.' Patha Ali Husaini, l54**^ ls^ author of the biography called " Tazkirat-ush-Shua'rae Hindi." It contains the Memoirs of 108 Hindi and Dakhani authors, with numerous extracts from their works.