Hari 104 Hasan Hari Eao Holkar, jb iSj^, raja of Indor, was the cousin and successor of Malliar Eao III, the adopted son and successor of Jaswant Eao Holkar. He died on the 24th of October, 1843 A. D. Hariri, iSji'J^j whose full name is Ahu Muhammad Kasim-hin-'AH-Mn-'Usman-al-Hariri-al-Basri, was a na- tive of Basra. He was one of the ablest writers of his time, and is the author of the " Mukamat Hariri," a work consisting of 50 Oratorical, Poetical, Moral, Ecomiastic, and Satirical discourses, supposed to have been spoken or read in public assemblies ; but which were composed by the author at the desire of An6sherwan-ibn-Khalid, wazir to Sultan Muhammad Saljuki. He died at Basra in the year 1122 A. D., 516 A. H. i?oets, historians, grammari- ans and lexicographers look upon the Mukamat as the highest authority, and next to the Kuran, as far at least as language is concerned. His book has been translated either entirely or partially into nearly every Eastern and European tongue. Harkaran, iiL^*> tlie son of Mathura Das, a Kamboh of Mult&n, was a Munshi in the service of Nawab Ya'tbar Khan, and is the author of a collection of letters called " Inshae Harkaran," or the Forms of Harkaran, trans- lated into English by Dr. Francis Balfour, M. D. The second edition of this work was printed in England in 1804. Harun-al-Rasllid, '^■^■'l Vide Al-Eashid. Hasan, <J^V*" t:^- W"*^, son of Suhail or Sahl, was gover- nor of Chaldea about the year 830 A. D., under the Khalff Al-Mamun, who married Turan Dukht his daughter. Some attribute to this Hasan the translation of the Per- sian book entitled " Jawedan Khirad" into Arabic. Hasan, U**^^ poetical name of Muhammad Hasan who ilourished in the reign of the emperor Shah 'Alam of Dehli. Hasan Abdal, J*'-H= or Baba Hasan Abdal, a famous saint who was a Sayyad at Sabzwar in Khurasan. He came to India with Mirza Shahrukh, son _ of Anser Taimur, and died at Kandahar where his tomb is resorted . to by pilgrims. Jahangir says in the Tuzak that the place Hurasadak is 75 kos from Kashmir. Hasan 'Ali, t^-"^, the poet laureate in the service of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. He is the author of a book called " Bhogbal," or the " Kok Shastar." It is a curi- ous but obscene satire on women, said . to be a translation or paraphrase from the Sanskrit in Hindi verse. There is another translation of the same book in Persian prose called " Lazzat un-Nisa," by Ziya-uddin Nakhshabf. Hasan Askari, Imam, lsJ"^ e^'^'^j or Hasan 'Alf-al-'Askarf, was the eleventh Imam of the race of 'All, and the eldest son of Imam 'AH Naki who was the tenth. He was born at Madina in the year 846 A. D., 232 A. H., and died on the 6th November 874 A. D., 22nd Muhar- ram, 261 A. H., aged 28 years. He is buried at Sar- manrae in Baghdad close to the tomb of his father. Hasan Basri, Khwaja, lsj^'- er*^ *^L>^, a native of Basra and a very pious Musalman, who is said to have possessed all the branches of science, and was noted for self-mortitication, fear of God and devotion. He is the author of a Diwan or book of Odes in Arabic. He was born in 642 A. D., 21 A. H., and died on the llth October, 728 A. D., 1st Eajab, 110 A. H., aged 89 lunar years, and was buried at Basra. Hasan Beg, (Khani, Badakhslii), ij^'^i (^-^^ <-A^ Shaikh Umari was a good soldier. He was made a commander of 2500 for his services in Bangash, and was put towards the end of Akbar's reign, in charge of Kabul, receiving Fort Eohtas in the Panjab as jagir. Hasan Beg, after making a useless attempt to incriminate others, was put into a cow-hide and in this state he was tied to donkeys and carried through the bazar. He died after a few hours from suffocation. Vide Ain, I. 454. Hasan-bin-Muhammad Khaki- al- Shir azi^ ^Jj ^■^s^ (iT'^^j came to India in the time of the emperor Akbar and obtained different ofiSces under the government. He is the author of a history also called " Muntakhib-ut-Tawarikh," besides the one written by Abdul Kadir Badaonf. He commenced the work before the close of Akbar's reign, and completed it in the fifth year of the emperor Jahangi'r, i. e., 1610 A. D., 1019 A. H., in which year, he tells us, he was appointed Dfwan of Patna. Hasan-bin-Muhammad Sharif, '^i t>~^j author of the " Anis-ul-'TJshshak," the lover's companion, containing an explanation of all the meta- phors and phrases used by the poets ; with numerous quotations from those held in the greatest estimation. Vide Khadim. Hasan-bin-Sabah, W'J u'-'^, vide Hasan Sabbah, Hasan Buzurg, ^^y- KO'^y also called Sheikh Hasan, Amir Hasan I'lkani, and Amir Hasan Navian, Kayukaf, the son of Amir Tlkan Jalayer. He was an immediate descendant of Sultan Arghun Khan, king of Persia, (whose sister was his mother,) and one of the principal chiefs of the Mughals in the reign of Sultan Abu Sa'id. He married Baghdad Khatun, daughter of Amir Choban or Jovian, but the prince being deeply enamoured of her charms. Amir Hasan, after the death of her father, was forced to resign his consort to him in 13'27 A. D., 728 A. H. A few years after the death of Abu Sa'id, Amfr Hasan married his widow Dilshad Khatun, went to Bagh- dad, seized that city, and became the founder of a petty dynasty of princes. His life was passed in contests to esta- blish his authority over the territories of Baghdad, and he died before this object of his ambition was accomplished, in July 1356 A. D., Eajab, 757 A. H. His son Sultan Owes Jalayer was more fortunate : he not only succeeded in completing the conquest his father had commenced, but carried his arms into Azurbejan and Khurasan. Sultan Owes died in October 1374 A. D., 776 A. H., and, left his government to his second son Sultan Husaia Jalayer. This excellent prince, who is also alike cele- brated for his benevolence and love of justice, lost his life in an action in 1382 A. D., 784 A. H., with his brother Ahmad, surnamed Tlj^ani, a cruel and unjust ruler, whose enormities compelled his subjects to invite Amir Taimtir (Tamerlane) to their relief in 1393 A. D., and almost the whole of the futui'e life of Ahmad passed in an ineffectual struggle with that conqueror. He fled to Egypt for safety, and when, after the death of Taimur, he returned to recover his dominions, he was taken and put to death by Kara Yusaf, a Turkman chief in 1410 A. D., 813 A. H. ■ Hasan Imam, cir*^ (•"'j the eldest son of 'AH, the son of Abu Talib, and Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad ; was born on the 1st March 625 A. D., loth Eamazan, 3 A. H. After the death of his father in January 661 A. D., Eamazan, 40 A. H., he succeeded him as second Imam, and was proclaimed Khalif by the Arabians, but perceiving the people divided and himself ill-used, he after six months resigned the Khilafat to Mu'awia, who assigned to him about 150,000 pounds a year, besides
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