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Khwaja 154 Kizal

Khwaja Muhammad Baki,(Symbol missingArabic characters) vide Muhammad Baki (Khwaja).

Khwaja Muhammad Mukim, (Symbol missingArabic characters). vide Nizam-uddin Ahmad.

Khwaja Nasir, (Symbol missingArabic characters), author of the works called " Bustan-ul-Kiriim," and " Aosaf-ul-Ashraf."

Khwaja Nasir, (Symbol missingArabic characters)a poet who was a cotemporary of Salman Sawaji.

Khwaja Nasir, (Symbol missingArabic characters) whose poetical name is 'Andalib, was the father of Mir Dard the poet.

Khwaja Nizam-ul-Mulk, (Symbol missingArabic characters), minister of Sultan Alp Arsalan. Vide Nizam-ul-Mulk.

Khwaja Parsa, (Symbol missingArabic characters) surname of Muhammad bin-Muhammad Hafiz Bukhari, author of the hook called " Fazl ul-Kitab fil Muhazarat," containing the memoirs of all the celebrated Sufi Shaikhs of the Nakshbandi Order ; and of several other books. He flourished in the reign of Shahi'ukh Mii-za, and died 1419 A. D., 822 A. H.

Khwaja Rustam Khozyani, (Symbol missingArabic characters) vide Eustam (Khwaja).

Khwaja Sadr Nizami, (Symbol missingArabic characters) author of the book called " Taj-ul-Masir." He is also called Khwaja Hasan Sadr Nizaml.

Khwaja Shakir Nasir-uddin 'Abdullah, (Symbol missingArabic characters) one of the greatest saints of Turkistan.

Khwaja Wafa, (Symbol missingArabic characters) Khwaja Sara of Shah Jahan,

Khwaja Zain-ul 'Abidin 'Ali 'Abdi Beg Nawedi, (Symbol missingArabic characters), of Shiraz, was for many years Mustaufi or Secretary. He was particularly distinguished in the Masnawi, apd composed two Khamsas in imitation of Nizami. He is also the author of several other works, one of which is called " Jam Jamshed," and has left three Diwans, the first is called " Ghurrae Ghurra," in this he uses his poetical name of ISTawedi, in the second of 'Abdi. He died at Ardibel in 1580 A. D., 988 A. H. See 'Abdi of Tiin and 'AH Ivawedi.

Khwaja Zikaria, (Symbol missingArabic characters), son of Khwaja Muham- mad Ahia, a nobleman of the time of the emperor Jahangir.

Khwaju Kirmani, (Symbol missingArabic characters), vide Khwaja Kirmdnl.

Khwansari or Khonsari, (Symbol missingArabic characters), poetical name of Mir Abul Patha.

Khwansari, (Symbol missingArabic characters), vide Husain Khonsari.

Khwarizm, (Symbol missingArabic characters), kings of, Kutb-uddm Muhammad, son of Anushtaki'm.

Kirmarii, (Symbol missingArabic characters), a native of Kirmania. This is the surname of several authors, and amongst others of Ya'kub bin-Idris, who died in the year 1430 A. D., 833 A. H., vide Khwaja Kirmani.

Kisai, Hakim, (Symbol missingArabic characters) a celebrated poet and physician of Marv in Persia, who was born on Wednesday the 23rd of March, 953 A. D., 27th Shawwal, 341 A. H. The year of his death is not known. There was another Kisai whose proper name was Abul Hasan, who was one of the seven eloquent readers of the Kuran, and died 796 A. D., 180 A. H.

Kishna Raja, (Symbol missingArabic characters) of Mysore, was placed on the masnad on the 30th June, 1799 A. D., vide Krishna Eaja.

Kishtasp, (Symbol missingArabic characters), also called Gashtasp, the son of Luh- rasp, fifth king of Persia, of the Kaj'anian dynasty. He was the first who embraced the religion of the Magi, and built several temples for the worship of fire. Vide Gash- tasp.

Kishun Chand, (Symbol missingArabic characters), whose poetical appellation was Ikhlas, was the son of Achal Das Khattri of Dehli, whose house was the resort of the learned. Kishun Chand, after his father's death, applied himself to poetry and became the author of a Tazkira or biography, entitled " Hamesha Bahar," i. e., Eternal Spring, which he com- piled in the year 1723 A. D., 1136 A. H. It contains, in alphabetical order, an account of about 200 poets who flourished in India from the time of Jahangfr to the accession of Muhammad Shah. See Ikhlas Khan Ikhlas Kesh.

Kishun Singh, Kachwaha,(Symbol missingArabic characters) Raja of Kishun- garh, and eldest brother of Eaja Siiraj Singh Eathor, who served under the emperor Jahangir to whom his sister was married. Kishun Singh was slain by his bro- ther Suraj Singh 1615 A, D., 1024 A. H., in the 10th year of the emperor Jahangir, who was married to his sister by whom he had Shah Jahan.

Kitran, (Symbol missingArabic characters), or Kutran bin-Mansur Ajlf, a celebrated poet of Tabrez, was contemporary with the poet Eashid Watwat. He is the author of a poem called " Kaus-nama," which he dedicated to Amii- Ahmad or Muhammad bin-Amir Kammaj, ruler of Balkh, who was cotemporary with Sultan Sanjar.

Kizal Arsalan, (Symbol missingArabic characters), (which means the red lion), was the second son of Atabak Eldiguz. He succeeded his brother Atabak Muhammad in the office of prime- minister to his nephew Sultan Tughral III, 1186 A. D., 582 A. H., and in combination with Nasir, the reigning khalif of Baghdad, seized and imprisoned Tughral, and resolved to usurp the name as well as the power of a monarch. But the day before that fixed for his corona- tion, he fell by the blow of an assassin 1191 A. D., 687 A. H., and was succeeded by his nephew Atabak Abu Bakr, the son of Atabak Muhammad.

Kizal Bashi, (Symbol missingArabic characters) This is a Turkish word and means, red-headed.

Kizal Bash Khan, (Symbol missingArabic characters), an amir of 4000, who served under the emperor Shah Jahan, and died in the year 1648 A. D., 1058 A. H.

Kizal Bash Khan, (Symbol missingArabic characters), of Hamdan, whose proper name was Muhammad Eaza, came to India' in the reign of the emperor Bahadur Shah, and was hon- oured with the title of Kizalbash Khan. He subsequently