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Abdii 5 Abdu 'Abdullah, (^..^Ij i^j^, the son of Eawand, was tlie founder of an impious sect, who were called after him the Rawandites, during the Khilafat of Al-Mansur the Ahba- side, about the year 776 A. D. 'Abdullah, aIJIi^ap, the son of Shams-uddm, author of the marginal notes on the "Talwfli," entitled " Hashiya bar Talwili," a work on jurisprudence. 'Abdullah, ^Alis (j.J <>*i=, the son of Tahir, the generstl of Al-Mamiin. He succeeded his brother Tallia in the government of Khurasan about the year 828 A. D., 213 A. H., reigned 17 years, and died in 844 A. D., 230 A. H. He was succeeded "by his son Tahir II. 'Abdullah Abu-Muslim, fj-^jil &iJj .sac, author of the Commentary on the Kuran, called " Sahih Muslim." He was bom in 817 A. D., 202 H., and died in' the year 875 A. D., 261 H. He is called by some writers Abul-Husain Muslim bin-al-Hajjaj bin-Muslim al-Kushairi, and by others Muslim bin-Hajjaj Nishapuri, which see. 'Abdullah, |_y~»a^Jt i_*j.j5 &U( li.**, the son of Tayyib ' al-Sarakhsi, preceptor to the Khalifa Mu'tazid Billah, by whom he was put to death A. D. 899, 286 A. H. He is the author of the " Bahr-ul-Mantik, and rsaghuji (a commentary on the Isagoge of Porphyras) . 'Abdullah, (^<>^ *^-'t i^*, the son of 'Adiy, author of the Kitab Kamil. He died in 975 A. D., 365 A. H. 'Abdullah, author of a collection of Letters, entitled Insha- i-' Abdullah. 'Abdullah, A*-^^' ^1-*.^ siJ( <>.ac, the son of Muslim, the son of Kutaiba, was the author of the work called " Kitab-ul-ma'arif," and several other works. He died in 889 A. D., 276 A. H. 'Abdullah, aJJIi^a^, author of the Persian work on jurispru- dence, called " Ahkam us-Salat." 'Abdullah, ^_jf^Al5'«l.'t^JuC, of Kulbarga, author of a work called "Fars-nama," wi-itten in 1407, A. D. 'Abdullah Ansari (Khwaja), 4_5jUaj| aUi ^ac, sur- named Shaikh Abu Ismail, the son of Abu-Mansiir, the son of Abu- Ayyub. He was born at Hirat in May, 1006 A. D., Sha'ban, 396 A. H., and is the founder of the sect called Ansaris in Hirat and Khurasan. He died on the 2nd July, 1088 A. D., 9th Rabf I., 481 A. H., aged 84 lunar years, and is buried at Hirat in a place called Gazurgah. 'Abdullah was struck with stones by the boys when he was doing penance, and expired. 'Abdullah bin-'Ali bin-Abu-Shu'ba al-Halabi, ^aU-'i y iijJ (^1^ i:?-! *l-'l>i-A£. One of the ear- liest writers both on the Hadis and Law of the Imamiya sect. His grandfather, Abu-Shu'ba, is related to have collected traditions in the time of the Imams Hasan and Husain. 'Abdullah wrote down these traditions, and pre- sented his work, when completed, to the Imam Ja'far Sadik, by whom it is said to have been verified and cor- rected. 'Abdullah bin-'Ali, author of the work called " Sfrak ul-Hindi," which he paraphrased from the Persian into the Arabic, for it had been originally translated from Sanskrit into the Persian. 'Abdullah Ahrar,jLr'^ I ^^-'l'^^^ author of the " Malfu- zat-i-Khwaja 'Abdullah," containing the doctrines of the Nakshbandis, and of the " Anis-us-Salikin." 'Abdullah, f*^** aJJ|(^j the son of Salam, author of the questions which Muhammad was asked on the subject 2 of his prophecy. He is also the author of a work, called "^'Azmat-ul-Mankul." Another work, called " Hazar Ma- sayil", is ascribed to him. 'Abdullah, •H", son of Muhammad, sur- named Kalani'si, an Arabian author. He died in 1121 A. D., 515 A. H. 'Abdullah bin-Pazl-ullah, of Shiraz, author of the " T-arikh-i-Wassaf." The first four volumes of this work, which may be looked upon as a continuation of the ' Jahdn-kushd', go as far as Sha'ban, 690, (March, 1300). Subsequently, the author added a fifth volume which relates the events down to the year 728 (1328 A. D.) ; vide Dowson, Elliot's History of India, III, 24.] 'Abdullah is also the name of the author of the TdriJch- i-Ldudt, an Afghan History, written during the reign of Jahangi'r; vide Dowson, TV, 434.] 'Abdullah, ^5*^1^ ar4 <xlJ|>^, the son of 'al- Yafi'i Shafi'i', author of the Arabic work called " Rauzat- ur-Rayahm," containing a detailed account of the lives of Muhammad, the twelve Imams, and of all the saints of Arabia, Persia, and Hindustan. 'Abdullah Shattari (Shaikh), (^jt-k^ sl-'l J>.a£, a de- scendant of Shaikh Shihab-uddin Suhrawardi. He came from Persia to India, and died in Malwa, A. D. 1406, 809 H., and is buried there. Regarding the Shattarfs vide Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, 1874, Pt. I, p. 216.] 'Abdullah Hatifi, vide Hatiff. 'Abdullah Khan Uzbak, c)"^ '^^^ was a renowned officer in the time of Akbar. He was made governor of Mandu (Malwa) in 1562 A. D., and afterwards rebelled against the king, but was defeated and compelled to leave the country. For fui-ther notes vide Kia. Translation I, p. 320.] 'Abdullah Khan, -^'jl^^ i^.'i c^, chief of the Uzbaks, was the son of Sikandar Khan, the son of Jani Beg Khan, a descendant of Juji Khan, son of Chingiz Khan. After the death of his father (during whose life he had several battles with him), he ascended the throne of Samarkand and Bukhara in 1582 A. D., 990 A. H., invaded. Khurasan and took Hirat after a siege of nine months in 1585 A. D., 993 A. H. Its governor 'AH Kuli Khan with several other chiefs were put to death, and the city was plundered. He was contemporary with Shah 'Abbas of Persia and Akbar Shah, and died after a reign of 15 years, aged 66, on the 12th February 1597 A. D., 6th Eajab 1005 A. H. The chronogram of the year of his death is " kiyamat kayim shud," He was succeeded by his son 'Abdul-Miimin Khan. 'Abdullah Khan Firuz- Jang, ^^jjy^ oj'^ a-^-*! '^¥' a descendant of Khwaja 'Abdullah Ahrar. He came to India in the latter end of the reign of the emperor Akbar, was raised to the rank of 6000 by the emperor Jahangfr, and died in the time of Shah Jahan, A. D. 1644, 17th Shawwal 1054, aged nearly 70 years. 'Abdullah Khan (Sayyid), cj^ aJ-JiiXj^ gtyled Kutbul-Mulk, was governor of Allahabad from the time of Bahadur Shah, emperor of Dihli', and his younger brother Sayyid Husain 'Ali Khan, that of Bihar. These brothers sprung from a numerous and respected family of the descendants of the prophet, who were settled in the town of Barha, and in consequence of this origin, they are best known in India by the name of Sadat, or Sayyids, of Barha. Farrukh-siyar, who by the aid of these two brothers had ascended the throne of Dihli', on his accession in Ja- nuary 1713 A. D., 1125 A. H., made the former his prime-