Nirpat 210 Nizam
whole of his kingdom to his eldest son, Eandhir Singh, and to his two younger sons, Bikarma Singh and Suchait Singh, he assigned a jagir of one lakh each, in case they disagreed with their brother. The Government of India was made the executor of the will. After the Eaja's death, his eldest son Eandhfr Singh, ascended the gaddi. His younger brother Suchait Singh fell out with him, and asked the British Government to execute his father's will in regard to him. Lord Dalhousie at once ordered the separation of a jagfr of one lakh from the Kapurthala Eaj according to the provisions of the will. The other brother, Bikarana Singh, is a worthy man, and much at- tached to the British rule. Like his royal brother, he performed important services to the English Government in 185V, and was rewarded for them with a jagir in Audh, and titles besides. He received his jagir of one lakh in Kapurthala in 1868.
Nirpat Rae, (
Arabic characters) a Hindu who was in the service
of Sarhindf Begam the wife of Shahjahan. He also built
a garden at Agrah on a spot of 28 bi'gas.
Nirpat Singh, (Arabic characters), present Kaja of Panna.
Nisar, (Arabic characters), of Dehlf, a poet who is the author of a
Persian Dfwan.
Nisari, (Arabic characters) poetical name of a person who is the author
of the work called " Chahar Gulzar."
Nisbati, (Arabic characters), of Thanesar, a poet who has
left a Diwan in Persian.
Nizam, (Arabic characters) the poetical name of 'Imad-ul-Mulk Ghazi-
uddin Khan III.
Nizam of Astrabad, (Arabic characters)an extremely
pious man, who died in 1515 A. D., 921 A. H., and left
liesides a Diwan, a Masnawi which bears the title of
" Bilkais and Suliman," and contains the story of Solo-
mon and the Queen of Sheba.
Nizam Ahmad, (Arabic characters) author of the work called
" Eahat-ul-Kuliib," Delight of Hearts, containing the
sayings of Shaikh Farid-uddin Shakarganj, a Muham-
madan saint who is buried at Ajodhan, a place commonly
called Patan in Multan.
Nizam 'Ali Khan, (Arabic characters), Nawab or
Nazim of Haidarabad ia the Dakhin, was the son of the
famous Nizam-ul-jMulk 'Asaf Jah. He deposed and
imprisoned his brother Salabat Jang on the 27th of June,
1762 A. D., 4th Zil-hijja, 1175 A. H. and assumed the
government of the Dakhin ; but his jsower was much
curtailed by the Marhattas, who obliged him to resign
a great part of his territories and pay a tribute for the
remainder. He made Haidarixbad the seat of his govern-
ment, reigned 42 lunar years, and died on the 17th of
August, 1802 A. D., 16th Eabl' II, 1217 A. H. He was
succeeded by his son Nawab Sikandar J ah.
Nizam Bai, (Arabic characters) the mother of the emperor Jahan-
dar Shah, and wife of Bahadur Shah.
Nizam Dast Ghaib, (Arabic characters), a poet.
Nizami, (Arabic characters) the surname of 'Abu Majd bin-Yusaf Al-
Mutrazi, was one of the most illustrious poets of Persia.
Nizami G-anjawi, Shaikh, (Arabic characters)
also called Nizam-uddm Ganjawi, a very celebrated poet
who was a native of Ganja. He is the author of the
poem called " Sikandar-nama," the history of Alexander
the Great, which is one of the most celebrated Eomances
of the East, and is written in admirable poetry. The
number of works attributed to Nizami amount to nine
or ten, among which are the five following poems called
the Khamsa, or the five books, viz. : —
1. " Makhzan-ul-Asrar" the Magazine of Mysteries,
which he dedicated to Bahram Shah.
2. " Laili-wa-Majnun" dedicated to Khakan Manuchehr,
ruler of Shirwan.
3. " Khusro-wa-Shmn," dedicated to Kizal Arsalan for
4. " Haft Paikar," / which he received from that
chief fourteen villages free of rent.
5. Sikandar-nama, which was his last work and which
he finished on the 15th of October, 1200 A. D.,
4th 'Muharram 697 A. H., and died the same
year, aged 84. This book, it seems he had dedi-
cated to Tughral III, Saljuki, some years before
his death, for Tughral died in 1194 A. D. Some
authors say that Nizami died in 1209 A. D., 606
A. H. '
To Nizami is accorded the palm for the best poem on the loves of Khusro and Shirfn, to Jamf, for those of Yiisaf and Zalekha, and to Hatifi, for the most musical, most melancholy version of the sad tale of Laili and Majnun. His Diwan contains nearly 20,000 verses on all subjects.
Nizami 'Uruzi, (Arabic characters) of Samarkand,
was a pupil of Amir Mu'izzi who lived in the time of
Malikshah. He is the author of a poem entitled " Waisa-
wa-Eamfn" and of another work in verse called " Chahar
Makala."
Nizam Haji Yemani, (Arabic characters)author of the
" Lataof Ashrafi" which explains the origin of the Stiffs,
their tenets, customs, dress, m3'stical phrases, moral obli-
gations, and every other particular of theii- sect. Dedica-
ted to Sayyad Ashraf Jahangfr Samani, 1446 A. D., 850
A. H.
Nizam ibn al-Husain al-Sawai, (Arabic characters)
author of the three last portions of the " Jama
Abbasi" vide Baha-uddin IMuhammad (Shaikh).
Nizam Khan Ma'jiz, (Arabic characters) a poet who is
the author of a Diwan in Persian.
Nizam, Mirza, (Arabic characters) a poet who died in 1629 A. D.,
1039 A. H., and is the author of a Persian Diwan.
Nizam Sakka, (Arabic characters) is the name of a person who
was a water-bearer, and saved the emperor Humayun
from being drowned in the river Chounsa after his first
defeat by Sher Shah, near Patna. It is said that the
emperor after his return to Agrah, rewarded this man by
allowing him to sit on the throne for half a day and
then honoured him with the dignity of an Amir.
Nizam Shah Bahmani, (Arabic characters), son of Hu-
mayun Shah the cruel, whom he succeeded on the throne
of the Dakhin in September, 1461 A. D., 865 A. H. when
only 8 years of age, the queen-mother acting as regent.
Mahmiid Gawan, who now held the government of Berar,
was appointed wazir, and Khwaja Jahan assumed the
ofiice of Wakil-us-Saltanat and was made governor of
Tilangana. By the happy co-operation and unanimity
of these two personages and the queen-mother, a woman
of great abilities, the injuries occasioned by the tyranny
