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Anand 51 Aohadi, princess in Jahangir's time, -while others say, that Anar- kali was a beautiful handmaid with whom Jahangfr fell in love, and who, on Shah Jahan becoming aware of it, was buried alive. These stories may or may not be true, but this much is at least certain, that the woman, after whose name the building is called, Uved in the time of the emperor Jahangfr or Shah Jahan, that Jahang'ir or some other prince was madly in love with her, and that her death took place under such mournful circumstances, as broke the heart of the fond lover, and led him in the height of his passion and love for the princess who was no more, to com- pose the following couplet, and have it engraved on her tombstone : " Oh could I see again the face of my angel, for ever would I repeat thanks to the Almighty." Anand Rao, Gaikwar, JjSi^t jj a Marhatta chief of Baroda, with whom the English Government, had in 1812 concluded a subsidiary alliance. Before the treaty he was a nominal dependant of the Peshwa. Anas, tj^^} a poet of Arabia. 'Andalib, 'r*^)'^, Khwaja Nasir. Anis, poetical name of Mohan Lai, which see. Anisi Shamlu, ^i-AS, ^jMiJl^ a poet named Yul Kuli Beg. He was an intimate friend and constant companion of prince Ibrahim Mirza, a grandson of Shah Isma'il Safwi, consequently took the takhallas of Anisi. When 'Abdul- lah Khan Uzbak took Hirat he made a proclamation in his army, that the life of Ajifsi be spared, and treated him with great respect. Pie came to India and received a salary of 50,000 rupees, and a jagir. He died at Barlian- pur in 1605 A. D., 1014 A. H., and has left a Diwan and a Masnawi called Mahmud Aiaz. Ang or TJngh Khan, a king of the Trit Tartars who resided at Karakoram, and to whom the celebrated Jangez Khan was at one time a tributary. He is also called Prester John by the Syrian Missionaries. Jangez Khan having thrown off his allegiance, a war ensued, which ended in the death of Ang Khan in 1202 A. D. Anjam, j*'s:t^ the poetical name of Nawab Umdat-ul-Mulk Amir Khan, vide Amir Khan. Anup Bai, >-jy^, '^^^'^ emperor Jahandar Shah, and mother of Alamgir II, king of Dehli. Anushtakin, the cup-bearer of Sultan Sanjar, and father of Sultan Kutb-uddin Muhammad of Khwarizm. Ans "bin Malik, wiU^-c e^(j»^f^ ^^'^^ -^^^ Hamza bin Nasr- al-Aiisarf. 'Ansuri, ^^ y^^, ^ P°^^ court of Sultan Mahmud Tide Unsarf. Antar, j^' one of the seven Arabian poets, whose poems were hung up in the temple of Mecca in golden letters and from that circumstance were called Mua'llakat (sus- pended), or Muzahhibat (golden). The first volume of the history of Antar, called " the Life and Adventures of Antar," was translated into English and published in De- cember 1818, in England. Vide Amra-al-Kais. Anwari, Lff^-J^'^ a famous Persian poet surnamed Ashad- uddfu. He formerly took for his poetical name, " Khaf- warf," but he changed it afterwards to " Anwarf." From the superiority of his poetical talents, he was called the king of the poets of Khurasan. He was a native of Abiward in Khurasan, was the favorite of Sultan Sanjar Saljukf, and the rival of the poet Kashfdf surnamed Watwat, who espoused the cause of Atsiz the Sultan of Klwarizm. Whilst the two princes were engaged in war, the two poets assailed one another by rhymes sent on the point of arrows. He is also said to have teen the greatest astronomer of his age. It so happened in the year 581 or 582 A. H., September, 1186 A. D., that there was a conjunction of all the planets in the sign of Libra ; Anwarf predicted a storm which would eradicate trees and destroy everj' building. When the fatal daj' arrived, it was perfectly calm, and there was the whole year so little wind, that the people were unable to winnow their corn. He was therefore accused for his predictions as an astrologer, and was obliged to fly to Balkh where he died in the reign of Sultan Alauddin Takashin 1200 A. D., 596 A. H. His death is mentioned in the Khulasat-ul- Asha'ar to have taken place in 587 A. H. and others have written 592 A. H. Anwarf, when very young, was sitting at the gate of his college called Mansuria in Tiis, when a man richly dressed rode by him on a fine horse, with a numerous train of attendants ; upon his asking who it was, he was told, that it was a poet belonging to the court. When Anwarf reflected on the honor conferred on poetry, for which art he had a very early bent, he applied himself to it more ardently than ever, and having finished a poem, presented it to the Sultan, who approved the work and invited him to his palace, and raised him even to the fii'st honors of the State. He found many other poets at court, among whom were Salman, Zahfr and Kashfdf, all men of wit and genius. Anwarf has left us a collection of highly esteemed jjoems, on various subjects called Diwan Anwarf. Verses from his poems are quoted by Sa'df in his Gulistan. Anwari Khan, e;'^ a con-uption of Abu Eaihan, which see. Anwar-uddin Khan, ti^'^-'U^'j nawab of the Kar- natic, a soldier of fortune, who had attained power by treacherous connivance to the miu-der of the legitimate heir, a child whose guardian he had been appointed by Nizam- ul-Mulk. He at first served under one of the emperors of Dehlf, and was appointed governor of Kora Jahanabad. Ill success, or perhaps ill conduct, preventing him from being able to pay the usual revenues of his government to the throne, he quitted it privately, and went to Ah- madabad, where Ghazf-uddfn Khan the father of Kizam- ul-Mulk, gave him a post of considerable trust and profit in the city of Surat. After the death of Ghazf-uddfn, his son who had succeeded in the Subadarf of the southern provinces, appointed him Nawab of Yalore or Vcllore and Eajmandrum, countries which he governed from 1725 to 1741 A. D., and in 1744 he was appointed governor of the Kamatic. He was killed in battle fought against Mu- zaffar Jang the grandson of Nizam-ul-Mulk, on the 23rd of July 1749 0. S., 1162 A. H., who took pos,session of the Kamatic. Anwar-uddfn was then 107 years old. His eldest son was made prisoner and his second son Muliam- mad Alf fled to Trichinopoly. A heroic poem called " Anwar Nama," in praise of tliis Nawab was written by Abdf, in which the exploits of Major Lawrence, and the first contests between the English and French in India, are recorded with tolerable accuracy. (FecfeSa'adat-ullah Khan ) His son Muhammad AU was confirmed by Nawab Nasir Jang in the government of the Karnatic in 1750, A. D. Aohad Sabzwari, iS)hy^ "^^j' ^^-Ij^, (Khwaja) poeti- cal name of Khwaja Fakhi'-uddfn, a physician, astronomer and poet of Sabzwar. He died A. D. 1463, 868 A. H., ao-ed 81 lunar years, and left a Diwan in Persian contain- ing Ghazals, Kasidas, &c. Aohadi, CS"^^->'j the poetical name of Shaikh Aohad-uddfn of Isfahan or Maragha, a celebrated Persian poet who put into verse the " Jam-i-Jam," a book full of Muhammadan spirituality, which he wrote in imitation of the Hadika of Sanaf ;" he also wrote a Diwan containing verses. He was liberally rewarded by Arghun Khan, the king of the