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Bairam 67 Bakhtari his son Aktar, h.e was honored with the title of Khan Khanan and the office of prime minister ; and had the whole civil and military powers vested in his hands. When Alibar in 1558 A. D., 965 A. H., thought he was capable of acting for himself, he dismissed Bairam Khan from the wizarat. Bairam at first had recoiu-se to rebellion, but being unsuccessful, was compelled to throw himself on the clemency of his sovereign, who not only pardoned him, but assigned to him a pension of 60,000 rupees annually for his su23poi't. Bairam soon after took leave of the em- peror with the design of making a pilgrimage to Mecca, and had proceeded to Gujrat in order to embark for Mecca, but was slain by one Mubarik Khan Lohani, whose father Bairam Khan had slain in battle with his own hand duTLDg the reign of the emperor Himiayun. This event took place on Friday the 31st of January, 1561 A. D., 14th Jumada I, 968 A. H. He was at first buried near the tomb of Shaikh Hisam at Gujrat, but afterwards his re- mains were transported to Mashhad and buried there. He is the author of a Diwan. Bairam, sometimes erroneously written by us for Bahram. Bairam Beg, fiz-'^j was father of Munim Khan. The latter was a grandee in Humayun's Court, Vide Ain Translation, Vol. I, p. 317. Baizawi, C5"j'"^i-? ls'^^'j (Kazi) the surname of Nasir-uddin AbilT Khair Abd-ullah-ibn-Umar al-Baizawi. He was a native of Baiza, a village of Shiraz, ofi which account he is styled Baizawi. He held the office of Kazi or Judge of the city of Shiraz for a considerable time, and died at Tabriz or Tauris in the year 1286 A. D., 685 A. H., or as others say in 1292 A. D., 691 A. H. He is the author of the well-known Commentary on the Kuran called "Tafsir Baizawi," which is also called " Anwar-ul-TanzQ," and " Asrar-ul-Tawil". Some say that he is also the author of a history entitled Nizamut Tawarfkh," but the author of this work is said by others to be Abu. Sa'id Baizawi, which see. Eaisangliar (Mirza), ' jf^J-^j'j son of Mirza Shah- rukh, the son of Amir Taimur. He was a learned and noble prince, a great protector of letters and learned men. He himself wrote six different hands, composed verses in the Persian and Turkish languages, and constantly had in his employment forty copyists for transcribing MSS. He was born in the year 1399 A. D., 802 A. H., and died before his father in 1434 A. D., 837 A. H., at Hirat, aged 35 lunar years. Baisangliar (Mirza), bj^, son of Sultan Husain Mirza of HirS.t. He was killed by Khusro Shah, king of Kundaz. Bajazet, name of several Turkish emperors spelt so in Eng- lish, being a corruption of Bayezid, which see. Baji Bai, ls^'- L5^^j also called Bija Bai, which see. Baji Rao I, ^y^^i 31) C5'^^^^ (Peshwa,) thesonofBalajf Eao Bishwanath Peshwa, whom he succeeded in October 1720, A. D. He was the ablest of all the Brahman dynasty, and of all the Marhatta nation, except Sewaji. He died on the 28th April 1740, 0. S., 12th Safar 1163, A. H., and left three sons : viz. : Bal&ji Eao who succeeded him as Peshwa : Eaghunath Eao commonly called Eaghoba, who was at one time much connected with the English, and was the father of the last Peshwa Baji Eao II ; and Shamsher Bahadur to whom (though an illegitimate son by a Muhammadan woman, and brought up in his mother's religion) , he left all his possessions and pretensions in Bun- delkhand. Baji Rao II, ^J'^i^.J^J ij'^^f the last Peshwa, was the eldest son of Eaghoba or Eaghunath Eao of infamous memory. He succeeded Madho Rao, the infant Peshwa, who died suddenly in October 1795, A. D. During the reign of Sladho Eao, he and his brother Chimnaji were confined in the fort of Juneir, near Piina, and after his death Chimnaji was furtively invested, but he was soon after deposed and Baji Eao was publicly proclaimed Peshwa by Daulat Eao Scindhia on the 4th December, 1796 A. D. In May, 1818 a proclamation was issued by Government deposing him ; and the Eaja of Sitara, Partap Singh Narayan released from confinement, had a part of the Piina territories assigned for his support, and was vested with the reality of that power of which his ancestors, in latter times, had enjoyed only the name. Baji Eao was compelled to surrender lumself to the Eng- lish, and was pensioned on the 3rd June, 1818. The pension allowed him by Government was 800,000 rupees per annum. He died at Bithur near Cawnpur in De- cember, 1852 A. D., and was succeeded by his adopted son Dhondu Pant, commonly called Nana Sahib, who became a rebel in the disturbances of 1867. Bakai (Mulla), a poet who lived in the time of the emperor Babar Shah. He is the author of a poem or Masnawi which he dedicated to the emperor. Bakai, i^^^'^-j surname of Ibrahim-bin-' Umar, a learned Musalman who is the author of several treatises on ancient philosophers, on divination by numbers, a commentary on the Kuran, &c. He died in the year 1480 A. D., 88o A. H. Bakalani, i^^^i, the author of a work called " Ai'jaz-ul- Kuran," or of the difficult things in the Kuran. See Abu Bakr Bakalani. Baki Muhammad Khan Koka, u'^ Ls' ^'.} eldest brother of Adham Khan, the son of Maham Anka, was an officer of 3000 in the time of the emperor Akbar. He died at Garh Katka, where he had a jagir, in 1685 A. D., 993 A. H. Baki Khan, 11"^=^ ls'^^j a nobleman of the court of the emperor Shah Jahan, by whom he was appointed governor of the fort of Agra. In the 24th year of the reign of the emperor- he was raised to the rank of 1500. In the 49th year of the emperor's reign, he still held the governorship of the fort of Agra, and was raised to the rank of 2000 the following year. He had buUt in the front of the gate called Hathiapol, which is situated towards the Chauk and the Jama Misjid, a fine bungalow which was still standing about the year 1830 A. D. Bakhat Singh, *^ '-^'j or Bakht Singh Eathor, son of Ajit Singh and brother of Abhai Singh, raja of Jodh- pur. He was poisoned in 1752 A. D. Bakhshi 'Ali Khan, lit^*^ ts-^ whose poetical name was Hashmat, flourished in the time of Nawab Salabat Jang of Haidarabad about the year 1751 A. D., 1164. A. H. Bakhshi Bano Begam, ls-^^j a sister of the emperor Akbar the Great. Bakshu, J*^^} a singer, lived at the Court of Eaja Bik- ramajit Mansur ; but when his patron lost his throne, he went to Eajah Kirat of Kalinjar. Not long afterwards he accepted a call to Gujrat, where he remained at the Court of Suhan Bahadur 1526 to 1536 A. D. Vide Ain Translation, Vol. I, p. 611. Bakhtari, LSJ^^'j one of the most celebrated Arabian poets, who died in the year 823 A. D. According to some writers, he was born in 821 A. D., 208 A. H., floui-ished in the time of the khalif Al-Musta'in Billah, and died in his 63rd year at Baghdad. He is also called Bia-Bakhtan.