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Dilawar 82 Doulat his government, but he frequently visited the city of Mando, remaining there sometimes for months together. He only survived his assumption of the royal titles a few years ; for in the year 1405 A. D., 808 A. H., he died suddenly, and his son Alp Khan ascended the throne under the title of Sultan Hoshang Shah. Including Dilawar Khan eleven princes reigned in Malwa till the time of the em- peror Humayun, whose son Akbar eventually subdued and attached it to the Dehli government. Their names are as foUow : 1. Dilawar Khan Ghori. 2. Hoshang Shah, son of Dilawar. 3. Sultan Muhammad Shah. 4. Sultan JMahmiid I, Khilji, styled the Great, son of MaHk Mugh'is. 5. Ghayas-uddm Khilji. 6. Nasir-uddin. 7. Mahmud II. 8. Bahadur Shah, king of Gujrat. 9. Kadar Shah. 10. Shujaa' Khan, and 1 1 . Baz Bahadur, son of Shujaa' Khan. Dilawar Khan, {D^Jj"^^) a nobleman of the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan, was the son of Bahadur Khan Kohila. He died at Kabul in the year 1658 A. D., 1068 A. H. Dildar Aga, j^'^ii, one of the wives of the emperor Babar, and mother of Mirza Handal. Diler Himmat Khan, U^=>- "^-^ ^^^^j original name of Nawab Muzaffar Jang of Farrukhabad, which see. Diler Khan, iJ'^ J^'^j a Daudzal Afghan, whose proper name was Jalal Khan. He was the younger brother of Bahadur Khan Rohila, and one of the best and bravest generals of the emperor 'Alamgir. He held the rank of 5000, and died in the year 1683 A. D., 1094 A. H., in the Dakhan. Diler Khan, o'^ j^^^, title of 'Abdul Eauf, the son of 'Abdul Karim, formerly in the service of the king of Bijapur. After the conquest of that country, he joined 'Alamgir and received the title of Diler Khan and the niansab of 70OO. He died in the reign of Bahadur Shah in the Dakhan, where he held a jagir. Dilras Bano Begam, y^- u"j^^> daughter of Shahnawaz Khan Safwf, the son of IVIirza Eustam Kan- dhari, and wife of the emperor 'Alamgir. She had an- other sister who was married to Murad Bakhsh, brother of 'Alamgir. Dilshad Khatun, ciP^^^ >>*^'>, daughter of Amir Da- mishk, the son of Amir Juban or Jovian, and wife of Sul- tan Abu Sa'id Khan. Amir Hasan Buzurg, who after the death of the Sultan in 1335 A. D., took possession of Baghdad, married her, but the reins of government were in her hands. Dilsoz, Jiy^'>} poetical title of Khairati Khan, a poet who lived about the year 1800, Dost 'All, (^-^ '■^J'i, Nawab of Arkat and a relative of Murtaza Khan. Under him the atrocious seizure of Tri- chinopoly was perpetrated by Chanda Sahib. He was suc- ceeded by his son Safdar 'Alf, who, after overcoming the effects of poison prepared for him by Murtaza Khan, fell by the poniard of a IPathan assassin, hired for the work by the same person. A storm was raised which he had not the courage to encounter ; and disguising himself in fe- male attire, he escaped from Arkat to hia own fort of Vellore. Dost Muhammad Khan, '•^jd, ruler oi Kabul and Kandahar, was one of the brothers of Fatha Khan, the celebrated wazir of Mahmud, ruler of Hirat and chief of the Barakzaf clan. He was the most powerful chief in Afghanistan, and had for some years previous to the restoration of Shah Shujaa'-ul-Mulk by the British ia 1838, ruled that country. On the death of this prince, Dost Muhammad again assumed the reins of government. On the base and cruel murder of Fatha Khan by Mah- mud at the instigation of Prince Kami-an, his brothers revolted from their allegiance under the guidance of 'Azim Khan, the governor of Kashmir, and drove Mah- mud and his son Kamran from Kabul. Azim Khan ia the first instance offered the vacant throne to Shah Shu- jaa', but offended by some personal slight, withdrew hia support, and placed in his room, Aiyub, a brother of Shah Shujaa', who was content to take the trappings with the power of royalty. On Azim Khan's death, his bro- thers dissatisfied with their position conspired against his son, Habib-ullah Khan, and seizing his person, by threats of blowing him from a gun, induced his mother to deliver up the residue of Azim Khan's immense wealth. Ai- yub's son was killed in these disputes, and he himself, alarmed by these scenes of violence, fled to Labor. Dost Muhammad Khan, the most talented of the brothers, then took possession of the throne and became de facto king of Kabul. Sher Dil Khan, accompanied by four brothers, carried off about half a million sterling of Azim Khan's money, and seated himself in Kandahar, as an indepen- dent chieftain. He and one of his brothers died some years ago ; and Kandahar was until lately ruled by Kohan Dil Khan, assisted by his two surviving brothers Eahim Dil and Mir DU. In the year 1839 the British army entered Kabul and placed Shah Shujaa'-ul-Mulk on the throne on the 8th May, and Dost Muhammad Khan surrendered to the British Envoy and Minister in Kabul on the 4th November, after having defeated the 2nd Ben- gal Cavalry by a desperate charge. He was subsequently sent down to Calcutta, where he arrived, accompanied by one of his sons, on the 23rd May, 1841. He was set free in November 1842 and returned to Kabul, where he reign- ed as before tUl his death, which took place on the 9th June, 1863 A. D., 21st Zil-hijja 1279 A. H., and his youngest son Amir Sher Ali succeeded him. Doulat Khan Lodi, iS^ij^ lJ-^ '^b'^) who, according to Firishta, was an Afghan by birth, originally a private Secretary, who after passing through various ofiices was raised by Sultan Mahmud Tughlak, and attained the title of 'Aziz Mumalik. After the death of Mahmud, the nobles raised him to the throne of Dehli in April, 1413 A. D., Muharram, 816 A. H. In March 1414, 15th Eabi I, 817 A. H., Khizir Khan, governor of Multan, in- vaded Dehli, and after a siege of four months obliged Doulat Khan on the 4th June 1414, Jamada I, 817 A. H., to sm-render. He was instantly confined in the fort of Firoza- biid, where he died after two months. Doulat Khan Lodi, ls^j^ who invited Babar Shah to India, was a descendant of the race of that name who heretofore reigned at Dehli. He was a poet and a man of learning. He died a short time 1 efore Babar conquered Dehlf, i. e., in the year 1526 A. D. 932, A. H. Doulat Khan Lodi Shahu Khail, C5'>r' '^^J^ Jj;i. _>Al«, -v^ras the father of the rebel Kh^ Jahan Lodi'. He served under Mii-za 'Aziz Koka, 'Abdul Eahim Khan Khan Khanan, and prince Danial for several years and was raised to the rank of 2000. He died in the Dakhan 1600 A. D., 1009 A. H. Doulat Rao Sindhia (Maharaja), ^<*"^'^jj '^■{jo. of Gwaliar, a Marhatta chief, was the grand-