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'Ali 38 'All 'Ali Boya or Ali ibn Boya, ^^.,J^, entitled Jmad-ud- daula, the first of a race of kings of Fars and 'lvk. The flatterers of this family, which is called Dilami or Dialima (from the name of their native village, Dilam) and Boya or Buyites (from that of one of their ancestors named Boya), trace their descent to the ancient kings of Persia : but the fi.rst of this race that history notices, was a fisherman of Dflam whose name was Boj^a. His eldest son, 'All Boya, was employed by a governor of his native country named Murawij, and was in the command of the chief part of his army, with which he encountered and defeated Yakut, the governor of Isfahan, and by the immense plunder that he obtained from that victory, he became at once a leader of reputation and of power. He pursued Yakiit into Furs, defeated him again, and took possession of the whole of that province as well as those of Kirman, Khuzistan and 'Irak in 933 A. D., 321 A. H. This chief was afterwards tempted, by the weak and distracted state of the Khilafat or Caliphate, to a still higher enterprize : accompanied by his two brothers, Hasan and Ahmad, he marched to Baghdad. The Khalif al-Eazi Billah fled, but was soon induced to retui'n : and his first act was to heap honors on those who had taken possession of his capital. 'AH Boya, on agreeing to pay annually 600,000 dinars of gold, was appointed viceroy of Fars and 'Irak, with the rank of Amir-ul-Umra, and the title of 'Imad- ud-daula. His younger brother Ahmad, received the title of Maizz-ud-daula, and was nominated wazir to the khalif. Hasan, who was his second brother, received the title of Eukn-ud-daula, and acted, during the life of Ali Boya, under that chief. AH Boya fixed his residence at iShi'raz, and died on Sundaj^the 11th November, 949 A. D., 16th Jamad I, 338 H., much regretted by his soldiers and subjects. He was succeeded by his brother Eukn-ud- daula. Sultans of the race of Boya who reigned. 108 lunar years in Persia : 'Imad-ud-daula 'AH Boya ; Maizz-ud-daula Ahmad ; Eukn-ud-daula Hasan, sons of Boya. Azd-ud-daula ; Mouyyad-ud-daula ; Fakhr-ud-daula A.bul Hasan, sons of Eukn-ud-daula. Majd-ud-daula, son of Fakhr-ud-daula. Izz-ud-daula Bakhtyar, son of Maizz-ud-daula. »Ali Durdazd, isi>^>.J-^c>ji> ^^i* ^h'^, (Moulan^L) of Astarabad. A poet who was cotomporary with Katibf Tarshizi who died lq A. D. 143.5, 840 A. H. He is the author of a diwan. He was living in A. D. 1436, in which year his wife died, on which account he wrote a beautiful elegy. 'Ali Ghulam Astarabadi, is^^!^y-'^ c^^^J•^, a poet who served under the kings of Dakhin and was livino- in 1565 A. D., 972 A. H., in which year Eamraj the rajl of Bijanagar was defeated and slain in a battle against the Muhammadan princes of Dakhia, of which event he wrote a chronogram. 'Ali Hamdani, t^!'^-** ^^^e Sayyid 'AH Hamdanf. 'Ali Hamza, ?>-^ijr^*, author of the "Jawahir-ul-Asrar", a commentary on the abstruse meaning of the verses of the Kuran &c., being an abridgment of the " Miftah-ul- Asrar", written in 1436 A. D. 'AH Hamza's poetical name IS 'Azuri, which see. 'Ali Hazin, ui>=^ c5^-= (Shaikh Muhammad) vide Hazfn. 'All ibn Isa, iLr-~i^ ur^ ' J^, general of the khalif al- Ami'n, killed in battle against Tahir ibn Husain, the gen- eral of the khalif al-Mamun in the year 811 A. D., 195 A. H., and his head sent as a present to the khalif. ?Ali ibn ul-Rijal, (Arabic characters) author of the Arabic work on astronomy called " Albara' ahkam Najiim." 'Ali Ibrahim Khan, tu^'^ ij-^, a native judge of Banaras who is the author of 28 mans and several other works and a tazkira or biography of Urdu poets which he wrote about the year 1782 A. D., 1196 H. His poetical name is Khalil. 'Ali Jah, »^ fj^, the eldest son of the Nizam of Haidara- bad. He rebelled against his father in June 1796 A. D. was defeated and made prisoner, and died shortly after. 'Ali Kusanji, (^^""'t^-'-^, (MuUa) vide MuUa'AH Kusanji. 'Ali Kusanji, iJi^^j' ^J^j (MuUa) author of the " Sharah Tajrid", and Hashia Kashshaf. He died in 1406 A. D., 808 A. H. 'Ali Kuli Beg of Khurasan, iJ^, author of a tazkira or biography of poets. 'Ali Kuli Khan, ty^^cs^'^t^^*, (Nawab) vide Ganna Begam. 'Ali Lala, (Shaikh Eazf-uddin) a native of Ghazni. His father Sayyid Lala was the uncle of Shaikh Sanai the poet. He was a disciple of Najm-uddin Kubra and his title Shaikh ul-Shaiukh. He died A. D. 1244, 642 A. H., aged 76 lunar years. 'Ali Mahaemi, iS*^^^"" C5^^ a native of Mahaem in the Dakhin, was the son of Shaikh Ahmad, and is the author of the commentary on the Kuran entitled " Tafsir Eah- mani." He died A. D., 1431, 836 A. H. 'Ali Mardan Khan, c"^ ^J^'^j^ Amfr-ul-Umra, was a native of Persia and governor of Kandahar on the part of the king of Persia, but finding himself exposed to much danger from the tyranny of his sovereign Shah Safi, he gave up the place to the emperor Shah Jahan, and himself took refuge at Dihli ia the year 1637 A. D., 1047 A. H. He was received with great honour, was created Amir-ul- Umra, and was at different times, made governor of Kash- mir and Kabul, and employed in various wars and other duties. He excited universal admiration at the court by the skill and judgment of his pubHc works, of which the canal which bears his name at Dihli still affords a proof, and the taste and elegance he displayed on all occasions of show and festivity. He died on his way to Kashmir, where he was going for change of air, on the 16th of April, 1657 A. D., O. S., 12th Eajab, 1067 A. H., and was buried at Labor in the mausoleum of his mother. He left three sons, viz., Ibrahim Khan, Isma'fl Beg and Is-hak Beg, of whom the two last were slain in the battle which took place between Dara Shikoh and 'Alamgir at Dhaulpur on the 29th May, 1658, 0. S., 7th Eamazan, 1068 H. He is believed to have introduced the bulbous Tartar dome into Indian architecture. 'Ali Musi Raza, H) ^'^y° i^^, the eighth Imam of the race of AH, and the son of Musi Kazim the seventh Imam. His mother's name was Umm Sayyid ; he was born in the year 764 or 769 A. D., 147 A. H. and died on Friday the 12th of August 818 A. D., 9th Safar, 203 H. His wife's name was Umm Habil the daughter of the Khalif al- Mamun. His sepulchre is at Tiis in Khurasan. That town is now commonly called Mash-had, that is, the place of martyrdom of the Imam. To the enclosure wherein his tomb is raised, the Persians give the name of " Eauzat Eizawi," or the garden of Eaza, and esteem it the most sacred spot in aU Persia. The chief ornament and support of Mash-had is this tomb, to which many thousands of pious pilgrims annually resort, and which had been once greatly enriched by the bounty of sovereigns. Nasir-ullah Mirza the son of Nadir Shah carried away the golden railing that surrounded the tomb, and Nadir Mirza son of Shah-rukh Mirza and grandson of Nadir Shah, took down the great golden ball which ornameuted the top of the