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Farhat 87 Pariz fearing to lose his mistress, sent an old woman to inform Parhad, that the fair object of his desire was dead. He was at work on one of the higiiest parts of the rock when he heard the moiuriful intelligence. He immediately cast himself headlong, and was dashed in pieces. Vide Shirin. Farhat, '^=ty*, poetical name of Shaikh Earhat-uUah, son ■ of Shaikh Asad-ullah. He wrote a Diwan in Urdu and died in the year 1777 A. D., 1191 A. H., at Murshidabad. Farhat Kashmiri, iSj ^j', a poet who was Hving in 1724 A. D., 1136 A. H. Farid Eukhari (Shaikh), ts^^'-'^j' of the Agra city giinrds when Akbar died. Great honors were conferred on him by the emperor Jahangi'r. on ac- count of his services. He received the title of Mitrtaza Khan, and managed the affairs of the empire till he was rendered unfit for business, by a stroke of the palsy, which opened the way for the promotion of Ya'timad- nddaula the father of the empress Nur Jahan. He died 1616 A. D., 1025 A. H. commander Farid Katib, V^'-^ ■^ir'j vide Farid-uddfn Katih. Farid or Farid-uddin Ahwal, J.?^' ^i"^^ '^i;'> (tte squinting) a poet of Persia who was a native of Asfaraen in Khurasan and co-temporary with Imami Hirwi. Khwaja Nizam-uddin Abu Bakr the Wazir of Azd-uddin Sa'd was his patron. He died at Isfahan and left a Diwan containing 5,000 verses. Farid or Farid-uddin (Shaikh), ^i^i'^^'^iJ' ^j.^ a celebrated Muhammadan saint, who is styled " Shakar Ganj," on account of his having, it is said, miraculously transmuted dust or salt into sugar. His father's name was Shaikh Jalal-uddm Sulaiman, a descendant of Farrukh Shah of Kabul. He was a disciple of Khwaja Kutb-uddin Bakhtyar Kakf, and was contem- porary with Shaikh Sa'd-uddin Hamwia, Saif-uddin Makharzi, and Baha-uddin Zikaria, all of whom died suc- cessively a short time after one another. He was born in 1173 A. D., 569 A. H., died on Satui-day the 1 7th October, 1265 A. D., 5th Muharram, 66i A. H.", aged 95 lunar years, and is buried at Ajudhan, a place commonly called Patan or Pak Patau in Multan. The anniversary of his death is celebrated every year on the 5th of Mu- harram, when a great crowd of Muhammadans assemble together to pray at his tomb. Farid-uddin, V^l^ i^yl'^^^'^ij' , commonly called Fan'd Katib, was a pupil of Anwari, a good poet and secretary to Sultan Sanjar. When that prince was defeated by the monarch of Kara Khatai in 1140 A. D., 535 A. H., and fled with a few followers to Khurasan, Farid consoled him by composing an ode upon the occasion, in which he says, " that everjr thing must change, but that the condi- tion of God alone was not liable to change." Farid-uddin Attar (Shaikh), surnamed Muhammad Ibrahim, was a dealer in perfumes, from which he took his poetical name " 'Attar." He afterwards retired from the world, became a disciple of Shaikh Majd-uddin Baghdadi, and lived to a great age, namely, that of 114 lunar years. He was born at Shad- yakh, a village in Naishapur in the reign of Sultan Sanjar in November, 1119 A. D., Sha'ban, 513 A. H., and, when at the siege of Naishapur, the son-in-law of Changez Khan, the Tartar, was killed, a general massacre of the inhabitants of that place was made by the Mughals, among the number that were slain, Farid-uddin was one. This circumstance took place on the 26th April, 1230 A. D., 10th Jamad II, 62Y A. H. He is the author of 40 poems and several prose works, amongst the latter " Tazkirat-ul-Aulia." The following are his poems. Ilahi Nama. Khayat Nama. Kanz-ul-Hakaek. Lisan-ul-Ghaib. Mansur Nama. Miftah-ul-Fatiih. Mazhar-ul-'Ajaeb. Pand Nama. Musibat Nama. Wald Nama. "Wasiat Nama. Mantik-ul-Tair. Mukhtar Nama. Sipah Nama. the author of a Diwan con- Asrar Nama. Ashtiir Nama. Ausat Nama. Besar Nama. Bulbul Nama. Gul-wa-Khusro or Hurmuz. Haidar Nama. Haft Wadi. Hakaek-ul-Jawahir. Hallaj Nama. J awahir-ul-zat. Khusro Nama. Kanzan Makhfia. Kunt Kauz Makhafia. Besides the above, he is also taining 40,000 verses.

Faridun, (Arabic characters), an ancient king of Persia, the son of Abtin, an immediate descendant of Tahmurs, king of Persia. He had escaped, it is said in a miraculous manner, from Zohak, when that prince had seized and murdered his father. At the age of 16 he joined Kawa or Gawa, a blacksmith, who had collected a large body of his coun- trymen : these fought with enthusiasm under the standard of the blacksmith's apron, which was afterwards convert- ed into the royal standard of Persia, called the Durafsh K&.wani. Zohak, after numerous defeats, was made pri- soner, and put to a slow and painful death. Faridfin, who was a very just and virtuous king, had three sons, viz. : Salm, Tur, and Erij, among whom he divided his kingdom ; but the two elder, displeased that Persia, the fairest of lands and the seat of royalty, should have been given to Erij their junior, comljined to effect his ruin, and at last slew him, and sent his head to Faridun. The old man fainted at the sight, and when he recovered, he called upon Heaven to punish the base perpetrators of so unnatural and cruel a deed. The daughter of Erij was married to the nephew of Faridun, and their yoimg son Maniichehr proved the image of his grandfather. When he attained manhood, the old king made every preparation to enable him to revenge the blood of Erij. A war commenced ; and in the first battle Salm and Tur were both slain. Fareidun soon afterwards died, and was succeeded by Manuchehr. Persian authors assure us that Fareidun reigned 500 years. Faridun, iz>j^ij^, * Turk who wrote a Commentary in the Turkish language on the Ghazals of Hafiz. Farigh, author of the poem called " Masnawi Farigh," which he composed in 1592 A. D., 1000 A. H., in which year, he says. Shah 'Abbas conquered Gilan, and to whom it was dedicated. Faris Eechidiak, u'j^, (from Chambers' Ency- clopaedia) an Arab poet and litterateur, bom about the year 1796 A. D. In religion he was a Syrian Christian. He is the author of several works. When in London, he published his revised text of the New Testament in Arabic. His Diwan in Arabic is highly spoken of by those who have seen it. He was living in 1860. Fariz, {Jaj^^, or Ibn Fariz, surname of Abu Hafs Sharaf- uddfn Umar bin-al-Asa'di, bin-al-Murshid, bin-Ahmad al-Asa'di, a very illustrious Arabian poet. He was bom at Cairo 1181 A. D., 677 A. H., and died there in the year 1234 A. D., 632 A. H.