107. Mauláná Sa'dullah.

He lived at Biánah, and was looked upon as the best grammarian of the age. He was simple in his mode of life, but liberal to others. Towards the end of his life, he got silent and shut himself out from all intercourse with men, even his own children. He died in 989.

108. Mauláná Is-háq.

He was the son of Shaikh Kákú, and lived at Láhor. Shaikh Sa'dullah, Shaikh Munawwar, and many others, were his pupils. He died more than a hundred years old in 996.

109. Mír 'Abdullaṭíf. Vide No. 161, p. 447.

110. Mír Núrullah.

He came from Shustar and was introduced to Akbar by Hakím Abul Fath. He was a Shí'ah, but practised taqiyah among Sunnís, and was even well acquainted with the law of Abú Hanífah. When Shaikh Mu'ín, Qází of Láhor, retired, he was appointed his successor, and gave every satisfaction. After Jahángír's accession, he was recalled. Once he offended the emperor by a hasty word, and was executed.

111. Mauláná 'Abdul Qádir.

He was Akbar's teacher (ákhúnd). Vide No. 242, p. 485.

112. Qází 'Abdussamí.'

He was a Miyánkálí,* and according to Badáoní (II., 314) played chess for money, and drank wine. Akbar made him, in 990, Qází-lquzát, in place of Qází Jaláluddín Multání (No. 122). Vide Akbarnámah, III., 593.

113. Mauláná Qásim.

The Ṭabaqát mentions a Mullá Qásim of Qandahár.

114. Qází Hasan. Vide No. 281, p. 498.

115. Mullá Kamál.

The Ṭabaqát mentions a Shaikh Kamál of Alwar, the successor and relative of Shaikh Salím.

116. Shaikh Ya'qúb (of Kashmír). Vide below among the poets.

117. Mullá 'A´lam. Vide p. 159, note.

He died in 991, and wrote a book, entitled Fawátih ulwiláyat. Bad. II., 337.

118. Shaikh 'Abbunnabí. Vide pp. 173, 177, 185, 187, 272, 490, 547, note.

He was the son of Shaikh Ahmad, son of Shaikh 'Abdul Quddús of Gango, and was several times in Makkah, where he studied the Hadís. When he held the office of Çadr, he is said to have been arbitrary, but liberal. The execution of a Bráhman, the details of which are related in Badáoní (III., 80), led to the Shaikh's deposal.

Badáoní (III., 83) places his death in 991, the Mir-át in 992. 'Abdunnabí's family traced their descent from Abú Hanífah.

119. Shaikh Bhík.

The Ṭabaqát has also ‘Bhík’, Badáoní (III., 24) has ‘Bhíkan.’ Shaikh Bhík lived in Kákor near Lak'hnau. He was as learned as he was pious. He died in 981.

120. Shaikh Abul Fath.

Shaikh Abul Fath of Gujrát was the son-in-law of Mír Sayyid Muhammad of Jaunpúr, the great Mahdawí. He was in A´grah at the time of Bairám Khán.

121. Shaikh Baháuddín Muftí.

He lived at A´grah, and was a learned and pious man.

122. Qází Jaláluddín Multání. Vide pp. 175, 185.

He comes from near Bhakkar and was at first a merchant. He then took to law. In 990, he was banished and sent to the Dak'hin, from where he went to Makkah. He died there.

123. Shaikh Ziáuddín.

It looks as if Shaikh Ziáullah was intended; vide No. 173, p. 457.

124. Shaikh 'Abdul Wahháb.

125. Shaikh 'Umar.

126. Mír Sayyid Muhammad Mír 'Adl. Vide No. 140, p. 438, and No. 251, p. 490.

127. Mauláná Jamál.

The Ṭabaqát has a Mullá Jamál, a learned man of Multán. Badáoní (III, 108) mentions a Mauláná Jamál of <Arabic>, which is said to be a Mahallah of Láhor.

128. Shaikh Ahmadí.

Shaikh Ahmadí Fayyáz of Amet'hí, a learned man, contemporary of the saint Nizámuddín of Amethí (p. 537).

129. Shaikh 'Abdul Ghaní.*

He was born at Badáon and lived afterwards in Dihlí a retired life. The Khán Khánán visited him in 1003.

130. Shaikh 'Abdul Wáhid.

He was born in Bilgrám, and is the author of a commentary to the Nuzhat-ul Arwáh, and several treatises on the technical terms (içtiláhát) of the Çúfís, one of which goes by the name of Sanábil.

131. Çadr i Jahán. Vide No. 194, p. 468.

132. Mauláná Ismá'íl. Vide above No. 12.

The Ṭabaqát mentions a Mullá Ismá'íl Muftí of Láhor, and a Mullá Ismá'íl of Awadh.

133. Mullá 'Abdul Qádir.

This is the historian Badáoní. Abulfazl also calls him Mullá in the Akbar­námah.

134. Mauláná Çadr Jahán.

This seems a repetition of No. 131.

135. Shaikh Jauhar.

136. Shaikh Munawwar.

Vide p. 106. He was born at Láhor, and was noted for his memory and learning. He is the author of commentaries to the Masháriqul-anwár (Hadís), the Badí 'ul bayán, the Irshád i Qází, &c. When the learned were banished from Court, he was imprisoned in Gwáliár, where he died in 1011.

His son, Shaikh Kabír, was also renowned for his learning. He died in 1026, in Ahmadábád, and was buried in the mausoleum of the great Ahmadábádí saint Sháh 'A´lam. Mir-át.

137. Qází Ibráhím.

Vide pp. 172, 174, 189. Badáoní and the Ṭabaqát mention a Hájí Ibráhím of A´grah, a teacher of the Hadís.

138. Mauláná Jamál. Vide above No. 127.

139. Bijai Sen Súr.

140. Bhán Chand.