Ruins of Malot fort on hill top (Hoshiarpur district, Indian Punjab). Source |
Malot fort was founded in the reign of Sultan Bahlul Lodi by Tatar Khan Yousaf Khel Lodi. [1].
Ghazi Khan Lodi, son of Daulat Khan Lodi (Sikandar and Ibrahim Lodi's governor of Punjab) possessed a library of valuable books at Malot fort, which Babur handed over to Hamayun and Kamran after capturing the fort. [2]
During the reign of Sher Shah Sur, Hamid Khan Kakar was in charge of the fort of Malot. [3]
References
1- "The History of India", by Sir Henry Miers Elliot, Vol-4, p-415
2- Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed Baber, translation partly by the Late John Leyden, partly by William Erskine, published in 1826, p-298
3- "The History of India", by Sir Henry Miers Elliot, Vol-4, p-415
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