Malot fort in India, a 15th century fort built by a Pashtun

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