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<p class="C1">&#65279FATEH SI&#7748GH M&#256N (d. 1845), son of Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh M&#257n, soldier, diplomat and commander in Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's army. He entered the service of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 as a trooper, and took part in several campaigns, including those of Mult&#257n (1818) and Kashm&#299r (1819). He rose to be a <i>kumed&#257n.</i> In 1811, he had a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> worth one lakh of rupees and maintained a contingent of 300 horsemen. He served mostly in the northwest frontier region, across the Indus. After Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's death, he became an active partisan of Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh and Waz&#299r Dhi&#257n Si&#7749gh. In 1839, he served under Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh in the Sikh army sent to Pesh&#257war to assist Colonel Claude Wade in Sh&#257hz&#257d&#257 Taim&#363r's expedition to K&#257bul.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	In the courtly intrigue following the death of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh and Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh, Fateh Si&#7749gh M&#257n aligned himself with the faction supporting R&#257&#7751&#299 Chand Kaur against Sher Si&#7749gh. The faction comprised Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257 Sard&#257rs, the Jamm&#363 brothers, and the Bh&#257&#299s. However, the accession of Sher Si&#7749gh to the throne of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh on 20 January 1841 broke up the faction supporting Chand Kaur. Fateh Si&#7749gh submitted to Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh and saved his <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> and command. He continued thereafter to serve in the Sikh army, retaining his influence at the court.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The army <i>pañch&#257yats</i> deputed Fateh Si&#7749gh to Jamm&#363 to negotiate with R&#257j&#257 Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh the surrender of H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh's treasure which the &#7692ogr&#257 chief had carted away to his capital. Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh paid Rs 4,00,000 as earnest money, and promised to surrender the treasure at an early date. The Lahore deputation left Jamm&#363 but was waylaid outside the town by Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh's troops and Fateh Si&#7749gh M&#257n was killed on 28 February 1845.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u>.</i> Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin Lepel and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>, Lahore 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times</i>, Delhi, 1990<BR>
<li class="C1"> Smyth, G, Carmichael, <i>A History of Reigning Family of Lahore</i>, Patiala, 1970.<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">B. J. Hasrat<br></p><BR>
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