ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GHUL&#256M MOH&#298Y UD-D&#298N SHAIKH (d. 1845)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<u>GH</u>UL&#256M MOH&#298Y UD-D&#298N, SHAI<u>KH</u> (d. 1845), who rose to be governor of Kashm&#299r in Sikh times, was the son of Shai<u>kh</u> Uj&#257l&#257, a <i>munsh&#299</i> or accountant in the service of Sard&#257r Bh&#363p Si&#7749gh of Hoshi&#257rpur. At a young age, <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n took up service under D&#299w&#257n Mot&#299 R&#257m, the governor of Kashm&#299r, later shifting to Lahore. He exhibited great diplomatic skill when in 1823, under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's instructions, he persuaded Sard&#257r Muhammad 'Az&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n of K&#257bul, who had marched upon Pesh&#257war, to retire without firing a shot. In 1827, Kirp&#257 R&#257m, D&#299w&#257n Mot&#299 R&#257m's son, took him to Kashm&#299r upon his appointment as governor of the province. After four years, however, Kirp&#257 R&#257m was recalled, and Shai<u>kh</u> <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n returned with him to Lahore where, according to some sources, he was subjected to punishment for his cruel treatment of the people of Kashm&#299r. But within a year he returned to Kashm&#299r as a deputy to Prince Sher Si&#7749gh who had been sent as the new governor of that territory. Again the Shai<u>kh</u> was reported to have followed a repressive policy which, coupled with the outbreak of famine, made the lot of the people extremely miserable. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 recalled Shai<u>kh</u> <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n, and inflicted a heavy fine upon him besides confiscating all of his property and the hidden wealth which he had amassed at Hoshi&#257rpur.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Shai<u>kh</u> remained out of favour with the Darb&#257r for some time but eventually found a patron in Bh&#257&#299 R&#257m Si&#7749gh who helped him to secure service with Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh. Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh took him to Pesh&#257war, and entrusted to him the management of his financial affairs. In 1839, he was appointed governor of the Jalandhar Do&#257b and in April 1841, after Sher Si&#7749gh's accession to the throne, governor of Kashm&#299r. In February 1845, <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n made overtures to the British government with a view to transferring his allegiance to them, but died soon afterwards and was buried in the <u>Kh</u>&#257naq&#257h of Shai<u>kh</u> Hamz&#257 Mak<u>kh</u>&#363m, Har&#299 Parbat, Sr&#299nagar.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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, <i>Ranjit Si&#7749gh</i>. Delhi, 1957<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>Ranjit Si&#7749gh, Maharaja of the Punjab</i>. Bombay, 1962<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Hameed ud-D&#299n<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>