ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>IM&#256M UD-D&#298N SHAIKH (1819-1859)</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 NAME="keywords" CONTENT="IMM,D*N,SHAI"> <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">&#65279IM&#256M UD-D&#298N, SHAI<u>KH</u> (1819-1859), who succeeded his father, Shai<u>kh</u> <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n, as governor of the Sikh province of Kashm&#299r in 1845, had earlier served under Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh in the &#7692er&#257j&#257t and had in 1840 assisted his father in the campaign against Ma&#7751&#7693&#299. In April 1841, when a mutiny occurred in Kashm&#299r, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh ordered his father, Shei<u>kh</u> <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n, then governor of the Jalandhar Do&#257b, to proceed to Kashm&#299r to take charge of the province and restore order. Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n was then appointed governor of the Jalandhar Do&#257b. When in September 1843, Waz&#299r H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh had Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh and Misr Bel&#299 R&#257m arrested, he handed them over to Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n for custody. Im&#257m ud-D&#299n kept them in the stables near his house in Lahore. Within a week of their confinement, both of them were put to death at H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh's orders. Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n was also involved by H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh in the plot to destroy the <i>&#7693er&#257</i> of B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh of Naura&#7749g&#257b&#257d which fell within his jurisdiction. During the insurrection in Kashm&#299r in 1844 when Shai<u>kh</u> <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Moh&#299y ud-D&#299n asked for reinforcements from the Lahore Darb&#257r, Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n was sent with a contingent to help him. On the death of his father, Im&#257m ud-D&#299n took over as governor of Kashm&#299r, with the title of Am&#299n ul-Mulk Ja&#7749g Bah&#257dur. His fortune, however, declined with the conclusion of the Anglo-Sikh treaty of 16 March 1846, according to which Kashm&#299r was to be handed over to Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh. The arrangement was resented by R&#257j&#257 L&#257l Si&#7749gh, minister to the Lahore Darb&#257r, who in a private communication instructed Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n to obstruct it. Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n was ultimately overcome by the intervention of the British under Major Henry Lawrence to whom he surrendered. He was tried at Lahore by a commission comprising Major-General Littler, Lt-Colonel Lawrence, Lt-Colonel Goldie, Mr Currie and Mr Lawrence, but was exonerated when he produced original letters written by R&#257j&#257 L&#257l Si&#7749gh. His property in Lahore, which was earlier confiscated, was restored to him.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In June 1848, Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n went at the head of 2, 000 troops to assist Herbert Edwardes in the reduction of Mult&#257n, and succeeded in arresting Narai&#7751 Si&#7749gh, commander of D&#299w&#257n M&#363l R&#257j. He was later rewaded with the title of Naw&#257b and Bah&#257dur, together with a pension of Rs 11, 600 and confirmation of his <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> of Rs 8, 400. Again in 1857, he helped the British raise two contingents of cavalry to fight on their behalf in Delhi. He died in March 1859 at the early age of 40 and was buried in the vicinity of the tomb of the famous saint, D&#257t&#257 Gañj Ba<u>kh</u>sh, at Lahore.</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, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Fauja Singh, <i>After Ranjit Singh</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Hameed ud-D&#299n<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>