ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JASS&#256 MALL (d. 1836)</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="JASS,MALL"> <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">&#65279JASS&#256 MALL (d. 1836), son of Dhanpat, a Br&#257hma&#7751 shopkeeper, of the village of &#7692alv&#257l, in Jehlum district, joined Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's service in 1809 as a clerk on five rupees a month. In 1816, he became a treasurer in the Bel&#257 Tosh&#257<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257, the treasury for charitable purposes. The following year he was promoted &#7693&#257ro<u>gh</u>&#257 or custodian of the <i>tosh&#257<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257</i>. On the conquest of Kashm&#299r in 1819, he became the treasurer of the new province. In 1832, he was given the contract for the revenues of Jehlum and Roht&#257s districts. He held this contract until his death in 1836. Misr L&#257l Si&#7749gh, later known as R&#257j&#257 L&#257l Si&#7749gh, was his son.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel, and G.F.Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Har&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>