District Court, Malerkotla

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

SESSIONS DIVISION MALERKOTLA

Brief History

Malerkotla district takes its name from the erstwhile princely state of ‘Maler Kotla’. Its history can be traced back to the 15th century and to Haider Shaikh commonly called Shaikh Sadr-ud-din, Sadr-i- Jahan, a Sarani Afghan of Daraband in Khurasan.

Shaikh Sadr-ud-Din , a disciple of Pir Rukn Alam of Multan(The States Gazetteers, Maler Kotla State,1904) was renowned for his piety. He had settled at Bhumsi on the banks of a tributary of River Sutlej. Behlol Lodhi had halted there when on his way capture Delhi, with his Wazir Hamid Khan. He is said to have had a chance meeting with Shaikh Sadar-ud-Din.In this meeting Shaikh Sadar-ud-Din is said to have prophesied success of Behlol Lodhi in his campaign. Behlol Lodhi on becoming the Sultan gave his daughter Taj Murassa Begam, in marriage in 1454 A.D. with, a suitable dowry in a tract of land containing 12 large and 56 small villages, to Shaikh Sadr-ud-Din.Thus was laid the foundation of the habitation of Malerkotla, was founded in 1657 century by Bayzid Khan, a descendant of Haider Sheikh and father of the most well known of the Maler Kotla Nawab’s Sher Mohammed Khan.

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