Kaura Mal

Kaura Mal was an official of the Mughal Empire who served as Subahdar of Subah of Multan from 1748 to 1751. He served as Diwan of Lahore and Multan on various occasions as well. Kaura Mal is notable for being one of the few Sahajdhari Sikhs in the Mughal bureaucracy.

Biography Kaura Mal was the son of Vallu Ram, a Khatri or Arora of Chuggh clan, originally from Shorkot in the Subah of Lahore. His father and grandfather had been in the service of governors of Multan. Talwandi Rai Bhoe (now known as Nankana Sahib), where Guru Nanak spent his early-years, had been a deserted and abandoned habitation until Diwan Kaura Mal sponsored the construction of holy-tanks (sarovars) and memorial gurdwaras there in 1750, which had generous land holdings given to them by Kaura Mal, which formed the estate of Nankana Sahib until partition of Punjab in 1947.

Kaura Mal was again recalled by Mir Mannu in October 1751 during Ahmad Shah's second invasion. He was killed by Bazid Khan of Kasur in a battle near Lahore at the instance of Adina Beg, the faujdar of Jalandhar Doab.