Haidar Malik
Haidar Malik Chadurah (died 1627) was an administrator, and soldier in
Mughal Emperor from 1605 until his death in 1627. Haidar Malik wrote the best known Persian-language history of Kashmir (completed 1621) one of several books entitled Tarikh-i-Kashmir, identified as Tarikh-i-Haidar Malik. Malik Muhammad Chadurah was born in Chadurah, a village ten miles south of Srinagar, as the son of Hasan Malik. His history was translated into English as Haidar Malik Chadurah History of Kashmir, Raja Bano, Bhavna Prakashan, 1991.[1][2][3][4]
Family
The decedents of Haider Malik are currently residing in the downtown Zaidibal. As per the records the heads of 3 families of Haider Malik are[citation needed]:
- Malik Muhammad Ali- who is survived by a son and a daughter. The son is a retired doctor Malik Nazir and is living in Qamari wari area.
- Malik Ali Muhammad- survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters. Both the sons are retired, the elder one Malik Hafiz retired as chief Hoticulture office.
- Malik Ghulam Hussain- survived by 3 sons and 3 daughters. The elder son Malik Mushtaq is Retired Sericulture Assistant and another son Malik Altaf is a prominent businessman in the valley.
References
- ISBN 9788187879497.
- ISBN 9788170173113.
- ISBN 9788131304020.
- S2CID 250349034.