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{{Infobox person
| name = Mulla Muhammad Saleh Kamboh <BR> ملا محمد صالح کمبوہ
| image = Muhammad Saleh Kamboh.jpg
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| caption = Portrait of Muhammad Salih Kambu
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_date ={{circa}} 1675
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Mughal Empire]], now [[Pakistan]]
| education = Fluent in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu]]
| occupation = Court chronicler
| spouse =
| children =
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}}
'''Muhammad Saleh Kamboh Lahori''' ({{lang-ur|محمد صالح کمبوہ لاہوری}}) was a noted calligraphist and official biographer of Emperor [[Shah Jahan]] and the teacher of Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]]. Though a widely read person,<ref>Hamdard Islamicus, 1978, p 75, Hamdard National Foundation, Pakistan – Islam.</ref> little is known of the life of Muhammad Saleh Kamboh other than the works he composed. He was son of Mir Abdu-lla, Mushkin Kalam, whose title shows him to also have been a fine writer.<ref>''[[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]]'', 1877, p 123, Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson; Shah Jahan, 1975, p 131, Henry Miers Elliot – Mogul Empire; ''A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages'', 2008, p. 124, [[William Hook Morley]] – History.</ref> He is believed to be younger brother of ''[[Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh|Inayat-Allah Kamboh]]'' (Urdu: عنایت خان کمبوہ)<ref name="Shah Jahan 1975, p 131">Shah Jahan, 1975, p 131, Henry Miers Elliot – Mogul Empire.</ref> and worked as a ''Shahi Dewan (Minister)'' with the governor of [[Lahore]].

==As a historian and a poet==
Muhammad Saleh is best remembered for his work ''Amal-i Salih'', also referred to as ''Shah Jahan Namah'' (The History of Shah Jahan), which he completed in 1659–60 AD. ''Amal-i-Salih'' is an account of the life and reign of [[Shah Jahan]]. However, the work also includes information on Shah Jahan's predecessors (particularly [[Akbar]] and [[Jahangir]]) and a compendium of biographies of the [[Shaikh]]s, poets, and other notables who were contemporaries with Shah Jahan. It is considered to be one of the most important original sources of events during Shah Jahan's reign.

Muhammad Saleh was known as a poet by the [[Persia]]n title ''Kashfi'' and by [[Hindi]] ''Subhan'' and is also stated to be an accomplished Hindi singer.<ref name="Shah Jahan 1975, p 131"/><ref>Persian literature in India during the time of Jahangir and Shah Jahan, 1970, p 171, M. Lutfur Rahman, Persian literature India History and criticism; A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages, 2008, p 124, William Hook Morley – History.</ref>

==As a soldier==
In the list of ''mansabdars'', Muhammad Saleh Kamboh is put down as a commander of five hundred soldiers.<ref>The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, 1877, p 123, Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson; Shah Jahan, 1975, p 131, Henry Miers Elliot – Mogul Empire.</ref><ref>A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages, 2008, p 124, William Hook Morley – History.</ref>

It is claimed by some accounts that Muhammad Saleh Kamboh served as a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[Admiral]] and unfortunately was killed while fighting alongside his fleet against the [[Ahoms]] at [[Pandu]] on [[Bengal]]-[[Assam]] border while helping General [[Abdus Salam]], the [[Faujdar]] (infantry commander) of [[Hajo]], during the tenure of [[Islam Khan Mashadi]], the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Governor of [[Bengal]].<ref>Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, 1963, p 349, Pakistan Historical Society; Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh, p 169/170, Nagendra K. Singh; A History of Assam, 1906, pp 110–111, Edward Albert Gait.</ref> The event referred to above is said to date 1636 AD, which is incorrect, since Muhammadd Saleh was very much alive and is known to have completed his ''Amal-i Salih'' in 1659/60 AD soon after [[Aurangzeb]] (Reign 1658 AD-1707 AD) became the emperor of [[India]] in 1658 AD. According to Naimur Rehman Farooqi, the work was completed in 1669 AD.<ref>Mughal-Ottoman Relations: A Study of Political and Diplomatic Relations Between Mughal India and the Ottoman Empire, 1556–1748, 1986, p 208, Naimur Rahman Farooqi.</ref>

It is also stated that when Shaikh Makhdum was appointed imperial ''"Sadr-us-Sadur"'' (''Chief Sadr'', ''Chief Administrator or Prime Minister'') after death of Sadr Sharif Khan during the reign of [[Aurangzeb]], Muhammad Salih Kamboh was appointed ''Peshdast'' (deputy).<ref>Maāsir-i-ʻālamgiri: A History of the Emperor Aurangzib-ʻĀlamgir (reign 1658–1707 A.D.) of Saqi Mustʻad Khan By Muḥammad Sāqī Mustaʻidd Khān, Jadunath Sarkar, 1981, p 138, Muḥammad Sāqī Mustaʻidd Khān, Jadunath Sarkar – Mogul Empire; Bibliotheca Indica, 1947, p 138, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), Asiatic Society of Bengal, India Asiatic Society (Calcutta – Indic literature.</ref>

==Death==
The date of Muhammad Saleh's death is not certain.<ref>The Shah Jahan Nama of 'Inayat Khan: An Abridged History of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Compiled by His Royal Librarian : the Nineteenth-century Manuscript Translation of A.R. Fuller (British Library, Add. 30,777), 1990, p xxviii, Inayat Khan, Wayne Edison Begley, Z. A. Desai, Ziyaud-Din A. Desai.</ref> S. M. Latif states on unspecified authority in his works that Muhammad Saleh Kamboh died in A. H. 1085 (1675 AD) <ref>Lahore, its history etc., 1992, S. M. Latif; Quoted in: Islamic Culture, 1941, p 74, Islamic Culture Board.</ref> which is accepted by some writers.

A mosque known as [[Saleh Kamboh Mosque]] has been built with his name in [[Mochi Gate]], [[Walled City of Lahore]].<ref>Islamic Culture, 1941, p 74, Islamic Culture Board.</ref><ref name="Saleh_Mosque">{{cite web | title=Muhammad Saleh Kamboh's Mosque | publisher=https://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/ | url=https://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/mosque_saleh_kamboh.html | access-date=5 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045407/http://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/mosque_saleh_kamboh.html | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
He is buried in [[Lahore]], though his grave location is currently disputed by the owners of the property.<ref name="Burial_Place">{{cite web | title=Muhammad Saleh Kamboh's Tomb | publisher=https://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/ | url=https://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/tomb_saleh_kamboh.html | access-date=5 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171749/http://www.ualberta.ca/~rnoor/tomb_saleh_kamboh.html | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kamboj in Muslim and British Era]]
* [[Lahore]]
* [[Mochi Gate]]
* [[Mughal Empire]]
* [[Shah Jahan]]
* [[Walled City of Lahore]]
* [[Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*Jadunath Sarkar Translation, Maāsir-i-ʻĀlamgiri : a history of the emperor Aurangzib-ʻl̀amgir (reign 1658-1707 A.D.) by Muḥammad Sāqī Mustaʻidd Khān

==External links==
* http://www.cyberistan.org/misub9495106107.pdf
* http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IAS/6-han/database/SouthAsiaBooks.html

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